Issuing Specialist for Portfolio Support

• Term: 12 months  
• Job location: Dubai, UAE
• Project scope: Issuing specialist for Portfolio support 
• Experience: 10 years+ 

Job Summary: 

Card issuing specialist will be responsible for establishing and managing the end to end process of card business  (including card issuance, Personalization, activation and commercial ) 

• Develop a thorough understanding of the Client business and priorities; 

• Evaluate and quantify Client-specific opportunities and risks in the local market context; 

• Integrate insights from recent market trends into business performance improvement plans; 

• Handle all aspects of scheme pricing (interchange and scheme pricing). 

• Implement the priority value realization activities with rigor, discipline, and focus on Client impact; 

• Deploy selected optimal mix of Mastercard products and services needed to improve Clients business performance; 

• Coordinate resources, Mastercard, Client as well as third parties to ensure sustained quality of Client activities (Deliverables and timelines); 

• Ensure compliance with scheme mandates and regulations; and 

• Provide insights and recommendations based on data analysis and collaborate with the team to optimize pricing strategies; 

• Review P&L (profit and loss) lines for issuing business to ensure financial feasibility; and 

• Monitoring and ongoing analysis of progress: 

• Continuously track performance of relevant target portfolios, products and services; 

• Create value visibility for priority initiatives across relevant metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) with action-driving dashboard; and 

• Set up and manage a Client control tower to improve speed and quality of decision making. 

The SBOS resource will fulfill the following requirements: 

• Proven experience in card issuing and payment processing. Have an E2E experience on product portfolio launch (prepaid or debit) 

• Extensive experience working on payment products and proposition launches 

• In depth understanding on Interchange ,scheme pricing and regulations. 

• Solid organizational abilities with keen attention to detail and effective multitasking 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience