VP, Financial Institutions Partnerships, Canada at Mastercard

Job description

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary VP, Financial Institutions Partnerships, Canada Join an enterprise sales team that brings the breadth of Mastercard’s capabilities to leading financial institution partners across Canada. Overview: The Financial Institutions Partnerships team works with clients to advance Mastercard’s strategy by growing core, commercial, and emerging payments, and by delivering value-added services, including cyber and intelligence solutions. We are building a diverse, strategic, consultative team of sales leaders, problem-solvers, and relationship managers. We value initiative, strong enterprise sales capabilities, intellectual curiosity, resilience, and the ability to mobilize resources to deliver results. The team supports Retail and Commercial growth by partnering across Payments, Treasury, Everyday Banking, Digital Channels, Data & Analytics, Marketing, Fraud/Risk, and Finance. Role: The Vice President, Financial Institutions Partnerships leads the enterprise sales strategy for a portfolio of Mastercard’s key Canadian customers. The role manages a team of senior sales professionals responsible for sales and relationship management and reports to the Senior Vice President, Financial Institutions Partnerships, Canada. Team leadership: · Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team with a disciplined approach to strategic selling and relationship management, creating long-term value for partners and Mastercard · Develop and oversee account strategies, coach on account plan development and hold the team accountable for delivery · Lead strategic selling and deal management to deliver strong commercial results and partner value · Align the team to regional and global strategies and objectives · Foster collaboration with cross-functional partners and specialists to deliver outcomes · Own personal and team targets, including revenue goals and sales forecasts Enterprise sales leadership: · Develop deep customer understanding and a clear point of view on how Mastercard can address business needs · Lead assessment of the financial and strategic scope of opportunities · Prioritize business development and sell-in strategies to support short-, medium-, and long-term objectives · Shape customer success strategies that drive revenue growth, retention, penetration, and lifetime value · Define and implement engagement models, processes, and disciplines that differentiate Mastercard’s partnership approach · Lead strategic dialogue and solution development across the full spectrum of Mastercard capabilities · Initiate executive-level conversations on new and emerging opportunities to grow share, volume, and revenue · Build and maintain relationships at the executive level and beyond · Deliver strategic account management through robust planning, differentiated solutions, and effective cross-functional execution · Develop business cases and financial models to support key initiatives · Negotiate, execute, and manage customer contracts, ensuring effective coordination and information sharing ALL ABOUT YOU: · Proven enterprise sales leader with proven experience in building and developing high-performing teams · Strong strategic and analytical skills, with a track record of solving complex problems and delivering revenue growth · Collaborative and forward-looking, with the ability to engage internal partners to deliver results · Effective influencer in matrixed, distributed (global/regional/market) organizations · Ability to build, manage,