Director of Business Development

PingPong Payments; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PingPong Payments is seeking a BD Director to drive growth in the UK market. This role involves developing strategies, managing partnerships, and leading negotiations with financial institutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in business development within the fintech sector and a strong track record of closing complex deals.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in BD, partnerships, or enterprise sales in fintech.
• Fluency in payments, FX, embedded finance, or APIs.
• Experience negotiating with C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute BD strategy across the UK.
• Own the full sales cycle for closing new partners.
• Lead commercial and legal negotiations with C-level execs.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Consultative Sales

Relationship Building

Data-Driven Operation

Education

Relevant degree in Business or Finance

Job description

This range is provided by PingPong Payments. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

PingPong is on a mission to digitize trade, simplifying global growth for businesses. With $200B+ in payments processed, we're one of the world’s leading cross-border platforms – and we’re just getting started.

Now, we're scaling and looking for a BD Director to own the strategy, pipeline, and partnerships that will power our next phase of growth.

PingPong currently has 32 offices in 11 countries and over 1,000 employees. Our international presence helps businesses solve complex payment needs in every major economy across all time zones.

WHAT’S THE CHALLENGE?

You will take ownership for growing our customers and revenue in the region. You’ll land high-impact deals with banks, fintechs, platforms and enterprises. You’ve got the commercial sharpness to close complex deals.

WHO YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH

This position will report directly to the Business Development Lead.

You’ll partner closely with our local Compliance, Product, Marketing and operations teams to build a cohesive user journey that delivers the right product to the right users, at the right time. You’ll also collaborate with colleagues across US, EU and other regions and with Group HQ teams.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Build and execute our BD strategy across the UK with a focus on financial institutions, platforms and enterprise clients.
• Maintain a high-quality pipeline across identified target verticals, focusing on high-impact deals, and think through supporting business development strategies.
• Own the full sales cycle for closing new partners – from sourcing and qualification to leading the definition of the solution for the partner and negotiating the commercials, all the way through to go-live.
• Pitch our API-first platform, solving real cross-border pain points.
• Lead commercial and legal negotiations with C-level execs.
• Work to improve our go-to-market approach, refining messaging, pricing strategy, and pitch materials based on feedback from partners and insights about competitors.
• Collaborate internally, sharing feedback and insights from the UK market to product teams and senior management to inform roadmap and investment decisions.
• Continuously refine our go-to-market playbook based on what works.
• Be the voice of the UK market internally – and help drive what comes next.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Track record in BD, partnerships, or enterprise sales in fintech or financial services:
• 8+ years of progressive experience in closing complex, high-value deals with financial institutions or regulated entities
• Fluency in the world of payments, FX, embedded finance, or APIs.
• Strategic thinker, hands-on doer, data-driven operator.
• Able to speak the language of product, compliance, and commercial teams.

WHO YOU ARE

• Educated with a relevant degree in Business, Finance, or a related field. A master's degree is a plus.
• Customer-focused, you can’t imagine working in any other way, and it’s the only way to achieve our goals.
• Equally at home in both strategic planning and hands-on execution, ideally with experience in start-up/scale-up as well as larger organisations.
• Ability to drill down, persistent and never-give-up spirit.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute high-impact business development strategies.
• Strong consultative sales approach and experience negotiating with enterprise C-level executives.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills – able to influence internal and external stakeholders

PingPong is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer with a global culture that embraces diversity.

We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

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