French Speaking Sales Manager (FinTech/Cryptocurrency/Stablecoin/Remote)
Our Client is the largest and the first licensed on/off-ramp platform for stablecoins in Africa. They are dedicated to offering innovative solutions in the African stablecoins space. Our client is committed to making stablecoins accessible and understandable for everyone, providing their customers with secure and user-friendly platforms for their financial transactions.
Job Type: Full time
Workplace: Remote
Fluency in French is a must
Please submit CV in English
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree
- 5 years of experience in Business Development or Head of Sales role
- Prior work experience in Africa is required
- Fluency in both French and English (written and spoken) is non-negotiable
- Experience in full-cycle B2B sales process, including onboarding, integration, and partnership management on live accounts
- Project Management experience advantageous
- Strong ability to close deals
- Ability to get up to speed quickly, see around corners, make tough decisions, and influence broadly across the organization
- Thorough understanding of the FinTech/Cryptocurrency space
- Detailed knowledge of B2B discipline, outgoing client manager professional, solid B2B Sales experience, and third-party distribution channel management
- Experience in sales and business development for the FinTech industry
- Experience in selling API solutions to affinity partners
- Ability to partner with the product team to migrate use and drive adoption of API features
- Ensure existing and emerging Selling Partner solutions comply with company policies, security standards, and best practices
- Act as a technical liaison in B2B, service engineering teams, and business teams
- Adept at building solutions that drive growth
- Combine deep industry knowledge, strategic thinking, and customer focus with business knowledge to improve performance
- Operate comfortably in a culture of transparency and no politics
Responsibilities
- New Business and Partner acquisition (Prospecting, qualifying, and contract negotiation)
- Identify target clients and segments for our platform
- Identify and generate new partnerships from start to execution including contract negotiation, evaluate proposals, and drive negotiations with potential partners
- Conduct quarterly reviews with senior leadership, present and promote partnerships to ensure partner onboarding (sales & product training)
- Partner management (pipeline and report accurately each week)
- Partner success (visit partners/customers/prospects as necessary, attend local events and exhibitions)
- Achieve and/or surpass revenue targets set
- Negotiate business terms and dissect contracts with strategic technology partners, coordinating with administration, marketing, and legal stakeholders to formalize agreements
- Drive new business revenues from financial institutions and new affinity markets
- Identify and build product offerings that meet client and customer needs
- Conduct regular reviews with senior leadership, present and promote partnerships to ensure proper resourcing and success