Senior Financial Networks Manager
PayU is a global fintech and payment technology company operating in more than 40 markets. It provides online payment processing, payment gateways, payment methods, fraud prevention, payment optimization, credit, and cross-border payment solutions for e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, SMBs, and enterprises.
About PayU
PayU operates a global payment platform that enables merchants to accept card payments, bank transfers, BLIK, digital wallets, QR payments, deferred payments, installments, and other local payment methods through a single API. Its services include payment processing, payment orchestration, smart routing, tokenization, PCI DSS-compliant security, anti-fraud systems, analytics, transaction reporting, and cross-border payment capabilities. PayU serves small, medium-sized, and large e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, and enterprises across Central Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, and also offers credit and buy-now-pay-later products.
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About the Role
You will build, strengthen, and nurture relationships with strategic partners such as card networks, payment systems, banks, and non-banking financial institutions at Romanian and European levels. You will lead complex commercial negotiations, ensure regulatory compliance, collaborate cross-functionally on product and go-to-market strategies, and represent PayU at industry events.
Requirements
- 3+ years in senior banking or financial institution roles focused on relationship management and business development.
- Proven success developing strategic partnerships and negotiating complex commercial and technical agreements.
- Deep understanding of banking, fintech, and financial-sector regulatory compliance.
- Current network of senior contacts in financial institutions, card networks, payment systems, and fintech organizations.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and translate market opportunities into product requirements.
- Excellent Romanian and English verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong presentation, leadership, influence, and cross-functional coordination skills.
Responsibilities
- Build and nurture relationships with card networks, payment systems, banks, and non-banking financial institutions.
- Lead negotiations of complex commercial agreements, including pricing and cost optimization.
- Ensure partnerships meet KYC, AML, licensing, and other regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with product, operations, finance, and sales teams.
- Translate market opportunities into product requirements and support go-to-market strategies.
- Provide market insights to accelerate product roadmap and commercialization efforts.
- Represent PayU at banking and financial industry events.
