Merchant Operation Manager at PalmPay Limited

Posted on Wed 11th Mar, 2026 - www.hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

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: Merchant Operation Manager

Location: Lagos

Overview

  • Responsible for the operation and management of POS and acquiring merchants.
  • Through data analysis and operational strategy design, this role aims to improve merchant active rate and transaction volume, driving sustainable growth in overall TPV.
  • The role focuses on merchant lifecycle management, behavioral growth strategies, and incentive mechanism design to continuously optimize the merchant operation system.

Key Responsibilities
Merchant Lifecycle Management:

  • Manage the lifecycle of offline merchants, including onboarding, activation, growth, inactivation, and reactivation strategies.
  • Identify key factors affecting merchant active rate and transaction volume through data analysis and develop corresponding operational strategies.
  • Segment merchants (e.g., high-value merchants, growth merchants, inactive merchants) and design differentiated operation strategies.

Merchant Transaction Growth:

  • Design and implement strategies to increase merchant transaction volume, such as transaction incentive programs, marketing campaigns, and seasonal or festive promotions.
  • Analyze transaction behaviors of high-performing merchants, identify key success factors, and replicate high-performing behaviors.
  • Continuously optimize operational strategies to increase transaction frequency and transaction volume.

High-Value Merchant Operations:

  • Identify high-value merchants (e.g., high TPV, high transaction frequency).
  • Develop dedicated incentive programs or growth plans for high-value merchants to increase their transaction volume and retention.

Merchant Reactivation & Activity Improvement:

  • Design and optimize merchant reactivation strategies to bring back inactive or low-active merchants.
  • Analyze reasons for merchant churn and propose operational or product improvements.

Data Monitoring & Strategy Optimization:

  • Track key merchant performance metrics, including:
    • Merchant active rate
    • Merchant productivity (transaction volume per merchant)
    • Number of transactions and total transaction value
  • Produce operational analysis reports and continuously optimize strategies based on data insights.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

  • Work closely with Business Development team, Product team, and Customer Service team to resolve merchant issues related to POS products.
  • Collect merchant feedback and drive product and operational improvements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or above, with at least 2 years of experience in internet, payments, or merchant operations.
  • Familiar with user operations or merchant operations methodologies; experience in transaction or user growth is preferred.
  • Strong data analysis skills with the ability to identify problems and design operational strategies.
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Proactive, execution-oriented, and results-driven.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in payments, acquiring, or fintech industries.
  • Experience in POS or offline merchant operations.
  • Familiarity with agent-based or channel-based merchant models.
  • Experience with SQL or data analysis tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online