About Us:
Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries – UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we are growing in direct to consumer card segment as well.
Our EVP:
At Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it’s about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand—because success isn’t just a goal; it’s how we work, every day, as one team.
About The Role:
We are seeking to hire an AVP, Interchange & Pricing to lead strategic initiatives that enhance revenue performance and operational effectiveness within our Merchant Acquiring business. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in payments and acquiring, understands the commercial dynamics of merchant services, and can translate business goals into clear, data-driven action plans. You will work closely with Sales, Product, Marketing, Risk, and Finance to deliver sustainable growth across SME and enterprise merchant segments.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities:
- Commercial Strategy & Go-to-Market Excellence.
- Define and execute the commercial strategy for acquiring, targeting key verticals, segments, and geographies.
- Drive market segmentation, channel mix optimization (direct, partners, digital), and merchant onboarding strategies.
- Lead initiatives to reduce merchant acquisition cost (CAC) and increase merchant lifetime value (LTV). Sales Performance & Revenue Growth.
- Partner with sales leadership to design and implement sales operating models, performance metrics, and incentive structures.
- Enhance sales enablement through training, playbooks, and market intelligence to boost productivity and conversion rates.
- Identify opportunities to improve yield from existing merchant base via cross-sell, upsell, and usage optimization. Data, Insights & Performance Management.
- Build and manage dashboards and performance reporting for new signups, volume growth, retention, and profitability.
- Leverage data to forecast merchant behavior, optimize sales funnels, and track return on commercial initiatives.
- Introduce benchmarking and predictive metrics across merchant segments and channels. Bundling & Profitability.
- Lead strategic initiatives around bundling, discounting, and volume-based pricing strategies to support commercial goals.
- Monitor cost-to-serve and profitability by merchant type to guide commercial decisions. Operational Excellence & Sales Enablement.
- Streamline merchant onboarding, contracting, and activation processes in partnership with operations and risk teams.
- Oversee implementation and adoption of CRM tools, lead management platforms, and workflow automation.
- Lead continuous improvement programs to reduce friction across the merchant journey. Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership.
- Act as a key advisor to senior management, providing strategic insights and actionable recommendations.
- Collaborate across functions to ensure full alignment between product roadmap, marketing campaigns, and field execution.
- Lead and grow a high-performing commercial excellence team with deep domain expertise.
Key Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field or similar experience
- Ideally proficient with tools such as Power BI and Tableau, with an understanding of SQL and Python for Data Analysis and Commercial modelling.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience in writing for a range of audiences, including senior leaders and non-specialists.
- Industry Experience: 10+ years in commercial, GTM, or revenue strategy roles, ideally within payments or merchant acquiring.
- Proven experience in merchant acquiring, payment processing, or related financial services industry.
- Past experience in managing Acquiring Pricing / merchant pricing / commercial models
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Proficiency with Power BI and Tableau
- Understanding of SQL and Python for data analysis and commercial modeling
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including writing for senior leaders and non-specialists
- 10+ years of experience in commercial, go-to-market, or revenue strategy roles
- Experience in payments, merchant acquiring, payment processing, or related financial services
- Experience managing acquiring pricing, merchant pricing, or commercial models
Network International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Network International and has not been reviewed or approved by Network International.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Pay is considered decent in some roles and is often paired with bonuses. Phrases like 'salary plus bonuses' indicate variable pay is a meaningful component for certain positions.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage extends to employees, spouses, and up to three children, alongside life insurance. This breadth signals a robust healthcare baseline for the region.
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Retirement Support — Retirement and termination benefits align with UAE/GCC norms, including pension contributions for nationals and end‑of‑service gratuity for expatriates. Such provisions indicate structured, region‑appropriate retirement support.
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What We Do
Over the past 30 years, we have built a business based on long-standing and trusted relationships with many of the leading merchants, financial institutions and payment networks operating in the Middle East and Africa. Such relationships are based on our comprehensive capabilities, scale, local presence in the multiple markets in which we operate, alongside our trusted reputation. This gives us significant scale and leadership in the region, where we operate in more than 50 countries, serve over 130,000 merchants and 250 financial institutions and fintech customers, whilst managing more than 16 million customer credentials. We have a diversified business model and operate across the entire consumer payments value chain. We do this with a growth-focused strategy through two business lines: • That enables our merchant customers to ‘take payments’, by providing them with various payment acceptance methods, both online and offline. • Which supports our financial institution, fintech and other payment issuing institution customers in enabling consumers ‘make payments’, by managing and processing their consumer payment credentials and transactions.
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