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Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.\nTitle and Summary\nManager, Business Development - Acceptance & PartnershipsOverviewDriving growth in Commercial Payments across Asia Pacific is one of Mastercard's highest strategic priorities. As businesses continue to digitize procurement, accounts payable, expense management and travel spend, Mastercard is focused on expanding acceptance, enabling suppliers and embedding payment capabilities into the platforms where businesses already transact.\nThe Manager, Business Development - Acceptance & Partnerships will play a key role in accelerating Mastercard's growth across Australia and New Zealand. The role is responsible for expanding acceptance of Mastercard commercial payment solutions, leading supplier enablement initiatives and developing strategic partnerships that unlock new B2B payment flows across enterprise software, procurement, expense, travel and marketplace ecosystems.\nWorking closely with issuers, acquirers, fintechs, corporates and platform partners, the successful candidate will identify and commercialize new opportunities that increase acceptance, grow payment volume and expand Mastercard's participation in B2B payment flows. Success in this role will be measured through acceptance growth, supplier activation, partnership development and payment volume expansion across the ecosystem.\nKey Responsibilities\nAcceptance & Commercial Payments Growth\nDevelop and execute strategies to increase adoption and acceptance of Mastercard commercial payment solutions across key B2B ecosystems.\nBuild customer value propositions focused on expanding commercial card acceptance, digitizing receivables, increasing payment choice, improving collections efficiency and driving payment volume growth.\nIdentify opportunities to digitize supplier payments, unlock cardable spend and expand commercial card and virtual card acceptance.\nLead supplier enablement initiatives with issuers, acquirers and ecosystem partners to expand commercial card acceptance, increase supplier participation and accelerate onboarding.\nDevelop and manage strategic relationships with acquirers, payment facilitators and acceptance partners to expand acceptance coverage and unlock new B2B payment flows.\nPartner with issuers, acquirers, fintechs and corporates to develop scalable payment flow opportunities and deliver commercial outcomes.\nPartnership Development & Commercialization\nIdentify, prioritize and develop strategic partnership opportunities across ANZ and Asia Pacific.\nProspect, originate and develop a robust pipeline of new business opportunities, maintaining accurate forecasting and opportunity management through Salesforce.\nOwn the end-to-end partnership lifecycle, from origination and business case development through commercial negotiation, contracting, onboarding and launch.\nDevelop partnerships with ERP, procurement, travel, expense management and other digital platforms to embed Mastercard commercial payment capabilities into customer workflows.\nCommercialize global, regional and local partnerships through market-ready propositions, joint go-to-market plans and sales enablement initiatives.\nMarket 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