Job Purpose:
The role collaborates closely with the VP - Head of Business Development to plan and execute effective sales strategies.
This will be a key role in helping the team achieve its growth targets.
Annual Revenue Target in 2026: $500K in Net Spread
Job Accountabilities:
- Prospect and close profitable new key accounts, contracts and deals
- Win strategic new business for the organization and help achieve the targets agreed
- Transitioning new accounts into Relationship management with seamless hand-over
- Helping to build a sustainable business through supporting business development activities.
- Complete market intelligence on very large upcoming opportunities of interest, from Acquiring perspective
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Plan & develop a healthy sales pipeline of key prospects to achieve the assigned business goals each year
- Support the overall Business development strategy for Network across all products, including identification of key segments & accounts and definition of customer propositions and key messages.
- Possess the ability to learn Network’s products and services and be able to present these professionally to potential customers. Respond to received referrals within agreed timeframes.
- Develop appropriate relationships with potential customers with the intention of winning profitable business for Network.
- The negotiation of terms with customers maximizes the long-term profitability of Network.
- Presenting Network to potential clients through direct communication in face-to-face meetings, telephone calls and emails.
- Actively and successfully manage the sales process: this includes lead generation, client pitch; negotiations, closing deal and handover to the account management team.
- Managing and maintaining a pipeline and ensuring all sales administration is accurate and up to date.
- Create and be accountable for all client proposals, contracts and any further documentation.
- Interact with other departments effectively, including the account management and technical team when handing over clients.
- Ensuring Network remains proactive and responsive to prospective clients.
- Accurately pricing new relationships in line with agreed pricing policy.
Experience/ Skills Required
Required Competencies:
- Out-of-the-box Thinking: Apply inventive thinking to identifying opportunities and developing sales strategies where traditional methods fall short.
- Presentation Skills: Ability to present products/solutions pitch to C-Level customers.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication to interact with clients and internal stakeholders.
- Negotiation Skills: Proficient in negotiating deals and closing sales.
- Analytical Skills: Able to analyze sales data and make informed decisions.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in Acquiring/Payments, of which 5 years in managing Key/Enterprise accounts in the UAE.
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
Required Skills:
- Proficiency in using CRM software and sales tools.
- Strong networking abilities to build and maintain client relationships.
- Result-oriented mindset with a focus on revenue growth.
- Ability to adapt to changing market dynamics.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field
- Minimum 10 years of experience in acquiring or payments
- At least 5 years managing key or enterprise accounts in the UAE
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets
- Strong presentation skills for pitching products and solutions to C-level customers
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in CRM software and sales tools
- Strong negotiation and deal-closing skills
- Strong analytical skills for evaluating sales data and making informed decisions
- Strong networking abilities for building and maintaining client relationships
- Result-oriented mindset focused on revenue growth
- Ability to adapt to changing market dynamics
Network International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Network International and has not been reviewed or approved by Network International.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Pay is considered decent in some roles and is often paired with bonuses. Phrases like 'salary plus bonuses' indicate variable pay is a meaningful component for certain positions.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage extends to employees, spouses, and up to three children, alongside life insurance. This breadth signals a robust healthcare baseline for the region.
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Retirement Support — Retirement and termination benefits align with UAE/GCC norms, including pension contributions for nationals and end‑of‑service gratuity for expatriates. Such provisions indicate structured, region‑appropriate retirement support.
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What We Do
Over the past 30 years, we have built a business based on long-standing and trusted relationships with many of the leading merchants, financial institutions and payment networks operating in the Middle East and Africa. Such relationships are based on our comprehensive capabilities, scale, local presence in the multiple markets in which we operate, alongside our trusted reputation. This gives us significant scale and leadership in the region, where we operate in more than 50 countries, serve over 130,000 merchants and 250 financial institutions and fintech customers, whilst managing more than 16 million customer credentials. We have a diversified business model and operate across the entire consumer payments value chain. We do this with a growth-focused strategy through two business lines: • That enables our merchant customers to ‘take payments’, by providing them with various payment acceptance methods, both online and offline. • Which supports our financial institution, fintech and other payment issuing institution customers in enabling consumers ‘make payments’, by managing and processing their consumer payment credentials and transactions.
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