Partnerships Frameworks Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Swift

Swift

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Partnerships Frameworks Specialist

London

We are looking for a Partnerships Frameworks Specialist with 7-10 years' experience to support the Head of Partnerships to help us shape and grow partnership programs with technology providers around the world and drive our global strategy.

As a senior partnershipsprogramme manager, you will be working with SWIFT's industry-leading Product teams, as well as Operations, Finance, Risk, Business Development and Legal Teams in help launch and operate new partnership models that will create and evolve an ecosystem at theheart of the global financial industry.

Over the next two years and beyond, Swift is set to deliver on an exciting strategic roadmap for and with our global community that will expand Swift capabilities beyond financial messaging to provide a platform for comprehensive transaction management services,where partners will play an essential role Join our growing team

About the Partner Management team:

SWIFT's Partner Management team supports the growth and innovation of SWIFT's services by enabling new business opportunities through partnerships.

As part of the Product Group, we support successful negotiation and implementation of business partnershipsby developing the contractual and operational frameworks for building strategic partnerships, platform partnerships and delivery partnerships.

About the Role:

As a Partnerships Frameworks Specialist, you will be working with SWIFT's industry-leading Product teams, as well as Operations, Finance, Risk, Business Development and Legal Teams in help launch and operate new partnership models that will create and evolvean ecosystem at the heart of the global financial industry.

You will be responsible for creating the legal, commercial, risk and marketing frameworks for partner programmes. You will translate customer & partner requirements into frameworks for Partnerships Programmes that can be scaled.

You will also drive executionwith varied stakeholders regarding Partner Integration requirements and Partnership programme enhancements, as well as performing analysis on the health of the partnerships, to inform SWIFT Product Owners on the direction of the various partner programmes.

You will help drive enhancements to the partners experience processes by analysing and providing input into the partners onboarding, contracts, risk assessments, accreditations, support etc.

You will oversee and manage projects with partners and internal stakeholdersto ensure their successful delivery.

Proactive support as a consultant more, strategic and come up with recommendations and grow business.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate and communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders in Product, Customer Experience, Risk, Legal, Finance and Business Development to facilitate partner enablement
Develop, implement and foster adoption of best practices in partnership processes.
Support the development of partnership frameworks (value Proposition, legal/commercial, risk assessments, operational assessments, pricing, programme incentives, performance monitoring, etc.)
Identify Requirements for optimal Partner integration and engagement, and drive execution of programme enhancements to meet such requirements e.g., in the area of partner API integration options, end user experience, API service evolution, etc.
Project Manage backlog of programme enhancements, and prioritization of dependencies
Collaborate with Partner Relationship Managers in knowledge transfer and awareness efforts about the programs
Contribute to the Partnerships Programme strategy, life cycle, and governance
Communicate both lowlevel technical and highlevel strategic issues to Partners, management, internal teams and the wider API community via presentations, whitepapers, analyses and workshops.
Leverage analytics and market research to measure success, present opportunities, and support decisionmaking.

Education:
University degree

Experience:

710 years Partnership Management experience; with prior experience in defining partnership frameworks
Strong internal collaboration skills, natural networker, able to negotiate and compromise to solve complex issues
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage crossfunctional projects and multitask with excellent organisational skills
Must have good problem solving skills, and a solutionsoriented focus
Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast paced, rapidlychanging environment
Have a strong understanding of the latest market and technology trends in the financial industry
Trackrecord of going beyond concepts, defining viable strategies and getting things done with a lean, pragmatic approach for a fast and predictable project execution