Banking Partnership Manager

OpenPayd

Banking Partnership Manager at OpenPayd enhancing relationships with financial partners globally. Collaborating with teams while managing banking integration projects and improving product offerings.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Ruby on RailsSwift

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain and strengthen OpenPayd’s relationships with strategic partners, including their senior management teams
Supporting the Chief Banking Officer and the wider OpenPayd business to develop and maintain global banking and fintech relationships that add value to OpenPayd and its customers
Work with Sales and Customer Success to ensure that they are well informed of any changes to existing relationships and where to place existing clients and new prospects
Manage the banking integration projects - working across departments- Sales /Compliance / Technical / Customer Success
Keep up to date with new technologies and payment rails that could add value to OpenPayd product offering
Monitor and track transaction volumes to ensure best pricing is achieved
Manage annual KYC reviews and approvals
Support the onboarding of banking partners
Proactively resolve operational and relationship issues
Coordinate and support ongoing partner-related activities and approvals

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 5-6 years of total professional work experience with at least 2+ years of partnerships experience within financial institutions and Banks
Strong product knowledge and a track record of working effectively across multiple business functions
Understanding of SEPA/SWIFT / Ibans / Banking Rails models
Comprehensive experience implementing industry-wide partnership networks
Experience negotiating complex commercial and product deals with tier 1 banking and payments institutions
Superb verbal and written communication skills to effectively work cross-functionally and can speak and influence different teams internally and externally
Excellent communications and negotiating skills
Team focused individual able to compromise and work well across team
Ability to travel if required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Personal training budget - £3000
Cycle to Work scheme
Discounted gym membership - £80 towards any gym
Corporate discounts via PerkBox
Travel loan
Company Pension plan
Health, Dental & Life Insurance
Wednesday office breakfasts, office fruits and a full bar & regular team socials
25 days annual leave plus the Bank Holidays, extra day off for Birthday & Social Volunteering

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Hard Skills & Tools

banking integrationKYC reviewstransaction volume monitoringnegotiating commercial dealsproduct knowledgepartnership network implementationSEPASWIFTIBANsbanking rails

Soft Skills

verbal communicationwritten communicationcross-functional collaborationnegotiationteamworkproblem-solvingrelationship managementoperational issue resolutioninfluencing skillsadaptability