Team Lead, Merchant Acquiring Sales at Interswitch Group

Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organisations on a timely and consistent basis. We started operations in 2002 as a transaction switching and electronic payments processing, and have progressively evolved into an integrated payment services company, building and managing payment infrastructure as well as delivering innovative payment products and transactional services throughout the African continent. At Interswitch, we offer unique career opportunities for individuals capable of playing key roles and adding value in an innovative and fun environment.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Merchant Acquiring Sales

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Department: Paymate - Digital Commerce & Merchant Acquiring

Job Description

• The individual will drive market share by creating, executing, and delivering leads to grow the sales pipeline for our Paymate business and provide excellent account management for existing customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop leads into prospects by understanding their challenges/needs and effectively communicating our values and solutions
• Qualify and identify prospect needs by leveraging key contacts within an organization
• Identify high potential prospects and transition the qualified leads to the team lead for proper engagement
• Effectively utilize the lead qualification process as well as documenting sales information in CRM following the lead process
• Outbound prospecting and lead nurturing to the assigned market segment
• Account management and customer retention activities
• Other duties that may be assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline
• Minimum professional experience of 5 years in sales and account management role
• Banking experience will be an added advantage
• Experience in lead qualification, outbound prospecting, and lead development management
• Experience with CRM tools

Application Closing Date
6th April, 2023.