Senior Business Development Manager - Switzerland

Wise; Lavamünd; Hybrid; GBP 128.000 - 173.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wise Platform seeks an experienced Senior Business Development Manager to drive growth with financial institutions across Switzerland. You will own end-to-end partnerships with Tier 1 banks, private banks, and fintechs, shaping market strategy and steering product roadmaps for regional expansion.

The role requires deep payments expertise, a track record of long enterprise sales cycles, and fluency in German and English.

Qualifikationen

• 5–8 years of deep experience in payments or selling technology to banks or financial institutions.
• Fluent German and professional English.
• Proven history of managing long enterprise sales cycles from initial contact to contract execution.
• Strong understanding of Swiss banking landscape and cross-border payment rails.

Aufgaben

• Own end-to-end partnership development with Tier 1 banks and other financial institutions in Switzerland.
• Shape market strategy and align product roadmaps with regional expansion.
• Collaborate with Pre-Sales, Product, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and Implementation to close complex partnerships.

Kenntnisse

Enterprise sales

Payments

Strategic partnerships

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Tools

CRM systems

Jobbeschreibung

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

We are seeking an experienced and entrepreneurial Senior Business Development Manager to join our Wise Platform team. In this role, you will take full commercial ownership of driving our growth with financial institutions and banks across Switzerland.

You will help deliver world-class payment solutions to some of the largest banks, traditional financial institutions, and fast-growing fintechs - powered by Wise's cutting-edge infrastructure.

Wise Platform has already launched transformational partnerships with leading institutions, including significant success across the DACH region with partners like Raiffeisen Bank International, DKB, and N26, alongside other global Tier-1 leaders such as UniCredit, Standard Chartered, and Morgan Stanley.

Switzerland is a core target financial hub for Wise Platform to offer our service. This role provides the opportunity for a senior individual contributor to spearhead and scale this market. Successful candidates can look forward to a career trajectory that supports growth either through a high-impact IC path or into a leadership and management role.

A Bit About the Role

You will sit at the heart of our commercial engine while maintaining the flexibility for a remote structure depending on setup and experience. In this role, you will:

• Shape the Market Strategy: Act as the strategic bridge between Swiss bank and enterprise clients and our product teams. Your insights into the needs of the local market will directly steer our product roadmap and regional expansion strategy.

• Unlock Swiss Scale: Take end-to-end responsibility for mapping, pitching, negotiating, and closing partnerships across Tier 1 legacy incumbents, private wealth managers, and challenger banks.

• Drive Cross-Functional Wins: Collaborate seamlessly with Pre-Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and Implementation teams to bring highly regulated, complex partnerships to life.

Your Mission

• Build, maintain, and close a robust pipeline of high-value partnerships across our target verticals in Switzerland Tier 1 banks, regional and private banks, as well as working with fast growth digital challengers and fintechs

• Create, iterate, and execute our go-to-market strategy, refining localized messaging, commercial pricing strategies, and custom-tailored pitches.

• Actively manage senior-level stakeholders and navigate complex financial RFP processes within Swiss financial networks.

• Achieve a realistic but ambitious annual new recurring revenue quota

• Represent Wise and Wise Platform at industry events and financial conferences across Switzerland.

A Bit About You

• Language Proficiency: You are fully fluent in German, alongside professional English proficiency.

• Industry Experience: A minimum of 5 to 8 years of deep experience within payments and/or a specific track record of selling technology products, API infrastructure, or traditional Correspondent Services directly into banks or large financial institutions.

• Deal Execution: Proven history of managing long, complex enterprise sales cycles from initial top-of-funnel generation down to final legal and economic contract execution.

• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with the Swiss banking landscape, including the unique operational structures of cantonal, private, and universal banks, paired with a strong conceptual grasp of how cross-border payment rails operate.

• Commercial Acumen: Strongly analytical and data-driven; you have a sharp head for economics and are comfortable owning high-value financial negotiations with institutional procurement and C-suite teams.

• Mindset: An entrepreneurial, hands-on builder who is as excited about mapping out deep technical product integrations with a client as you are closing commercial structures.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders - without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.