Leader, Pricing and Portfolio Management job at KeyBank in Cleveland, OH

Title: Leader, Pricing & Portfolio Management

Location: Remote, United States Cleveland, OH

Job Description:

Full time

Job requisition id R-39401

For Those Who Work At Home, Ohio

Position Location Policy

General Location: Open to candidates within the United States.

Hybrid Requirement (if within specific cities): If the selected candidate resides in Cleveland, OH, Buffalo, NY, or Albany, NY, they are expected to work on-site 3 days per week at the nearest KeyBank non-branch location.

Remote Option: If the selected candidate lives outside of KeyBank's geographic footprint, the position will be considered fully remote. Available to those residing in the United States.

Hours: 8-5pm EST/CST

JOB SUMMARY (Job Brief)

The Leader is an integral part of the Merchant Services team, within Key's innovative and fast-growing Merchant Services and Embedded Banking organization. More specifically, this role supports: Merchant Optimization products, services, and setup such as debit routing management, least cost routing, interchange downgrade management, Level 2/ Level 3, currency conversion, etc.

This role will work as part of cross-functional teams on highly visible enterprise initiatives focused on driving incremental profitability via continuous decision point optimization.

Success factors include a combination of Business Knowledge (Merchant Optimization Product, Credit Risk, P&L), Technical Skills (Data Analytics Coding, Data Visualization, Excel), and Communication Skills (Relationship Building, Data Translating, Presentation).

This position offers significant career advancement opportunities within the Pricing & Portfolio Management Team, Key Merchant Services Product team or Embedded Banking Product team.

Essential Job Functions

Business Owner of Merchant Optimization: Own and manage Key's portfolio debit routing strategy across multiple card brands and portfolios. Be the product owner of all optimization products, included but not limited to: Least Cost Routing, Level2/Level 3 Commercial Interchange, Dynamic Currency Conversion, Interchange Downgrades, Card Brand Releases, and support merchant billing.

Optimization Product Owner: Own product specific driver-based forecast tools; Monitor the delta between actual, expected, and benchmark performance; Proactively identify Decision Strategy gaps; Work with cross-functional teams to continuously enhance Decision Strategy; Understand business & product strategy; Monitor competitors and industry trends

Critical Thinking / Problem Solving: Leverage technical skills and business acumen to provide solutions to complex problems; Understand impact / intersection with other business partners / LOBs; Ability to independently manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities; Data driven mentality

Cross Functional Translator & Partner: Proven relationship building ability; Strong interpersonal skills; Can lead the conversation with partners in the business, technology, risk etc.; Sought out to by business partners and team members; Comfortable with influencing and consulting leaders

Communication: Strong writing skills; organizes material for brevity, persuasiveness, and impact; Effectively communicates key points to respective stakeholders, with the right amount of detail; Proactively shares information beyond those at the table who may have a need to know; Comfortable in situations where conflict is present; Demonstrated presentation development and delivery skills

Leadership: Provides direction/mentorship to junior staff; Role model to others; Ability to effectively work in a matrixed organization with colleagues across various reporting structures.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher required or equivalent experience.

6+ years of Financial Services, Payments or Merchant experience with an emphasis in Analytics, Consulting, or Product, Strategy

Business Knowledge (Product, Credit Risk, P&L)

Required

Experience with the Merchant/Payments industry, and key drivers of financial results

Experience with Business Interchange Optimization products, with emphasis in merchant

Experience with product and relationship pricing methodology

Familiarity with Finance PnL

Results oriented, self-starter with ability to work independently on complex matters with minimal supervision

Strong critical thinking combined with business intuition and intellectual curiosity

Preferred Qualifications

Extensive knowledge of the Merchant/Payments industry, Debit PIN/PINless Durban Agreement Reg I and II, and key drivers of financial results

Extensive knowledge of Interchange Optimization products under FISERV/FIRSTDATA

Extensive knowledge of product and relationship pricing methodology

Technical Skills (Data Analytics Coding, Data Visualization, Excel)

Required

Experience with SAS, or other analytical coding languages (SQL / R / Python)

Advanced data visualization & presentation skills using PowerPoint / Tableau / Excel

Advanced