Partnership Manager - New Works, United Kingdom - Virgin Money

Virgin Money

Verified Company

New Works, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Senior Manager - Partnerships Manager, Digital Wallet

Salary Range:
Negotiable

Location:
Remote within the UK

Contract Type:
Permanent

Get Growing with U s

We've made huge progress on our transformation into a digital bank - from launching new digital propositions for customers to giving our colleagues more flexibility and Virgin oomph.

Together, we're creating something unique in UK banking.

And we're acceleratingour digital drive to position ourselves as the number one digital bank, so it's a massively exciting time to be joining us.

Here's what it means for YOU:

38.5 days annual leave for all colleagues (including bank holidays and pro rata if parttime)
Up to five extra paid wellbeing days per year
A 35 hour working week
20 weeks paid, gender neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
Market leading Pension & Private Medical Insurance
Flexible benefits including Cycle to Work, Wellness & Health Assessments and Critical Illness
Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)

And, you get these Red Hot Rewards from day one

Launching our digital wallet and new merchant services proposition is an exciting step on our transformation into a digital bank.

We've got lots to do, and we need great colleagues to help us.
Dynamic.
Forward thinking.
Excited by the latest paymentstechnology.

Clear about the world of payments, with an insatiable curiosity about how the payments systems within a digital and non-digital world.

We are looking for a Partnership Manager who'll be responsible for developing and aligning strategies with key partnerships to continually drive the Digital Wallet business.

Day to day you'll

Support the sourcing, identification, selection, and delivery of partnerships to support the digital wallet
Develop and manage a partnership framework to enable effective management when new Key Partners are acquired
Be accountable and responsible for high value and complex contracts which are critical to the success of the Digital Wallet Programme
Use negotiation skills to deliver contracts, whilst working collaboratively with Procurement and Legal in contract negotiations, addendums, statements of work, to meet business needs, together with key external partners

To be brilliant you must have...

Significant experience in partnership management and managing complex outsourced relationships with regulatory scrutiny
Experience of onboarding third party suppliers / partners and developing strong, trusted relationships to execute business plans and have a passion for managing Partner
Strong financial and commercial acumen and deep knowledge of the services being provided by large Partners
Outstanding influencing, collaboration and communication skills at all levels, including ability to provide sound recommendations to Leadership Team members
Experience of the TSYS TS2 Cards platform preferred

It's a bonus if you have but not essential

Experience of the TSYS TS2 Cards platform
Strategic thinker with one eye on the future while delivering success in the short term.
Strong understanding of all things digital from a design and digital experience perspective

We really need you to have the skills and experience listed in the
"to be brilliant section" above, but the rest is just our wish list, so please don't let that put you off applying, we'd love to hear from you

**Inclusion at Virgin Money

Now the legal bit

Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it) but we will need to you to confirm you have the Right to Work in the UK.

If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us.

This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing 3 years' worth of satisfactory references.