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Purpose:
Responsible for managing large complex acquirers and merchant accounts within the sub-region (CIS&SEE), with the primary objective of reaching quarterly sales targets with focus on value added services provisioning, acceptance locations growth (tap to phone and transit products included) and acceptance innovations launches.
Responsibilities:
Manage the identification and assessment of Merchant segment development trends, opportunities, and threats in the sub-region
Identify, qualify, and quantify market specific opportunities in close cooperation with local relationship management and understand factors critical to successful merchant development.
Contribute to the development of the Merchant Sales plan and strategy
Assist in business plan development including strategy, planning and implementation
Manage roll out of a sub-regional merchant business plan strategy and market level plan that takes into account local market and stakeholder needs, competitive landscape and is aligned with overall sub-regional Merchant Plan.
Ensure activities are regularly reviewed, maintaining a flexibility and resilience to cater for local market dynamics.
Ensure the sub-regional merchant solutions strategy and plans are effectively communicated to and understood by the relevant stakeholders in the sub-region;
Establish and manage budget requirements for the Merchant Sales segments in the sub-region
Direct and coordinate the implementation of the agreed sub-regional merchant sales plans within the constraints of the budget and available resources.
Manage all implementation aspects of the sub-regional Merchant Sales plan
Structure the objectives, scope and resources of the merchant plan roll-out.
Manage the implementation and operation of the plan, with a focus on fast resolution of problems and stakeholder satisfaction.
Gain a strong understanding of Visa’s products and services as well as the entire payments industry.
Drive business expansion of new products, acceptance equipment and payment solutions.
In close cooperation with sub-regional and Dubai based staff, manage the business, technical, operational, and legal relationships and activities with and between plan participants (banks, merchants, vendors, PSPs) and incorporate learning’s into process.
Conduct annual reviews for assigned solutions (previous enhancements, YE volumes & revenues, revisions/ updates to the strategic direction and pricing).
In conjunction with Visa staff, manage the provisioning of education and sales support to relationship management
Provide adequate training of relationship management staff.
Provide qualified sales support for individual members.
Represent Visa by speaking at conferences and business meetings and undertake public relations activities where appropriate.
Ensure relationship management is self-sufficient in the sales of existing solutions.
In conjunction with sub-regional based staff, manage the provision of consultancy to merchants and other stakeholders
Provide professional advice and consultancy to banks, merchants, vendors covering both tactical and strategic products and innovative solutions marketing aspects for UX and sales.
 

Education: Bachelors’ or MBA
Experience: 5 – 7 years in online and offline payments

• Previous hands-on experience with and thorough understanding of banking operations and/ or payment schemes, including products & services, business systems and processes
• Ability to identify key strategic issues and to generate and deliver creative and innovative solutions to problems and opportunities
• Strong commercial acumen with previous product line P&L responsibility 
• Strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills are needed to influence direction and change attitudes and decisions of senior level international bankers
• Strong self-management skills including demonstrable drive and energy
• Multicultural sensitivity and interpersonal relationship management, including the ability to work effectively within CEMEA, between regions and with Worldwide Services staff
• Strong sales experience and proven negotiation skills
• Candidate must have the ability to travel frequently
• Fluent English and Ukrainian / Russian

Key Competencies

• 1) Leadership Skills
• 2) Superior negotiation skills leading to timely and acceptable resolutions
• 3) Client relationship and management skills
• 4) Solid interpersonal skills and working with cross functional teams
• 5) Exceptional communication skills
• 6) Development and preparation of executive level briefs
• 7) Self-directed and motivated
• 8) Able to work with little management oversight
• 9) Strategic management and creative thinking
• 10) Analytical in thought processes
   

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.