Posted: By:Hiring Kenya
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS: 10 - 15 yrs experience in credit card and card payment business.
PURPOSE OF JOB
Seeking to build a card business portfolio.
TASKS
Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Product development and strategy
Create excellent customer experience
Achieve product financial performance
Compliance and risk management
Cross functional collaboration
Stakeholder management
Innovation and technology
Reporting and Analytics
Job Responsibilities
Financial Performance
P&L accountability, monitor revenues, costs and profits on monthly and quarterly basis
Initiate and run sales and marketing activities in collaboration with channel, marketing and IT teams e.g.
Customer acquisition activities
Campaigns and promotions
Tactical initiatives that would increase revenues of the bank and reduce costs
Monitor card portfolio health e.g. card transaction approval rates, growth in spend, credit limit utilisation, pricing, etc and take necessary action to remediate negative trends
Monitor scheme costs and compliance issues and ensure efficient cost management
Work to establish systems and processes to ensure efficient running of the card business from a fraud, operations and sales perspective (this will require working with various functional teams in the organisation)
Identify acquisition opportunities focusing on cross-sell for the short-term
Design the ideal campaigns based on an understanding of the client capabilities and priorities
Build business cases to facilitate internal buy-in and approvals
Coordinate campaign execution and troubleshoot any issues that may come-up
Work with bank and Mastercard teams to define new products and optimal CVP
Help build product business case and help obtain internal and external approvals for launch
Program manage new product launch by coordinating across all stakeholders
Report on progress and troubleshoot / escalate issues
Implement relevant projects with Mastercard related to Tokenization, virtual cards etc
Working with marketing, communication, IT and operations teams to monitor customer experience issues related to:
Declines
Fraud
Chargebacks
Technical issues with card products
Qualifications/ expectations required:
Proven experience in card products business development in retail banking
Strong analytical, communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to manage end-to-end card product launch or revamp projects independently.
Knowledge of market trends, opportunities, and product launches in the payments market
Experience in communicating and interacting with senior stakeholders for periodic updates.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
Ability to work with various functional departments across the banks to get things done.
Mandatory Skills
Prior experience in credit card product management, financial services or credit card operations.
Experience managing the entire credit card product lifecycle, from ideation and development to launch and post launch optimization
Familiarity with Agile frameworks for iterative product development and delivery
Ability to mange multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business objectives.
Experience developing and executing marketing campaigns to promote credit card products.
Ability to provide sales team with tools, training and resources needed to sell the product effectively.