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Our US & Canadian Markets team is seeking a Principal Relationship Management and Business Development Associate to join our Strategic Client Management team. This role will focus on working with companies of key importance to Discover Global Network to overcome long-standing acceptance objections.
Job Responsibility
Strategic Growth: Identifying and engaging contacts, developing proposals and negotiating agreements to maximize network growth
Business Development: Creating business cases for new development activities with internal and external partners
Relationship Management: Serving as the liaison between external accounts, maintaining relationships with decision-makers, and advising clients on acceptance and operational efficiencies
Client Portfolio Management: Exploring new partnership opportunities and managing a portfolio of clients to retain, grow, and drive existing and new business by increasing acceptance and volume
Risk & Compliance: Actively managing and evaluating risk and customer-impacting issues, and ensuring compliance with new processes during contract and pricing negotiations
Market Analysis: Performing market analyses to maintain knowledge of industry trends, the competitive environment, and the opportunity pipeline to increase network transaction volume and revenue generation
Client Engagement: This is a client-facing role requiring approximately 25-30% travel
Requirements
High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification
At least 6 years of business development, sales, strategy or relationship management experience within the financial services or payments industry
Nice to have
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance or Marketing
8+ years of business development, sales, strategy or relationship management experience within the financial services or payments industry
What we offer
Performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)