SENIOR PARTNER MANAGER, CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

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When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other.
Here, you'll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that's unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
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And we'll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
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The role will report to the Director - CEE Partner Management.
How will you make an impact in this role? Key responsibilities.
Oversight of current external recruitment and processing partners in CEE with responsibility for day-to-day relationship management including.
Engage with new and existing partners with regard to transitioning to Payment Facilitation.
Engage with partner(s) to articulate strategy with regard to target merchant industry verticals and geographies.
Work with marketing and partner(s) to engaged on defined coverage goals Liaise with partner(s) to ensure that best practices are shared and employed by them as well as driving key activities across all partners as part of the wider Partner Management team.
Ensuring that partner(s) practices are aligned to contract via direct project and process management.
Managing updates and revisions to the contracts for regulatory purposes.
Delivery of training to partner sales teams on the American Express Value Proposition and how to grow Amex acceptance with prospective Merchants.
Oversight of compliance and regulatory requirements.
Work with compliance and partner to ensure necessary regulatory standards are being met.
Stakeholder Management - in addition to working closely with internal business stakeholders across the American Express matrix organization, the role requires a high degree of alignment within internal departments.
Ensuring up to date knowledge of the external acquiring landscape, anticipating changes and deploying appropriate actions.
Minimum Qualifications.
Track record of managing external partners and driving results through commercial relationships.
Excellent communication skills and able to synthesize complex data into manageable actions.
Ability to interact with internal and external audiences across all levels.
Strong Process and Project Management skills, with experience of tracking task level activities.
Ability to build and leverage internal and external relationships with experience of working through a complex matrix structure.
Proven self-starter with the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Attention to detail and analytical prowess.
High degree of cultural sensitivity Fluent English speaker required - Polish extremely desirable.
Able to travel up to 25% of the time.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being.
That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life.
Benefits include.
Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives Support for financial-well-being and retirement Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunitiesOffer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.