Business Development Manager APAC

Unlimit; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + commission

Vacation, sick, and holidays

Full-time 5/2 schedule

Modern office environment

International team

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Unlimit is seeking a dedicated Business Development professional to drive your own pipeline, nurture strategic relationships with merchants and partners, and support growth across APAC. You will act as a brand ambassador, negotiate partnerships, and identify AI ecosystem opportunities.

The role requires leadership, a strong fintech background, and fluency in English and Mandarin in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in business development within fintech, payments, or banking.
• 5+ years of experience in related industries.
• Proven ability to build partnerships and launch payment channels across APAC.
• Strong commercial mindset with negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with merchants, acquiring partners, payment providers, card schemes, and other key players; close deals.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Unlimit, establishing market position and driving negotiations from outreach to launch.
• Identify opportunities in the AI ecosystem and develop partnerships within the AI market.
• Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, taking initiative and solving problems proactively.
• Collaborate with the wider business to ensure alignment across teams.

Skills

Business Development

Payments / fintech

APAC experience

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Unlimit

Unlimit is the global financial infrastructure for the borderless agentic economy. Designed to bridge the gap between fragmented local markets and the future of autonomous commerce, Unlimit provides the programmable operating layer for the world’s most ambitious businesses.

Through an integrated technology stack, the platform unifies global payment acceptance, programmable financial accounts, and digital asset rails into a singular financial layer. By mapping hyper‑local payment ecosystems directly into its architecture, Unlimit enables businesses to move value and settle transactions instantly across continents.

Built on decades of hard‑won regulatory depth and an extensive global license portfolio, the platform provides direct access to a massive global infrastructure. With major hubs in London, San Francisco, Singapore, São Paulo, and Mexico City, Unlimit is building the infrastructure that makes global expansion a matter of code, not geography.

About The Job

As a member of the Unlimit Business Development Team, you will be responsible for driving your own pipeline, seeking out opportunities in the market and supporting the ongoing commercial growth strategy of the organization.

What You'll do

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with merchants, acquiring partners, payment providers, card schemes, and other key players within the payments ecosystem and close deals.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Unlimit, establishing a market position, identifying new business opportunities, owning the commercial pipeline, and driving negotiations from initial outreach through partnership launch.
• Leverage knowledge of the AI ecosystem to identify commercial opportunities and build partnerships within the AI market.
• Thrive in a fast‑paced startup environment by taking initiative and solving problems proactively.
• Collaborate with the wider business to ensure thorough alignment across teams.

Who You Are

• Proven experience in Business Development within fintech for 3+ years, in payments, banking or related industries for 5+ years.
• Strong expertise in payment acquiring, merchant accounts, banking, and APMs.
• Demonstrated experience building partnerships and launching payment channels across the APAC region.
• Good understanding of the AI market and the ability to identify commercial opportunities within the ecosystem.
• Experience working in a startup or high‑growth environment with the ability to manage ambiguity and move quickly.
• Strong commercial mindset with excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Self‑starter with a proactive, hands‑on, can‑do attitude.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin is required.

What We Offer

• Attractive remuneration package (base salary + commission).
• Vacation, sick, and paid holidays.
• Full‑time 5/2 schedule.
• A modern office‑based workplace with all necessary equipment.
• A team of top international professionals to learn from.
• Multicultural working environment, growing opportunities, and many more career development options.

Equal Opportunity & Hiring Process

Join Unlimit Team now! Unlimit is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.