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Senior Manager, Channel Partnerships
Tamara · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Employment
Full-time
Workplace
On-site
About the role
Tamara is seeking a Senior Manager for Channel Partnerships in Dubai to oversee commercial execution and portfolio performance for the UAE. The role involves driving partner strategy, negotiating commercial agreements, enabling partner teams, and accelerating merchant acquisition and transaction volume.
Key requirements
- Experience in channel partnerships, strategic partnerships, business development, platform partnerships, payments, acquiring, fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, or ecosystem-led distribution businesses
- Proven success in building and scaling partner channels that deliver measurable merchant or customer acquisition, activation, revenue, and GMV
- Understanding of referral, reseller, aggregator, marketplace, payment-provider, acquirer, and POS partnership models
- Ability to negotiate complex commercial agreements, revenue shares, pricing structures, incentives, and multi-year commitments
- Experience managing technical integrations and cross-functional launch programs
- Strong commercial and analytical capability across pipeline, conversion, unit economics, partner profitability, cohort quality, and forecasting
- Familiarity with GCC commerce platforms, PSPs, acquirers, POS providers, and merchant ecosystems
- Excellent English communication skills
Who should apply
Professionals with significant expertise in fintech or ecosystem-led distribution businesses who excel at business development, cross-functional delivery, and senior stakeholder management.
Key skills
Channel PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentCommercial NegotiationPartner EnablementPortfolio ManagementStakeholder ManagementData AnalysisFintech
Application guidance
Candidates apply on the employer's official site.
