PayPal Sales & Acquisition Senior Manager - PayPal Credit UK 

United Kingdom, England, City of London 

891933415

Essential Responsibilities:

• Drive revenue growth and global market expansion by identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships, channels, and opportunities
• Lead the negotiation with external partners and engage cross-functional support colleagues to ensure the successful delivery of solutions for large complex partnerships.
• Develop and execute an overall business strategy to identify and cultivate strategic partnerships, channels, and opportunities to drive revenue growth and global market expansion.
• Influence the negotiation with external partners, engaging cross-functional support colleagues, to ensure successful delivery of solutions for large complex partnerships.
• Align product and business levers (such as pricing and FX) to maximize revenue and market expansion opportunities.
• Engage closely with product, engineering, and architecture teams to drive the architectural runway and determine the best technicalimplementation/design.
• Represent the end customer on an ongoing basis and use this knowledge to drive effective prioritization and decision-making.
• Collaborate and influence product outcomes in a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders such as Engineering, Operations, Risk, Legal, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Finance, and Banking Partners.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualification:

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time

• Develop and execute an integrated acquisition and merchant growth strategy to achieve volume, profitability, and partnership targets.
• Lead multi-channel sales activities, including digital, direct, partnerships, and merchant-driven channels.
• Identify and secure strategic merchant partnerships to increase acceptance and promote credit usage.
• Design and deliver joint campaigns with merchants to drive transaction volume and customer engagement.
• Oversee end-to-end planning and execution of acquisition and merchant growth campaigns, including performance tracking and post-campaign analysis.
• Monitor performance metrics (e.g., new customer acquisitions, merchant transaction volumes, activation rates) and provide regular reporting to senior leadership.
• Collaborate with product, marketing, risk, operations, and legal teams to ensure initiatives align with overall business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Optimise customer and merchant journeys to improve conversion rates and satisfaction.
• Manage acquisition and merchant growth budgets, ensuring efficient resource allocation and maximising return on investment.
• Ensure full compliance with FCA regulations and internal policies, particularly regarding responsible lending and Consumer Duty.

• Extensive experience (minimum 5 years) in sales, acquisition, and partnerships within credit cards or broader consumer finance.
• Proven track record of delivering acquisition and merchant growth targets.
• Strong understanding of the UK credit card market, including merchant dynamics and acceptance strategies.
• Expertise in developing and managing strategic partnerships and co-marketing campaigns.
• Deep knowledge of digital and traditional acquisition channels.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking abilities, with the capacity to leverage data to drive decisions.
• Strong leadership and team development skills.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and effectively manage multiple priorities.

Competencies

• Commercially driven and highly customer- and merchant-focused.
• Innovative thinker with a proactive approach to identifying and capturing new opportunities.
• Strong influencing andrelationship-buildingskills.
• High integrity and commitment to regulatory compliance.
• Collaborative leadership style with a track record of developing high-performing teams.

Our Benefits:

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