Partnership Executive

About Liven

Join the revolution in hospitality tech!

Liven is a trailblazing fintech platform reshaping the hospitality industry through payments, loyalty, and customer engagement solutions. Operating across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, we power venues with smart, seamless payment experiences while enabling millions of users to earn and redeem rewards effortlessly.

At Liven, our platform is built to help hospitality businesses save more and work smarter by seamlessly integrating every aspect of their operations — from ordering and payments to back‑of‑house management. Driven by a deep passion for the hospitality industry, we continuously innovate to elevate the experience for both venues and their guests. Our solutions are powered by AI‑enriched insights and automated workflows, enabling smarter decision‑making and smoother operations ’re proud to be an AI‑first organization.

• Expansion:
  Acquired Order Up, Abacus, Zeemart, Copper and Nomnie forming Asia Pacific’s largest end‑to‑end group in hospitality technology.
• Global Reach:
  Headquartered across major cities including Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Singapore, Bali, Jakarta, New York, and India.

We’re looking for a Partnerships Executive – Payments to join our growing Jakarta team and support the expansion of Liven’s payments ecosystem across Southeast Asia and ANZ. This is a strategic role at the intersection of partnerships, technology, and payments innovation.

• Manage and grow strategic relationships with PSPs, gateways, processors, and payment aggregators.
• Lead commercial negotiations covering MDRs, pricing, interchange, and value‑added services.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to support seamless integrations and payment routing logic, drive partner enablement through go‑to‑market initiatives, joint campaigns, and onboarding strategies, and analyse and optimise key payment KPIs including authorization rates, success ratios, and settlement timelines.
• Track and act on market trends such as e‑wallet adoption, alternative payment methods, real‑time payments, and regional regulations.
• Partner with Compliance and Risk teams to align on KYC/AML, PCI DSS, and cross‑border transaction standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in partnerships, business development, or account management within payments, PSPs, or fintech.
• Solid understanding of the payments value chain — issuing, acquiring, interchange, settlement, reconciliation and proven ability to navigate technical discussions with internal teams and partners.
• Hands‑on experience with card acquiring, e‑wallets, direct debit, BNPL, or cross‑border payments with strong commercial negotiation skills and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Business Development and Sales

Industries: Embedded Software Products

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