Relationship Manager, New Zealand

Join a movement in which everyone can win. We started a movement in which everyone can win - shoppers, retailers, society and every person on our team. To play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe.

Founded five years ago in Sydney, Australia, Afterpay has over 11 million active customers globally and more than 64,000 of the world's best retailers around the world including Anthropologie, Revolve, DSW, GOAT, Finish Line, Levi's, Mac Cosmetics, Ray-Ban and many others. Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins.

Afterpay is completely free for customers who pay on time - helping people spend responsibly without incurring interest, fees or extended debt. Afterpay empowers customers to access the things they want and need, while still allowing them to maintain financial wellness and control, by splitting payments in four, for both online and in-store purchases. Afterpay is deeply committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers. We are focused on supporting our community of shoppers.

We trust in the next generation and share a vision of a more accessible and sustainable world in which people are rewarded for doing the right thing.

**The Role**

As one of Afterpay's **Relationship Managers**, you'll grow and expand our key strategic partnerships across a defined portfolio of New Zealand-based Mid Market merchants and work to exceed profitability targets for Afterpay and our partners.

We are looking for someone who will effectively run a business within the Afterpay APAC business. You will lead the direction and evolution of our vertical strategies and own the growth and development of your portfolio; identify opportunities for establishing best practices that scale across the wider business.

This position offers a hybrid work model, combining in-office and remote work to promote both flexibility and collaboration, and includes face-to-face meetings with clients.

**You Will**
- Grow and develop long term profitable partnerships that deliver for our Merchants, our Customers and Afterpay. From topline growth, right through to the unit economics you'll focus on building a sustainably profitable business
- Lead C-level external and internal engagement and stakeholder management. This role is about truly leading and managing complex relationships and engaging internally and externally to build advocacy
- Work with and leverage senior stakeholders across the Afterpay business in every region from APAC, UK and North America to drive local engagement and focus for your portfolio of New Zealand-based merchants
- Manage a complex portfolio and lead the development and analysis of the overall portfolio and its performance. You'll develop, negotiate and execute our multi-year account plans in conjunction with our strategic partners and lead the evolution of our pricing and contract renewal process that establishes clear and measurable ROI models for Afterpay and its partners
- Deliver a proactive customer growth strategy to drive merchant usage, satisfaction, and revenue growth across our current contracts and new opportunities
- Develop and refine our Merchant Value proposition in-store and online. Establish clear marketing best practices, optimization strategies and expansion plans with our partners and monitor performance
- Identify and help scale best practices across a variety of areas including Operations, Risk Management Staff Training, Visual merchandising and Marketing plans
- Lead Merchant advocacy within the Afterpay business. Foster cross-functional engagement internally across Sales, Marketing, Product, Legal, Risk and Operations to ensure our product and offering continues to evolve and exceed both our merchants and their customers' expectations

**You Have**
- 5+ years experience in successfully managing and growing partners in client-facing Sales/Account Management roles
- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- Excellent relationship management skills, with the ability to manage complex relationships across all internal and external stakeholders, and build advocacy
- Experience in an eCommerce or start-up environment with global operations
- Experience covering planning, people management, reporting and profitability metrics
- B2B sales experience
- Comfortable effectively managing a complex portfolio while delivering top results
- A track record of identifying opportunities and seizing them
- Programme and Project management experience
- Built out Go-to-Market plans and programmes that deliver strong results and that scale
- Keep it real with your actions, be brave with your decisions, do the right thing for all our stakeholders and shape the future with excitement

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