Senior Manager - Business Development - Zest Money
Job Purpose:
The role exists to expand ZestMoney's merchant and partner ecosystem by acquiring and nurturing high-value partnerships that drive sustainable revenue growth. The Business Development Manager/Senior Manager will act as the bridge between ZestMoney and external stakeholders, shaping commercial opportunities, building strategic relationships, and ensuring seamless execution with internal teams.
Key Accountabilities:
- Merchant Acquisition & Partnerships: Identify, pitch, and onboard leading enterprises, D2C brands, offline retailers & PA/PGs into the ZestMoney ecosystem.
- Revenue Growth: Drive adoption of ZestMoney solutions across partner networks, delivering measurable impact on sales and profitability.
- Integration Enablement: Work with partners and internal teams to ensure smooth technical and operational integration-including effort required to implement and optimize merchant PDP widgets and other on-site assets.
- Relationship Management: Build long-term, trusted relationships with key decision-makers; act as the primary point of contact for strategic accounts.
- Commercial Negotiations: Lead discussions around commercials, integration models, subvention agreements and joint go-to-market initiatives.
- Market & Competitive Insights: Track industry trends, competitor moves, and customer behavior to shape partnership strategy.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, tech, operations, and marketing teams to ensure seamless onboarding, activation, and partner success.
- Performance Accountability: Consistently meet and exceed defined targets across acquisition, activation, and revenue KPIs.
a) Qualifications:
- Minimum Qualification required: Bachelors Degree in any field
- Qualifications preferred: Business Degree would be a "good to have"
b) Work Experience:
- 5-7 years of experience in business development, enterprise sales, or partnerships (preferably in fintech, payments, SaaS, or e-commerce).
- Demonstrated success in closing high-value partnerships and delivering revenue impact.
- Strong negotiation and consultative selling skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience managing complex deal cycles with multiple stakeholders.
- Entrepreneurial, self-driven, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
c) Skills & Proficiencies:
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Exceptional storytelling abilities; making complex ideas resonate.
- Exhibits analytical acumen, aligning product capabilities with market demands effortlessly. Is recognized for collaboration prowess and growth-driven initiatives.
- A fervent desire to influence the personal finance landscape.
- A person who can find their way & move forward.
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