Business Development Manager - Card Acquiring (Subscriptions/Recurring Payments)

Colibrix One
Colibrix One
Barcelona, SpainOn-siteCompetitiveAdded 11 days ago

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Join COLIBRIX ONE - Innovating the Future of Payments

At COLIBRIX ONE, we're building advanced, AI-powered payment technologies that support Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs), and neobanks across the EU and the UK.

As a fully licensed Electronic Money Institution (FCA Reference No. 927920), holder of a Financial Institution Licence issued by the MFSA, and a principal member of both VISA and Mastercard, we deliver real-world financial infrastructure, including:

  • Global card processing
  • Digital wallet infrastructure
  • Cross-border merchant accounts
  • Alternative payment methods (APMs)
  • Corporate accounts for legal entities

We're a fast-growing team driven by innovation, scalability, and impact. Our culture values curiosity, ownership, and collaboration - and we're looking for people ready to shape the future of fintech.

About the Role

We are looking for a senior Business Development Manager to drive and scale our card-acquiring business, with a strong focus on subscription and recurring payment models.

This is not a generic acquiring role. We are specifically looking for someone who understands the mechanics, risks, and economics of subscription businesses - including recurring billing logic, payment recovery strategies, and subscription-related chargebacks.

You will work with high-volume, subscription-based merchants, owning the full lifecycle from acquisition to scaling, while ensuring sustainable growth and controlled risk exposure.

Responsibilities

Build & Scale Subscription Acquiring Portfolio

  • Develop and grow a portfolio focused on subscription and recurring merchants
  • Identify, onboard, and scale high-volume subscription businesses
  • Lead commercial negotiations (pricing, risk appetite, processing setup)
  • Build long-term partnerships with merchants and ecosystem players

Optimize Recurring Payment Performance

  • Improve the full recurring payment lifecycle:
    • initial transactions (CIT)
    • renewals (MIT)
    • retries and dunning flows
  • Increase approval rates, recovery rates, and overall transaction success
  • Work with PSPs and orchestration providers to optimize routing and processing

Drive Business Metrics

  • Monitor and improve transaction volume, approval rates, recurring success rate, and profitability
  • Understand and influence churn through payment performance

Manage Subscription-Specific Risk

  • Own acquiring risk for subscription merchants, including chargebacks and disputes
  • Ensure compliance with Visa and Mastercard rules for recurring payments
  • Identify and mitigate friendly fraud, trial abuse, and misuse of recurring billing
  • Balance growth with portfolio health and scheme thresholds

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with risk, compliance, legal, and finance teams
  • Evaluate subscription business models from both commercial and risk perspectives
  • Contribute to improving acquiring processes and performance

What We're Looking For

Must-Have

  • Hands-on experience in card acquiring
  • Proven experience with subscription / recurring payment models
  • Strong understanding of:
    • recurring billing (CIT / MIT, card-on-file)
    • payment lifecycle (authorization, clearing, settlement)
    • retries, dunning, and recovery logic

Risk & Scheme Knowledge

  • Strong expertise in chargebacks, especially in subscription environments
  • Solid understanding of Visa / Mastercard rules and thresholds
  • Experience managing acquiring risk and portfolio performance

Commercial & Analytical Skills

  • Ability to assess subscription business models (unit economics, churn, fraud risks)
  • Strong analytical and structured thinking
  • Experience working with high-volume merchants

Additional

  • Experience in fintech / payments
  • Fluent English and Russian
  • Ownership mindset and ability to operate independently

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to shape and scale a subscription-focused acquiring business within a fast-growing fintech
  • High level of ownership and direct impact on the company's growth
  • Collaborative, horizontal team structure that values your expertise and ideas
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities
  • Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

*This position is offered within COLIBRIX ONE. Employment will be under the appropriate legal entity based on the role and location.

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