Senior Strategic Partnership Manager - Payments

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Brief info about Vinted Our mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third. The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission: Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life. Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces. Vinted Pay is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members. Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people. Information about the position As Vinted Pay Partner Manager, you will be responsible for managing relationships across the entire Vinted Pay partner stack, optimizing our operating model for performance and cost efficiencies, payments business development and commercial negotiations. As Senior Manager Payments Partnerships, reporting to the Head of Vinted Pay Business and Commercial, you will have ownership of Vinted Pay’s external partner stack across the entire transaction lifecycle. This role is designed for a commercially aggressive, analytically sharp payments professional who thrives on structuring high-stakes partnership deals while driving deep operational optimization. You will move beyond traditional vendor management to build a dynamic, rigorous and competitive partner framework that continuously pressures pricing, improves performance, and expands our product capabilities. Additionally, you will act as an internal intrapreneur, working at the intersection of Business, Product, Engineering, Strategic Finance, and Legal, sourcing and building business cases for new fintech partnerships, that solve real user problems and deliver meaningful business impact. In this position, you’ll • Serve as one of the primary commercial and strategic owners for Vinted Pay’s and Marketplace partner ecosystem, covering Banks, Payment Processors, Payout providers, Identity Verification/KYC providers, and Risk & Fraud prevention partners and the major and regional card networks. • Architect a multi-provider operating model that fosters healthy tension among suppliers. Utilize volume routing leverage, benchmark pricing, and conduct regular RFI processes to maintain best-in-class commercial terms, including leading on contract management process • Lead structured Quarterly Business Reviews and executive touchpoints. Enforce rigorous SLAs, clear technical performance targets, and accountability across all partners. • Continuously evaluate local and emerging payment rails (e.g., Open Banking, Account-to-Account, regional wallets, BNPL) to expand conversion, reduce acquiring overhead, and localize buyer checkout across core markets • Leverage technical and commercial expertise in US, UK and EU acquiring card value chain mechanics to maximize authorisation rates. • Own the end-to-end strategy and execution for measurable cost savings ac

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