Business Development Manager - Card Acquiring

Location
UK – London
Salary
Very attractive
Contact
Ioanna Vlassi
Job Ref
1674819
  • flexible working conditions - hybrid
  • very good salary package with bonus
  • actual growth and career progression

Our client is a fast-growing, multiregulated Acquiring group specializing in advanced payment and banking solutions. As a licensed Electronic Money Institution with strong regulatory authorisations in the UK and EU, the company delivers sophisticated card acquiring, digital wallet, and cross-border payment solutions to merchants and financial institutions across Europe.
 
About the Role We are looking for a senior and commercially driven Business Development Manager in Card Acquiring to drive growth in the company's card acquiring business, with a particular focus on subscription and recurring payment models. This is a high-impact role where you will acquire and scale high-volume subscription merchants while optimising performance across the full card acquiring lifecycle.
 
 
Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and grow a high-quality portfolio of card acquiring merchants with a focus on subscription and recurring billing models
  • Identify, approach, and onboard high-volume subscription businesses (SaaS, streaming, eCommerce, membership platforms, etc.)
  • Lead commercial negotiations on pricing, risk appetite, processing terms, and acquiring agreements
  • Optimise the full recurring payment lifecycle, including CIT, MIT, retries, dunning flows, and recovery strategies
  • Increase approval rates, recurring success rates, and overall portfolio profitability
  • Manage acquiring risk for subscription merchants, including chargebacks, disputes, and scheme threshold management
  • Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with merchants and ecosystem partners
  • Collaborate closely with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Finance teams to ensure sustainable and compliant growth
  • Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and new opportunities in the card acquiring and subscription space
Requirements
  • Proven experience in card acquiring or payments business development
  • Strong hands-on expertise with subscription and recurring payment models
  • Deep understanding of recurring billing mechanics (CIT/MIT, card-on-file), dunning, and recovery strategies
  • Solid knowledge of Visa and Mastercard rules, chargeback management, and acquiring risk
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to assess merchant unit economics and risk profiles
  • Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
  • Fluent in English (additional languages are a plus)
  • Self-motivated with a strong ownership mindset and ability to work independently
What Our Client Offers
  • Competitive salary and benefits package, more details to be discussed as the client is looking for more than one roles to fill therefore seniority could also be advantage
  • Hybrid working model in London
  • Opportunity to shape and scale a subscription-focused card acquiring business in a high-growth fintech
  • High level of autonomy and direct impact on company revenue and growth
  • Collaborative, innovative, and flat team structure
  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
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Ioanna Vlassi
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