Business Development Lead: 'YAP'

Closing Date : 2023-09-06
Closed : Yes
Description:
Are you an innovative & resourceful leader, with excellent product management & sales skills?

Our client, a leading payments service provider, is looking for a Business Development Lead to act as Product Manager for 'Yap', their SME presentment and payment solution. The incumbent will operate and supervise sales & marketing, key stakeholder and partner management, solution design & development, operations, and reporting.

Role responsibilities: *Ensure that annual Yap transaction volume budget expectations and Yap business unit’s net profit expectations are met *Drive the onboarding of SMEs through large aggregator partners *Drive marketing initiatives to stimulate awareness and transaction growth within Yap users *Supervise the operations platform within the company to support Yap operations *Liaise with legal & compliance team to ensure regulatory and legal compliance *Relationship & stakeholder management *Solution design & project development *Reporting *Liaising with internal teams to drive expansion of company operations to Africa & international markets *and any other relevant duties related to the role.

Essential qualifications, skills, and experience:
• Relevant tertiary qualification;
• Proven experience in developing business(es) or business initiatives to scale within the payments or financial services industry;
• Experience in online business applications and a good understanding of developing user experience (UX) applications;
• Excellent communication and report writing skills;
• Fluent in English (Afrikaans will be beneficial);
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Suite);
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel;
• Clear criminal, fraud and credit record.

Note that this is a hybrid role, and will require time in office (Stellenbosch/JHB, Bryanston).

Please apply online at www.m3online.co.za before 09:00 on 6 September 2023.

For general enquiries, contact our team at M3 Human Capital Management on 021 863 1444.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you don’t hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.