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We are introducing a new Snr Program Lead role for the Merchant persona within Community Operations. This role is an individual contributor, reporting into the Global Merchant Persona Lead, and will play a critical part in shaping and elevating the end-to-end customer experience for our Merchants globally. You will partner closely with Tech, a network of regional CommOps POCs, and CommOps functional teams (GDX, GSO, Commercial and Ops teams…) to define the vision and strategy to continually improve the Merchant experience. This role blends strategic thinking, customer empathy, strong analytical and product sensibilities, and the ability to orchestrate alignment across a highly matrixed organization, combining a global approach with local nuances. The ideal candidate is passionate about providing a stellar customer experience, is highly skilled at strategic thinking and project management, and will rely on thought leadership to influence and drive meaningful results across the organisation.
Job Responsibility:
Articulate a clear, forward-looking persona strategy for Merchant, aligned with CommOps and company priorities and incorporating all regional needs and inputs
Collect and synthesize insights via NPS, and internal metrics
Identify key experience gaps, emerging trends, and drivers of customer satisfaction to inform strategy and roadmap decisions
Lead global initiatives such as persona segmentation, partnering with Global Central CommOps to ensure segments are actionable, consistent, and embedded in product and operational workflows to enable differentiated support and SLA optimization
Supports global Merchant Governance, Merchant tracking, reporting, and performance insights for Merchant persona KPIs, enabling data-driven prioritization and experience improvements
Collaborate closely with PIR, Product & CO teams on the Merchant persona tech roadmap and priorities, ensuring that the persona strategy and desired end to end experience is reflected in the roadmap
Work with PIR on the definition of experience criteria and KPIs for go/no-go decisions, ensuring consistent and high-quality rollouts across markets
Share Merchant needs and pain points with the Tech teams and discuss potential solves
Build and maintain a global community of Merchant persona POCs, driving best practice sharing and cross-pollination across regions, surfacing common challenges, and aligning regions on consistent approaches
Lead policy standardisation and optimisation, identifying policies that require redesign or simplification and coordinating efforts to improve customer outcomes globally
Requirements:
Experience with cross-functional leadership: 5+ years of experience managing and influencing stakeholders across diverse functions and regions without direct authority, demonstrating proven ability to lead and align stakeholders across functions, markets, and seniority levels
Proficiency in strategic program management: Proven ability to build and execute long-term roadmaps while managing complex global initiatives in a high-stakes environment
Analytical & Complex problem solving skills: Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
ability to break down complex problems and propose data-driven solutions, as well as ability to zoom out to define strategy while also diving into data, metrics, and operational inputs
Communication and influence: Proficiency in designing impactful presentations and tailoring communication for everyone from operational teams to senior leadership
Adaptability and grit: Proven track record of navigating ambiguity and making sound decisions in a fast-moving, matrixed organization
Innovative Thinking: Curious and future-oriented
comfortable challenging the status quo and leading with tech-forward thinking, especially in AI
Nice to have:
Systems thinking: Ability to connect persona strategy to broader business goals, technical roadmaps, and financial impact
Tech-forward mindset: Experience partnering with Product and Tech teams to implement AI-driven solutions or automated support workflows
Customer empathy: A deep-seated passion for solving user pain points and building differentiated support experiences for distinct segments, particularly within the B2B/Restaurant space
Policy optimization: Experience in standardizing or simplifying complex global policies to improve real-world outcomes