Network Optimization Product Manager

Description

Description:

The Network Optimization Product Manager is responsible for leadership and execution and optimization of Huntington’s acquiring payment strategy. This position will be both an internal and client-facing senior leadership role, partnering closely with Huntington’s sales team to best support the clients’ needs and to close deals.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Formulates, identifies, and executes Huntington’s acquiring payment strategies
• Acts as the subject-matter expert on all things related to acquiring payment strategies
• Works hand-in-hand with sales teams, solution specialists and existing/potential clients answering questions pertaining to Huntington’s acquiring product suite of value-added services
• Partners with Huntington’s sales teams to identify client prospects, supports existing clients, and assists in closing new deals
• Develops and presents materials pertaining to this role to both internal and external stakeholders
• Continually evaluates strategic direction and risks against the impact of economic, technological, competitive, regulatory, and other macroeconomic changes
• Collaborates effectively with line of business leadership, ensuring alignment with regional and industry strategy
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• 8 years of payment optimization work experience
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of the payments landscape with in-depth knowledge of the acquiring product suite of services, BIN files, interchange, point of sale devices, and processing platforms/gateways. Payments ecosystem expertise is required.
• Proven experience working at or with global and regional payments processors
• Track record of success leading a range of initiatives end-to-end to meet client commitments with a customer-centric orientation
• Understanding of commercialization and go to market processes and models
• Demonstrated success in delivering complex initiatives in a matrixed and distributed organization
• Natural collaborator, with excellent communication skills and executive presence. Must be self-motivated and comfortable with ambiguity, and have the ability to influence across multiple levels and organizations including internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to manage client relationships, including executive-level stakeholders
• Adept strategic thinker, problem solver and results-oriented pragmatist
• Strong oral and written communications as well as influencing and negotiation skills. Able to communicate complex, technical concepts in a focused and well-organized manner
• Willingness to take on new challenges, explore new ideas and be flexible with changing priorities
  
  
  

Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay)

Yes

Workplace Type

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Compensation Range

The compensation range represents the low and high end of the base compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance.  Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan.  In addition, Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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