Thunes

SVP Account Management - Americas

Thunes  •  San Francisco, CA (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Role Context

Thunes operates one of the world’s most extensive cross-border payment networks, enabling real-time money movement across banks, wallets, fintechs, and payment providers in over 130+ countries.

As SVP, Account Management - Americas, you will own and lead Thunes’ strategic client relationships across the region, spanning global remittance companies, fintech platforms, digital banks, PSPs, and enterprise payment partners.

This is a high-impact commercial leadership role, accountable for:

  • Revenue growth
  • Corridor expansion
  • Client monetisation strategy
  • Retention and wallet share expansion

You will lead a high-performing account management team while acting as the executive sponsor for Thunes’ most strategic partners in the Americas, shaping commercial strategy, deepening integrations, and unlocking new cross-border flow opportunities across our global network.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Account Leadership

  • Own and grow Thunes’ most strategic client relationships across the Americas region.
  • Develop multi-year account strategies aligned to network flow growth, corridor expansion, and product adoption.
  • Act as Executive Sponsor for tier-1 clients, building C-suite relationships across fintechs, banks, and remittance partners.

Revenue Growth

  • Drive regional revenue performance across inbound and outbound payment flows.
  • Identify and unlock new corridor opportunities leveraging Thunes’ global payout network.
  • Partner with Sales to expand wallet share, cross-sell products, and support new deal conversions.

Client Monetisation & Optimisation

  • Drive pricing, commercial construct, and volume ramp strategies across key accounts in collaboration with cross functional teams
  • Monitor transaction flows, margin performance, and corridor utilisation.
  • Identify optimisation opportunities across FX, routing, and payout methods.

Team Leadership

  • Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing Account Management team across the Americas.
  • Instil a performance culture focused on growth, retention, and client impact.
  • Scale team structure in line with regional revenue expansion.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner closely with:
    • Network & Partnerships (endpoint expansion)
    • Product (roadmap alignment)
    • Operations (service delivery)
    • Compliance (regulatory alignment)
    • Finance and treasury (liquidity management and FX optimisation)
  • Ensure seamless client experience from deal close through lifecycle growth.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Domain Expertise

  • 15+ years’ experience in Account Management, Client Partnerships, or Commercial Leadership.
  • Deep expertise in cross-border payments, remittance, or global acquiring.
  • Proven track record managing and growing strategic enterprise accounts across the Americas.
  • Experience working with fintechs, banks, wallets, or payment platforms.

Leadership & Commercial Impact

  • Demonstrated success leading high-performing regional AM teams.
  • Strong revenue ownership mindset with experience managing large portfolios.
  • Ability to scale high performing teams, operating models, and governance frameworks.

Network & Industry Knowledge

  • Strong understanding of:
    • Cross-border payment flows
    • FX monetisation
    • Corridor economics
    • Wallet and bank payout ecosystems
  • Existing industry relationships across the Americas highly advantageous.

Strategic & Analytical Capability

  • Data-driven decision maker with strong commercial acumen.
  • Experience analysing transaction flows, margin performance, and client profitability.
  • Ability to translate data into growth strategy.

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

  • Executive presence with ability to influence C-suite stakeholders.
  • Strong negotiation and commercial structuring capability.
  • Exceptional communication and partnership skills.

Leadership Profile

We’re looking for a commercial leader who thrives in high-growth fintech environments -someone who can operate at both strategic and operational altitude:

  • Network thinker - understands flow, corridors, and monetisation
  • Commercially aggressive but partnership-led
  • Client-obsessed with a retention and growth mindset
  • Comfortable operating in scale-up ambiguity
  • Globally minded with regional execution focus
Thunes

About Thunes

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 320 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more.

Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection, and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments, globally.

Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks.

Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 15 locations, including Abidjan, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai.

For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Singapore, SG
Year Founded
2016
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