About Thunes Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house Smart Treasury Management Platform and Fortress Compliance Infrastructure, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 12 locations, including Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/ Context of the Role The Business Development Director will identify, negotiate and close new customers across the European region, as a strong individual contributor. The right candidate will be target driven, with a passion and sense of ownership to deliver against target. This will be a hands-on role with deep involvement in execution, leading from the front. Key Responsibilities Build a robust pipeline based on defined ‘ideal customer profiles’, and grow and manage this to deliver on our ambitious growth plans and potential Hands on management of 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 delivery ‘go lives’ Carry and deliver an ambitious but achievable revenue target Provide timely feedback to line manager about performance, sales activity, account management and strategy Initiate and maintain a strong link between customers and back-office services to ease communication and facilitate the resolution of any issues Effectively communicate the needs of your customers to the internal Thunes teams Responsibilities 10 years of experience in business development with 5 years direct or indirect work experience in the Money Transfer, Fintech, payments or Mobile Financial Services Industries Hands-on, driven B2B salesperson from the fintech/payments world, with industry contacts reflecting this background Results-oriented with great skills in communication, organization, and negotiation Great networking skills CRM proficiency, Salesforce CRM knowledge is a plus Flexible, self-motivated, disciplined, takes ownership of job at hand Team-oriented, able to accept and create change Strong understanding of customer, market dynamics and requirements Ensure effective working relationships with all relevant clients/partners, third parties and internal colleagues Strong sense of initiative and ability to work both independently and as part of a team Excellent attention to detail Fluent in English and German, other languages are a bonus Sounds like you? Apply now