Director, Business Development

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Mastercard Full time
Our Purpose


We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible.

Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a

culture of inclusion

for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences.

We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Director, Business Development

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments sector. We power payments and provide products and services for individuals and industries all around the world. Our people, technology, data and brand provide the capabilities that drive our success. We believe in connecting people to priceless possibilities.


As a company, we know that our success is driven by the skills, experience, integrity and mindset of the talent we hire.

By building an inclusive, world-class culture, our employees have once-in-a-career opportunities to be a part of teams that have a greater impact on our community and our world.

We invite you to join our team to find out how you too can start something priceless.

Overview:


The Digital Partnerships team in the Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa region (EEMEA) is looking for a Director, Business Development, Telco Segment to build, develop and manage the Telco segment across the Africa region.

The primary objective of the role is developing the strategy and growing revenue in the segment across the region by identifying and pursuing opportunities with new or existing customers/markets, growing market share and deepening Mastercard's regional footprint; embedding multiple products, platforms, and capability bundles that drive innovation and stickiness.

Developing and setting sales & commercial strategies aligned with geographies sand segments including pipeline management and go to market at the segment level.

This role will be based in Lagos, Nigeria

Purpose of the Digital Partnerships Team:
The Digital Partnerships team in EEMEA leads Mastercard's engagement with major actors in digital commerce.

We work with the biggest names in tech, ecommerce, and financial services to leverage Mastercard's technological capabilities to solve partner business problems, create new propositions, and ensure seamless, secure, and inclusive payments.


Our Digital Partners include Telco's (Mobile Network Operators), Digital Merchants (including but not limited to Online Market Places and On Demand Services) including Large Digital Giants and Key Digital Activity Players in new and emerging sectors such as Microlending and Online Travel.


Role:

  • In this highprofile, customer facing position, you will partner with the Telcos across Africa deepening our relationship with them across all the Telco verticals including but not limited to the Fintech Business, Enterprise Business and GSM Business lines. Your focus will be on deal commercializing, portfolio optimization including revenue diversification with a strong bottom line focus.
  • You will be the global 'owner' of Mastercard's relationship with your assigned accounts and accountable to build mutually aligned strategies and plans with your partners and execute on them by effectively leveraging the Mastercard organization.
  • You will be responsible for driving Mastercard revenue growth and be comfortable developing business cases including ROI analyses as well as leading responses to RFPs.
  • You will dive into financial and payment related data to be grounded in facts in order to provide customer specific recommendations that drive value for partners and Mastercard.
  • You will be the expert on your assigned partners and learn about Mastercard's capabilities and be ready to provide insight into a merchant's business, thinking strategically and broadly.
  • You will establish day to day and senior business relationships and work with partners to create roadmaps and through QBRs and daily interactions ensure alignment on strategy and execution on agreed projects.
  • You will lead negotiations with partners and with internal stakeholders and develop terms sheets and contracts.

All About You:

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills. Expertise on deal commercialization and P & L management.
  • A passion and comfort in meeting new people and building & nurturing meaningful relationships at all levels including with seniorlevel and C-Suite executives. Strong Business Development & Relationship management expertise.
  • Possess a blend of analytical capability, strategic thinking, and emotional intelligence and able to div

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