Business Development Director

Thunes; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A global fintech company seeks a Business Development Director to identify and close new customers in South Africa. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in business development, particularly in the Money Transfer or Fintech sectors, and possesses strong negotiation and communication skills. This hands-on role requires a results-oriented individual who can build and manage a robust sales pipeline and achieve ambitious revenue targets.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in business development, especially in Money Transfer or Fintech.
• Hands-on experience with B2B sales in the fintech/payments sector.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a robust sales pipeline.
• Manage the end-to-end sales cycle with senior stakeholders.
• Achieve ambitious revenue targets.

Skills

B2B sales experience

Negotiation skills

Networking skills

CRM proficiency

Excellent communication skills

Results-oriented mindset

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Context of the Role

The Business Development Director will identify, negotiate, and close new customers across the South African region as a strong individual contributor. The right candidate will be target-driven, with a passion and sense of ownership to deliver against targets. This will be a hands-on role with deep involvement in execution, leading from the front.

Key Responsibilities

1. Build a robust pipeline based on defined ‘ideal customer profiles’, and grow and manage this to deliver on our ambitious growth plans and potential.
2. Manage the end-to-end sales cycle, including lead generation, negotiating commercial terms, working closely with senior stakeholders at prospects to close deals, and with internal and partner teams to deliver ‘go-lives’.
3. Achieve and deliver an ambitious but achievable revenue target.
4. Provide timely feedback to line manager about performance, sales activity, account management, and strategy.
5. Initiate and maintain a strong link between customers and back-office services to facilitate communication and resolve issues effectively.
6. Communicate customer needs to internal Thunes teams effectively.

Responsibilities

1. 10+ years of experience in business development, with 5+ years in the Money Transfer, Fintech, payments, or Mobile Financial Services industries.
2. Hands-on, driven B2B salesperson from the fintech/payments sector, with relevant industry contacts.
3. Results-oriented with excellent communication, organization, and negotiation skills.
4. Strong networking skills.
5. CRM proficiency; Salesforce knowledge is a plus.
6. Flexible, self-motivated, disciplined, and takes ownership of tasks.
7. Team-oriented, adaptable to change.
8. Deep understanding of customer, market dynamics, and requirements.
9. Ability to build effective relationships with clients, partners, third parties, and colleagues.
10. Strong initiative with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
11. Excellent attention to detail.
12. Fluent in English; additional languages are a bonus.

About Thunes

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Our proprietary Direct Global Network enables Members to make real-time payments in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies.

Our network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 320 payment methods, including GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay, and others.

Thunes’ network offers unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection, and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally, thanks to our in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform.

Our members include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs, and banks.

Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 14 locations worldwide, including Abidjan, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, and Shanghai.

For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/