Manager - Vice President - Switzerland

Tasks

• Be the voice of the market
• Engage with regulatory agencies, customers, partners, and sales to ensure that their requirements are incorporated, prioritized, and reflected in product roadmaps and delivery plans
• Keep your expertise up to date to understand local regulations, scheme rules, ecosystem nuances, and customer pain points, and to guide product positioning and feature prioritization
• Secure market approvals and define local requirements
• Support product management in market authorization processes, including interactions with regulatory and government agencies, licensing, scheme certifications, and required attestations
• Review local regulatory and operational requirements to identify clear, actionable steps for product delivery; coordinate with global platform capabilities and define necessary localizations
• Work with regulatory authorities and schemes to assess local readiness (e.g., SLAs, support models, data residency, resilience, and controls)
• Run pilot adoption programs and address localization gaps before scaling up
• Advocate for market expansion opportunities, including new corridors, use cases, and partnerships; develop business plans and influence prioritization

Requirements

• Extensive experience in payments, fintech, or banking, with in-depth knowledge of Swiss payment channels, schemes, and regulatory environments
• Proven experience in product strategy, market entry/expansion, and go-to-market execution for payment solutions (e.g., instant payments, ACH cards, cross-border payments, digital wallets, deposits/withdrawals)
• Fluent English and German
• Enthusiasm, self-motivation, and effectiveness under pressure
• Strong understanding of end-to-end payment flows, customer onboarding, KYC/AML compliance, reconciliation, and operational support models
• Excellent stakeholder management, including engagement with regulatory authorities, industry associations, partners, and internal teams
• Analytical and data-driven, with experience in defining KPIs and managing dashboards to steer commercialization and growth initiatives
• Market insight and customer focus
• Strategic thinker with commercial acumen

Preferred qualifications, skills, and qualities

• Academic degree (e.g., bachelor's degree); an advanced degree (e.g., MBA) is a plus
• Swiss German (optional)
• Influence and partnership across internal and external stakeholders
• Risk awareness and a focus on controls
• Analytical rigor and a focus on results

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