Business Development Manager - Transfer Services at Palmpay Limited

PalmPay is an Africa-focused fintech firm, launched in 2019. PalmPay is a mobile payments platform that offers a number of financial services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Manager - Transfer Services

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief

• The role holder will be responsible for the Business Development of the Wallet & Transfer business for PalmPay Limited.
• This position will be in charge of the Business engagement with Partners and Financial Institutions for Transfers and Wallets, developing strategies for the growth and stability of the service with duties including market research, and recommend upgrades when necessary.
• The staff will also be responsible for both Transfers on POS, Mobile App, Pay with Transfers, and Wallet businesses.
• Ultimately, the role holder will direct the executive team on the best processes to attain set goals.

Key Responsibilities
Key Tasks:

• Drive Business engagement with partners to derive strategic partnerships for Transfers and Wallet service
• Identifying viable business opportunities; coordinating business generation activities; developing customized targeted sales strategies.
• The ultimate success of the Transfer business as well as the Pay with Transfer and Wallet service
• Manage Transfer and Wallet products portfolio.
• Understand the competitive, environment and recommend plans and strategies to meet overall business objectives and optimize risk and return in Transfer and Wallet Business.
• Generate new business opportunities by performing market research to identify customer needs/trends and opportunities.
• Assess market competition by leveraging Industry data to competitors' products across offerings, processes, customer experience, and portfolio quality.
• Negotiation of commercials for both Transfers and Funding of Wallets with Partners to support the goal of optimizing profit for the Transfer and Wallet Business.
• Ensure the Transfer and Wallet Services are aligned with the business objectives and desired customer & employee experience, and contribute to increasing market share, the share of wallet, customer retention, and product & customer profitability

Professional & Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field.
• Minimum of 4 years of work experience in Business Development and Financial Inclusion (particularly transfers and Wallet Service).

Required Competencies:
The post holder must be able to demonstrate appropriate skills and experience which will enable him/her to deliver against the primary purpose and key responsibilities of the role. More specifically, the competencies required to succeed in the role:

• Proven experience in Business Development or similar leadership roles.
• Sound Knowledge in building organizational strategy.
• Ability to conduct analysis and research.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Leadership and organizational skills.
• Problem-solving attitude.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.