Business Development Manager - Eastern Europe

Wise; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in London is seeking a Business Development professional to drive growth in Eastern Europe. You will work closely with banks to sell the Wise payment solution, requiring strong sales experience, analytical skills, and a focus on customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates understand the regulatory landscape in Europe and have experience in tech product sales. Join a diverse and inclusive team dedicated to financial accessibility.

Benefits

Inclusive team environment

Diverse workforce

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• Proven history of selling API solutions or Correspondent Services to banks.
• Strong analytical skills for data-driven decision making.
• Comfortable discussing commercial and legal terms.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth of Wise Platform in Eastern Europe.
• Maintain and close a strong pipeline of partnerships.
• Collaborate with Product teams to improve customer experience.

Skills

Sales experience with tech products

Analytical skills

Customer-focused

Regulatory knowledge in Europe

Job description

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.

Job Description

We’ve launched partnerships with banks across the globe. Some of the banks that leverage our correspondent offering today are Unicredit, Raiffeissen Bank International, Standard Chartered, Morgan Stanley, N26 and Monzo. We’re looking for someone to drive the growth of Wise Platform in Eastern Europe - by joining our Business Development team and selling our payment solution to more banks.

You’ll work closely with the global Wise Platform Business Development team - as well as with other functions, including Pre-Sales, Product Management, Compliance & Legal, Implementation and Engineering.

Your mission:

• Work with the Wise Platform team to build, maintain and close a strong pipeline of partnerships with banks in Central and Eastern Europe
• Create and communicate our strategy and plan for partnership growth in the region
• Work on projects to improve our sales processes and approaches both within the region and globally, such as helping iterate our pitches and messaging, our pricing strategies, go to market efforts - or anything else that helps drive growth
• Collaborate closely with the Product teams to share valuable feedback (based on your conversations with prospects) to guide product roadmap and improve end customer experience

Qualifications

• You’ve sold tech products, ideally API solutions, but also traditional Correspondent Services via Swift into banks or large enterprises in Europe - and can show end to end, high impact partnership delivery here
• You’re hands on - happy to lead your own discussions as well as supporting others with their pipelines
• You’re as comfortable helping a partner solution the best way to use Wise Platform as you are discussing commercial and legal terms.
• You’re analytical - data driven on where the team should be spending time and on scoping and sizing opportunities
• You have a strong head for economics - being responsible for owning and supporting financial negotiations with partners
• You are customer-focused. At Wise, they always come first, so you need to be enthusiastic about helping our customers and delivering on our mission
• You are familiar with the regulatory landscape in Europe and understand how international payments work today

Additional Information (Desirable but not essential)

• You have experience working in banking
• You speak a second language; Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, etc

Additional Information

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