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Position Summary

The Business Development Leader,  Merchant Sales & Acquiring (MS&A) - Thailand has the responsibility for managing Visa’s Merchant Sales & Acquiring function in Thailand with the primary focus on deepening Visa’s relationship with key strategic merchants, acquirers and payment facilitators. The role is required to provide knowledge of the merchant acquiring/ acceptance and processes in Thailand by liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure flawless implementation.

This position requires experiences in the card payment industry, specifically in acquiring and merchant business. The candidate must be familiar with the market landscape, bank clients, merchants and local regulations.

Responsibilities

New Acceptance Development

• Co-develop strategy to identify opportunities to grow card acceptance, by analyzing segment potential and acceptance gaps in the market
• Drive the implementation of strategic plans for new acceptance initiatives
• Partner with key merchants and key acquirers for growth

Merchant, Acquirer and Related Stakeholder Relations

• Manage relationship with key merchants, acquirers and payment facilitators
• Lead in merchant marketing and activation campaigns with key merchant partners
• Influence new Visa products and solutions
• Accountable for progress to ensure campaign / program is successful

Acceptance Landscape

• Continuously monitor and enforce Visa rules with merchants and acquirers
• Prepare regular performance reports, MSV tracking and program updates
• Handle all reporting and compliance requirements
• Perform competitive analysis and benchmarking

Stakeholder Management

• Ability to work successfully in matrix organization
• Establish good working relationship with Country Manager and Sales team, cross-functional teams from MS&A Hub, Client Services, Legal, Compliance, Product and Marketing

Professional

• Recognized Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 12 years of proven experience in card acquiring / merchant acceptance industry
• Knowledge of payments / financial industry is essential
• Knowledge or experiences in transit, travel and tourism, mobile payment, or e-commerce related would be added advantage
• Self-driven, positive and result oriented team player
• Possess high learning agility and proactive
• Creative and innovative thinking
• Customer focused mindset
• Ability to navigate and work in ambiguous situations
• Ability to work in multi-cultural environment and matrixed organization

Technical

• Proven track record in sales and relationship management
• Strong project management, analytical and organizational skills
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Strong negotiation, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Experience and knowledge of POS terminal and payment gateway industry preferred