Job Description:

• Reporting to the Group Treasurer, the role will work closely with group teams, including Treasury, Finance, Data, IT, Digital, Commercial, Retail, Legal and Security to co-ordinate projects and achieve alignment.
• Lead the inception of the new Digital Payments framework at Chalhoub Group.
• Support the development of a best in class, agile and scalable payments infrastructure for the group with IT and Digital teams. This will include e-commerce payment gateways, omnichannel retail POS soluons and supplier payment gateways (AP, treasury, payroll)
• Manage the implementation of new payment methods with the IT delivery teams, such as Digital Wallets WeChat, RuPay etc and ApplePay.
• Be a thought leader on emerging trends and technology in the payments industry to help maintain best practice in the group.
• Navigate a challenging and constantly shifting environment.
• Build relationships and negotiate contracts with payment service partners to receive optimum pricing.
• Leverage marketing opportunities from payment service providers.
• Champion technological developments and new data analysis techniques such as AI.
• Support with the design and implementation of co-branded card schemes across the group.
• Travel occasionally within the GCC and Egypt.
• Communicate with and persuade senior leadership to sponsor the digital payment strategy

Qualifications, Skills and Prior Work Experience:

Strong academic achievements with Bachelor or Masters degree in any field.

Professional qualification preferred

Experience in the Middle East, primarily in KSA and UAE.

Experience in retail industry.

Able to influence and convince people