OverviewJoin to apply for the Issuing Partnerships Manager role at WorldFirst.The Issuer Partnerships Manager will play a critical role in developing and delivering Ant’s issuer relationship management. This role involves executing strategy, solution enablement, performance tracking, and executive relationships with global issuer and scheme partners. Your goal is to ensure our partnerships with issuer and card schemes are world-class and measurable from payment performance. This role will directly report to the Head of Financial Institution Partnership (ASIA & MEA).What You’ll DoDrive Ant International - Antom’s Issuer engagement programme.Manage the entire lifecycle of Issuer partnerships from strategy, enablement/implementation and performance tracking.Effectively impact Ant International - Antom customers by working with Issuer, internal product, payment ops team to deliver top notch and optimized payment services, measurable via payment success ratio, minimized dispute/chargeback, and access to market-specific data and insights.Card authorisation optimisation opportunities for merchants and investigate/resolve soft declines and other payments performance discrepancies.Harness a strong executive network for building thought leadership in payments, develop and strengthen existing and prospective merchants and partners’ awareness of Ant International - Antom capabilities, and focus on payment optimisation to drive more business growth.What You’ll Bring5+ years of experience working with Issuer, card schemes and payment networks within EMEA/US/APAC region.Executive relationships with Issuer & card schemes would be a plus.Must have strong stakeholder management skills and easily adaptable in a fast-paced work environment.Fascination with the global financial ecosystem and actionable insight for payment optimization approach adoption for globalization of enterprises.Exceptional communication skills and ability to connect with people at all levels, internally and with external stakeholders.Strong product instinct and ability to identify opportunities to strategize and leverage partners’ and Ant International existing and future products.Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage multiple complex deals across regions.Seniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionBusiness Development and SalesNote: This job description reflects the role as described in the posting and does not include extraneous job board content or unrelated listings. #J-18808-Ljbffr