Business Development Manager - SaaS/Fintech/Payments
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We're hiring a Business Development Manager to drive new business growth across the UAE for a fast-scaling global fintech.
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We're hiring a
Business Development Manager
- to drive new business growth across the UAE for a fast-scaling global fintech.
- This is a highly commercial, client-facing role focused on winning new partnerships, building long-term customer relationships, and owning the full sales lifecycle from prospecting through to launch and account growth.
- You'll play a key role in expanding the company's footprint across the UAE market while working with one of the fastest-growing technology businesses globally.
- What you'll be doing:
- Build and manage your own pipeline of opportunities across the UAE
- Prospect, qualify, and engage stakeholders, operators, and senior decision-makers to generate new business
- Own the complete sales cycle from cold outreach and meetings through to negotiation, closing, onboarding, and launch
- Develop long-term relationships with staakeholders to drive adoption, expansion, and continued platform growth
- Work closely with onboarding and internal teams to ensure a seamless customer experience
- Analyse sales performance, pipeline activity, and conversion metrics to continuously improve results
- Identify opportunities to introduce new products and increase customer value over time
- What they're looking for:
- Proven Business Development or Sales experience within SaaS/Fintech/Payments technology (
- 3-7 years experience is ideal
- )
- Strong network across the UAE is highly advantageous
- Demonstrated success managing full-cycle B2B sales and consistently achieving commercial targets
- Experience selling to owners, operators, and C-level decision-makers
- Commercial mindset with excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills
- Highly self-motivated with an entrepreneurial attitude and a genuine hunter mentality
- Strong analytical approach with the ability to use data to improve sales performance
- Fluent English is essential. Arabic is a strong advantage
- Nice to have:
- Experience selling payment solutions, payment terminals, POS systems, QR ordering, digital ordering, or fintech products
- Previous experience in high-growth startup or scale-up environments
- Why join?
- Join one of the fastest-growing fintech businesses in the UAE
- Work in a genuinely high-performance, entrepreneurial environment with significant career growth opportunities
- Own your territory and make a direct commercial impact from day one
- Sell an innovative product solving real operational challenges
- Be part of an ambitious international team building the future payments
- If you're a driven
Business Development
professional who enjoys opening new doors, building lasting client relationships, and closing high-value commercial opportunities, I'd love to speak with you!
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