Business Optimization Manager - Payments

At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth. Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether The Purpose: The Business Optimization Manager will be responsible for maximizing payment success across global markets by improving authorization and conversion rates through strategic partner engagement, data-driven decision-making, and continuous optimization of the payment ecosystem. This role is critical in ensuring that transactions flow seamlessly between merchants, acquirers, issuers, and card schemes - removing friction, reducing declines, and unlocking revenue. By combining deep payments expertise with analytics and cross-functional collaboration, the role directly impacts customer experience and business performance at scale. Your impact in this role: Partnership Management : Oversee partnerships across different stakeholders in the payment ecosystem. You will own local relationships, and build out a formula for successful interaction with partners. This involves regular communication and collaboration with acquirers to ensure smooth transaction processing, staying updated on card schemes' policies to facilitate seamless card payment acceptance, fostering relationships with issuers, and developing partnerships with Local Payment Methods (LPMs) to optimize payment acceptance in specific regions by understanding local market dynamics.. Performance Analytics : Analyze and review performance data (declines, conversion rates) for each partner. Collaborating with internal stakeholders such as product, customer support, and technical teams to address underlying factors, implementing strategies to optimize transaction approval processes, and leveraging insights from A/B testing and partnerships with acquirers to improve authorization rates. Cross-Functional collaboration : Collaborate with Product, Risk management, Partnerships, and other teams to launch performance enhancing products and features. What would make you a great fit: Experience: 4+ years in payments, fintech, or e-commerce. Proven experience working with payment partners (acquirers, issuers, or schemes) Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, MBA or advanced degree preferred Payments Expertise: Strong understanding of the payment processing lifecycle. Knowledge of card scheme rules and compliance requirements Analytics & Technical Skills: Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities. Experience deriving insights from large datasets and performance metric with strong ability to translate technical concepts into business impact Communication & Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across regions and functions. Strong communication and influencing skills. Languages: Fluent English. What we offer: Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year. Learning and Development - We offer a 1750 BRL annual budget to support your professional growth—because investing in your development benefits us all. In addition, we provide leadership cafés, on-the-job training, and other opportunities to help you grow your skills and thrive in your role. Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including life insurance, health insurance + dental plan and travel insurance. Meal vouchers - BRL 54/ day - Enjoy a moment of conviviality and a good and balanced meal thanks to your meal vouchers. You will also have the choice between meal allowance, supermarket voucher or both (splitting the total value in two) Enhance Family Leave - We understand the importance of family - that's why we offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments. Transportation Voucher - we will cover your costs of commute! Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet New Value (Deals & Coupon Platform) - Get attractive discounts to restaurants, stores and events Professional and personal development - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role. We also offer language incentives and cover the costs of your classes! Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more. SESC - private institution that makes available Education, Health, Culture and Recreational programs and events and provides Social Assistance to our employees and their dependents. Pet-friendly office - Because work is better with your paw-tners by your side Our Principles: We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done. We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do. We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement. We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.