Account Executive – Senior Manager – Fintech – Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania

Visa Visa · Fintech · Casablanca, Morocco, MA

Senior Manager to lead sales and partnership opportunities across fintech and digital banking clients in North Africa, focusing on Visa's core, commercial, and value-added services. Requires strong sales, business development, and negotiation skills within the payments industry.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop, manage and deepen relationships with key fintechs and digital banks in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania
  2. Identify commercial opportunities and risks relating to these partnerships, focusing on driving sales and structuring commercial deals that will promote growth
  3. Defend existing account revenue while looking for new opportunities to further grow the Visa business across Core, Commercial/Money Movement as well as with Value-Added Services
  4. Identify opportunities to open acceptance in underpenetrated segments to grow Visa’s market share and increase Visa revenues
  5. Utilize a consultative sales approach to deliver solutions that meet our clients’ needs

Skills

Required

  • Sales and business development in the payments industry
  • Commercial deal modelling
  • Deal negotiation
  • Planning, managing and closing complex deals
  • Understanding of players in the payments ecosystem
  • Ability to interface independently with external stakeholders at the highest level
  • Ability to build credibility, negotiate and influence decisions
  • Independent operator with the innate drive to identify and pursue/develop new business opportunities
  • Knowledge of payment trends, Visa and Competition products and services
  • Ability to prioritize and focus on key revenue driving opportunities
  • Innovative mindset and agile with ability to adapt to market needs and changing environment
  • Collaborative approach with internal stakeholders and cross functional teams

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum 10 years of experience related to sales and business development in the payments industry - acquiring, payment enablers, or fintech sector experience
  • Proficient in commercial deal modelling, deal negotiation and a proven track record of planning, managing and closing complex deals, with a focus on results driven execution