Commercial Manager - Partnerships

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• Commercial Manager
• Partnerships Job Snapshot Role: Commercial Manager Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Financial Services Function: Business Development Experience: 6+ years Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Commercial Manager in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a strategic Financial Services role focused on partnership development, commercial negotiations, financial modelling, customer value creation, and revenue growth for MAF Future Solutions.

This opportunity supports the SHARE platform by building high-impact partnerships across co-branded credit cards, BNPL, remittances, and other commercially valuable customer solutions that improve engagement, expand reach, and strengthen business performance.

Job Details Country

United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Industry: Financial Services Function: Business Development Salary: 28PHONE_NUMBER0 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time Key Responsibilities * Develop and execute the financial services partnership strategy for the SHARE platform with a clear focus on revenue growth and customer value * Identify, evaluate, and recommend new partners across co-branded credit cards, BNPL, remittances, and other strategic partnership areas * Build strong business cases with internal stakeholders, defining ROI, KPIs, expected financial returns, operating assumptions, and commercial benefits * Create detailed financial models covering revenue drivers, cost structures, forecasted performance, risks, and growth opportunities * Lead commercial negotiations with partners, including pricing, scope, deliverables, service expectations, launch requirements, and performance commitments * Support contract negotiations by reviewing commercially important clauses and working closely with Legal, Finance, Product, Technology, and Operations teams * Coordinate cross-functional teams to launch partnerships smoothly and align quarterly and annual roadmap priorities with business targets * Monitor partner performance through KPI tracking, reporting, customer feedback, NPS insights, and financial impact reviews * Maintain strong partner relationships and identify improvement opportunities that increase customer engagement, programme value, and long-term revenue * Explore innovative partnership models that help differentiate the SHARE programme in financial services and wider customer solutions Ideal Profile * 6+ years of relevant experience in partnerships, business development, commercial management, financial services, loyalty programmes, or customer solutions * Bachelor s degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience * Strong understanding of financial services products such as co-branded credit cards, BNPL, remittances, payments, or customer finance solutions * Proven ability to develop partnership strategies aligned with P and L targets, revenue goals, customer value, and business growth plans * Skilled in building business cases, financial models, ROI analysis, KPI frameworks, and commercial performance reports * Strong negotiation capability with experience managing partner commercials, contract inputs, scopes, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations * Ability to work across Legal, Finance, Product, Technology, Operations, Marketing, and senior business teams to deliver partnership launches * Strong analytical and commercial mindset with the ability to convert market opportunities into measurable operational and financial impact * Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills with a collaborative and results-driven working style * Customer-focused approach with awareness of user experience, NPS, customer feedback, and programme engagement metrics Skills Set * Commercial management * Partnership development * Financial services strategy * Business development * Co-branded credit cards * BNPL partnerships * Remittance partnerships * SHARE platform partnerships * Financial modelling * ROI analysis * KPI management * Contract negotiation support * Partner onboarding * Revenue growth * P and L alignment * Customer value strategy * Stakeholder management * Roadmap planning * Performance reporting * Strategic partnerships

Ideal Profile

• 6+ years of relevant experience in partnerships, business development, commercial management, financial services, loyalty programmes, or customer solutions
• Bachelor s degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Strong understanding of financial services products such as co-branded credit cards, BNPL, remittances, payments, or customer finance solutions
• Proven ability to develop partnership strategies aligned with P and L targets, revenue goals, customer value, and business growth plans
• Skilled in building business cases, financial models, ROI analysis, KPI frameworks, and commercial performance reports
• Strong negotiation capability with experience managing partner commercials, contract inputs, scopes, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations
• Ability to work across Legal, Finance, Product, Technology, Operations, Marketing, and senior business teams to deliver partnership launches
• Strong analytical and commercial mindset with the ability to convert market opportunities into measurable operational and financial impact
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills with a collaborative and results-driven working style
• Customer-focused approach with awareness of user experience, NPS, customer feedback, and programme engagement metrics
• Skills Set
• Commercial management
• Partnership development
• Financial services strategy
• Business development
• Co-branded credit cards
• BNPL partnerships
• Remittance partnerships
• SHARE platform partnerships
• Financial modelling
• ROI analysis
• KPI management
• Contract negotiation support
• Partner onboarding
• Revenue growth
• P and L alignment
• Customer value strategy
• Stakeholder management
• Roadmap planning
• Performance reporting
• Strategic partnerships