Retail Strategy & Marketing Lead

 Exciting opportunity for a Payment Industry Marketing Expert

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Company	TalentDelivery
Reference	10171
Sector	Acquirer Services/Merchant Services, Brand Marketing, Business analytics / business modelling
Salary, Benefits & OTE	excell bens
Town/City	City of London
Locations	UK, City of London, London
Job Type	Permanent
Date Posted	5th Jul

Job Description

ROLE SUMMARY: To provide expertise within the eCommerce Retail vertical and to develop the Product & Policy approach to Retail vertical market specialism; work closely with the Relationship Managers and Business Development Managers to drive tailored propositions to the retail market sector. ROLE ATTRIBIUTES: You will be positioned in the organisations eCommerce Retail Group in an overall consultancy lead capacity, with collective ownership of this large, global revenue stream. Work collaboratively with other stakeholders within the Retail Group, such as BD, RM, Marketing etc. Manage high-level relationships with several key global merchants To provide Retail Payment related expertise to the eCommerce group To develop the Product & Policy approach to the Retail vertical market specialism To represent the Retail vertical in overall strategic debate Collective responsibility for the retail vertical P&L Develop and maintain a best in class value proposition, vertical policies and roadmap that meets global merchant needs. Differentiate the organisation from key vertical competitors Lead generating and developing forward-looking high quality vertical ideas KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: Strategy (50%) Work closely with the RM's and BD Managers to drive tailored value propositions to the Retail market sector. Work closely with the RM's / BDM's to ensure training programmes and regular industry news / developments are in place Developing and maintaining all promotional and educational documentation Assist in the development of white papers, both with merchants and standalone to position the organisation as a thought leader in the industry sector Deliver a customer focused roadmap - you will need strong awareness of current and future merchant needs. Become the central point for competitor intelligence within the retail sector to ensure constantly updated competitor knowledge, including: pricing, product, regulatory positions, new technologies and partnerships Maintaining and developing an understanding of emerging technologies / markets, and working with the Product, Proposition & Training team, to deliver into the changes Relationship, attrition, new business strategy & management of 400 regulated clients Analyse evolving customer needs through consultancy relationship building and support developments into new markets. Product/Marketing/Ambassadorial (50%) Constantly evolving & developing the product set to meet the needs of the retail market Represent the business at Cross-Card Business, Schemes and industry level meetings Attend RMC / Exco, special group or credit committee meetings to the sector Work with the Sales & Marketing teams to ensure a full calendar of events, including briefings, round tables to position the organisation as the leader in retail payments. Renegotiations of contracts and SLAs with major relationships at all levels - you will meet your vertical's Tier 1 clients regularly and in locations to suit them Champion the views of merchants with the Card schemes SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE In depth understanding of the retail environment in relation to payments eCommerce experience is desirable Good insight into the future requirements of merchants in the retail sector Collaborative approach - able to empathise with and build relationships with key stakeholders and clients Able to conduct meetings, events and seminars with international tier 1 merchants in international locations To apply click here To view all the other latest card and payment jobs go to : www.cardandpaymentjobs.com

Movers and Shakers in the Payments Industry w/c May 20th 2013

BitPay hires Bitcoin core-developer Jeff Garzik

BitPay, a Payment Service Provider (PSP) specializing in eCommerce, B2B, and enterprise solutions for virtual currencies BitPay has announced that it has hired Bitcoin core-developer Jeff Garzik.

His new role will allow him to work full-time on Bitcoin, BitPay, and related open-source projects to benefit the Bitcoin community.

 “BitPay recognizes the need for more resources and developments in the core Bitcoin protocol, especially in the areas of scalability and reliability,” says Tony Gallippi, co-founder and CEO of BitPay. “We strongly encourage other Bitcoin companies to do the same, either through crowdfunding efforts or direct contracts, grants, or scholarships.”

Jeff adds: “Bitcoin is growing up, no longer a hobby but now a professional payment network used worldwide. BitPay's contributions to the bitcoin open source software will benefit the entire community. After working on bitcoin open source software for years as a volunteer, I'm excited that BitPay is now sponsoring my work.“

Bryan Krohn appointed BitPay’s  Chief Financial Officer

Bryan previously worked as VP of Finance and Director of Finance for several Atlanta-based companies in the IT and Healthcare spaces. Bryan will report to Tony Gallippi, CEO of BitPay.

Chaz Ferguson joins BitPay as a Software Engineer

He is a junior at West Georgia College majoring in Computer Science and has begun making improvements to the BitPay workflow to better handle edge conditions. Chaz will report to Kevin McInturff, VP of Product anagement.

Helen Mason to head up Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s

Commercial cards business for EMEA

Helen Mason has been appointed head of Commercial Cards, EMEA, in the Global Transaction Services (GTS) business at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In this role, Mason has responsibility for product management, new business growth and account management for the EMEA commercial cards platform. Based in London, she reports to Lesley White, head of Treasury Products, GTS EMEA and also has accountability to Kevin Phalen, head of Global Card and Comprehensive Payables, who is based in Chicago.

Mason joined the firm in 2010 and has previously held positions at Citibank, HSBC, RBS and Lloyds during which she managed all aspects of commercial cards, including operations, sales, account management and implementation.

“At Bank of America Merrill Lynch, commercial cards is an integral part of the strategies that Global Transaction Services develops to support the goals of corporate treasurers,” said White, who added that the firm’s commercial cards programme extends to 26 countries in the region.

“With 20 years of industry expertise, Helen is extremely well placed to lead Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Commercial Cards team in EMEA. Collectively, the region’s platform has more than 150 years of card experience, and with Helen’s leadership, we shall continue to drive innovative working capital solutions for our clients in the region,” she added.

The Card and Payment Jobs Team would like to wish all this week's Movers and Shakers the best of luck in their new roles.

If you have any news, announcements, events, training courses or jobs for us, please send an email to info@cardandpaymentjobs.com

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Resourcing Initiatives merges with TalentDelivery

Resourcing Initiatives is merging its Search and Recruitment Process Outsourcing business with TalentDelivery, the UK and Singapore based Payment and Financial Services specialist Human Capital Management consultancy. Mark Lester-Smith, Managing Director of RI will become TalentDelivery’s Senior Vice President, EMEA Search & RPO, and will lead the on-going management and development of the combined companies’ recruitment activities in Europe and the Middle East. Andrew Ellis, President of TalentDelivery and former Head of Human Resource Management and Head of Risk at Visa CEMEA, has known Mark for many years and states “Mark and Resourcing Initiatives bring a wealth of success and experience in recruiting in the Payment Services industry and will be a fantastic addition to the business. I am looking forward to continuing to work with Mark to make us the leader in recruitment in the Payment and Financial Services industries. ’ TalentDelivery has offices in central London and in Singapore with plans to open in the UAE in September 2012.