Business Development Manager at Transsnet Financial

Transsnet Financial is launching game-changing fintech apps in the Nigerian market to help people transact, save and borrow money. Transsnet is a joint venture between Transsion, the manufacturers of smartphone brands used by over 30% of Africans, including Tecno, Infinix and Itel, and NetEase, one of China’s biggest internet companies.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• We’re looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial business development manager who is passionate about our mission of driving financial inclusion in Africa.
• You will build and execute partnerships in a number of verticals and be responsible for owning the end to end process from initial sale through negotiation to go live.
• This is an opportunity to join an early stage team to launch a new business.
• The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced startup environment where they are willing to roll up their sleeves and get things done.

Responsibilities

• Work with executive leadership to develop strategies, business cases and action plans and take charge of turning these into on the ground relationships and live products.
• Establish a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and customer needs and leverage those insights to advocate for partner integrations that will lead to maximum business and customer success.
• Own the partner lifecycle on both a strategic and operational level, including initial business planning, commercial negotiations, project management of technical requirements and integrations and ongoing relationship management.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with senior stakeholders including operational, product management, engineering and marketing teams to coordinate initiatives. Willing to act in multiple roles to unblock technical and operational teams.

Basic Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher from a top university
• 3+ years of relevant experience, with a proven background in launching offerings successfully in the Nigerian marketplace
• Experience and network in one or more of the following verticals: VAS providers, banks, billers, merchants, agents
• Technical enough to work closely with software engineers
• Able to investigate and define opportunities with supporting data and analysis including the development of models in Excel

Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial spirit: You take initiative and don’t wait to be asked. You’re results driven. Once you’re given a goal, you won’t stop until you’ve figured out how to make it happen.
• Move fast: You must be able to multitask and prioritise in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
• Great communicator: You are a bridge builder and influencer who is able to get buy in from other stakeholders for your ideas. You are comfortable collaborating with a cross-cultural team across multiple timezones.
• Creative: You are creative and able to think outside the box with proven experience of taking projects to market.
• Data driven: You make decisions based on data and have strong quantitative skills to run analysis, produce dashboards and reports.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidate should:
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