Central Account Management Partner Manager
PPRO, Italy

Our international success means that we are winning new customers (Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Gateways and Acquiring Banks) more rapidly than ever before. In order to maximize the opportunity with these relationships and support the day to day needs of the partner to capitalize on the growing global E-commerce market by using local payment methods. You will help to educate and train partner’s sales, training, marketing and other teams about LPMs while coordinating growth initiatives both internally and externally.
What will you be doing:Your determined focus will be to ensure that your portfolio of payment service providers and consequently their merchants, succeed. You will be part of PPRO’s Central Account Management team and you will be creating and organizing innovative ways to drive improvements in our customer service and manage our customer base. To do this you will be providing guidance and support to our partners by marshalling resources from across the PPRO business to successfully deliver on revenue and strategy goals. You will not only drive results through traditional and existing products and services, but will have the vision and understanding to develop ways to add incremental value to our customers and the PPRO business in a scaled way.You’ll need to have:

• At least 3 years successful sales/account management/customer service experience in the payments industry (preferably in the local payment method space), building and developing relationships with existing customers or partners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience in engaging and influencing senior executives.
• Naturally persistent and tenacious, always following up and seeing tasks through to timely completion.
• A team player - Must be able to collaborate, contribute and lead in a high calibre sales team and across the business, coordinating the appropriate resources to meet varying client requirements.
• Understanding of cultural differences in doing business with international colleagues and customers.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
• Perfect written and spoken English skills; fluency in other languages (especially German, French, Spanish, Italian) is an advantage
• The position is either to be based in Cologne, Munich or London, and an office-based role that will require some European travel

Why you should join:

• This is a new role in a high performing team giving you an opportunity to expand the role
• A chance to join PPRO at a critical point in it’s growth as a company
• Competitive package with an ability to be rewarded for your over achievement

We’d love to see:That you like to challenge the status quo and that you drive change for the better. We love working with people that are great communicators and people who thrive in truly international environments.
About us: Most of the world’s e-commerce purchases are made with a local payment method, not a big-brand credit card. Yet most of the payments industry is card-centric; not many companies can accept the 500 different ways the world pays. That’s where PPRO comes in.PPRO focuses on local payments, all day, every day. While many Buzzword-as-a-Service companies try to be all things to all people, we painstakingly engineer our infrastructure to do one thing: help businesses accept payment across borders. And it pays off; our technology and services power international growth for companies like Citi, Mollie, PayPal, and Worldpay.Speaking of growth, we just raised over $180 million in new investment to take PPRO to the next level. If you want to work at a company where every idea is heard, and there’s always a way to make an impact, let’s talk. If you like to work the way we do by building trust and driving change we want to hear from you.Our offices in Singapore, London, Munich, Cologne, Berlin, Luxembourg, Atlanta, San Francisco, Mexico City and Sao Paulo are home to a diverse team representing 60+ nationalities. And while there are over 350 of us, we’re all united by one mission: to usher in the next era of local payments infrastructure and power growth for businesses all over the world.
If this sounds like you:Apply if you think we're a good match! We'll get in touch with you to let you know what the next steps are.PPRO is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Eligibility:You must be eligible to live and work in the country of employment.