Business Development Manager, APAC

Remitly; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Mental Health & Family Forming Benef

Continuing education

Job summary

Remitly is seeking an APAC Business Development Manager to pursue strategic payments partnerships and onboard new partners. You will collaborate across product, legal, marketing, and operations to drive performance with banks, processors, and wallets in the region.

The role demands 10+ years in partnerships and 3-5 years in payments, with strong negotiation and cross-functional leadership, and a willingness to travel extensively.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in strategic partnerships or business development.
• 3-5 years in payments space or fintech.
• Strong understanding of consumer payments and cross-border moves.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (legal, product, compliance).

Responsibilities

• Drive regional strategy with BD lead and align with partners.
• Own initiatives with key strategic partners (banks, processors).
• Negotiate renewals, economics, and expand product footprints.
• Advocate for product partnership growth and joint roadmaps.
• Oversee contract execution with cross-functional teams.
• Ensure go-live meets partnership goals with stakeholders.
• Monitor regulatory changes affecting partnerships and growth.
• Gather market insights and feedback to guide actions.
• Measure progress and adapt strategies to market conditions.
• Travel as needed to manage partner relationships.

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Business development

Negotiation

Cross-functional comms

Communication skills

Education

BS/BA

MBA desirable

Job description

Job Description

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward.

Job Description

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward.

We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

About The Role

Remitly is hiring for a APAC Business Development Management role with responsibilities to pursue key payments business development initiatives with new strategic payments partners, assist with aspects of new partner onboarding and drive excellent commercial, product and operational performance of the largest and most strategic money movement partners for the region. Such partners may include banks, aggregators, mobile wallets and other third parties. The ideal candidate will have a strong functional background in partner management and business development, with part of that experience (3-5 years) in the payments space & a strong understanding of the payments ecosystem in Asia.

In this role you will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, legal, marketing, operations, finance, and regulatory reps to launch new and evolve existing payments partnership opportunities. You’ll work directly with top industry partners.

We are seeking a candidate with a strategic perspective on both product and partnership development, and a proven ability to influence and negotiate both externally and internally. The candidate should be comfortable with technical and financial aspects, and able to effectively communicate up and down a management ladder. The candidate should also be excited by the challenge of developing new partnerships, deliver best in class end customer experience and meet mutual partnership objectives. Additionally, they should enjoy a team-oriented environment, and cross-functional collaboration.

You Will

• Jointly drive regional strategy with BD lead
• Own and drive initiatives with key strategic partners that may include banks, payments processors or alternate payments providers - drive key metrics including cost efficiencies, speed, quality, working capital efficiencies and new product enablement.
• Drive key metrics with payments partners including cost efficiencies, speed, quality, working capital efficiencies and new product enablement.
• Negotiate renewals, amendments, economics and expand product footprint while driving partnerships growth
• Advocate for product partnership growth initiatives and joint roadmaps
• Supervise and drive decision-making on all agreement mechanics.
• Oversee negotiations and contract execution in partnership with cross functional teams
• Ensure that deal signing results in successful go live, meeting initial partnership goals while working with cross functional teams
• Stay informed about regulatory changes and market developments that may impact the company's partnerships and growth initiatives.
• Market, competitor and customer insights- maintain a close watch on key market trends, and develop strong feedback loops with relevant cross-functional teams to enable swift actions
• Monitor, measure, and report on the progress and effectiveness of strategic initiatives, adapting strategies as needed to address changing market conditions and business dynamics.

You Have

• 10+ years of strategic partnerships /business development experience, out of which 3-5 years are in a Payments business
• Robust understanding of consumer payments and cross border money movements
• Demonstrated cross-functional communication skills and relationship building experience with commercial, product, legal and compliance teams.
• Strong communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills
• Extremely self‑motivated and curious - desire to understand the Remitly customer, and translate these learnings into strategies.
• An action‑oriented and strategic leader who is comfortable bringing structure and strategy across different opportunities and environments
• Anticipates future market, business or product problems and sets the organization up to succeed in advance.
• Experience and willingness to travel, and potentially extensively
• BS/BA required, MBA highly desirable

Our Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Continuing education

Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together

At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in‑person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster.

Under the Company's current hybrid‑work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid‑work expectations from time to time. These intentional in‑office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.