About this role
About Us
Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries – UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we are growing in direct to consumer card segment as well.
Our EVP
At Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it’s about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand—because success isn’t just a goal; it’s how we work, every day, as one team.
About The Role
This role will support the growth of Network International’s Value Added Services (VAS) business across Africa, working closely with relationship managers, clients and internal teams to identify, develop and progress new business opportunities.
Acting as an extension of the VAS Business Development function, the role will build strong expertise across the VAS product portfolio and provide dedicated, on-the-ground support to Relationship Managers across African markets. The role will support opportunities from initial identification and client engagement through proposal development, commercial discussions, contracting and handover to delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Build strong knowledge and expertise across Network International’s VAS product portfolio and effectively position solutions with Relationship Managers and clients.
- Maintain regular engagement with Relationship Managers across Africa to identify and develop VAS opportunities.
- Support Relationship Managers with product positioning, client discussions, presentations and opportunity development.
- Identify, qualify, track and progress VAS opportunities across the region.
- Prepare and coordinate client proposals, presentations, commercials and other client-facing documentation.
- Support client meetings, workshops, webinars, roadshows and other sales initiatives.
- Coordinate with internal teams including Product, Legal, Finance, Compliance and Delivery to progress opportunities and resolve dependencies or blockers.
- Support opportunities through the contracting process and coordinate effective handover to delivery teams.
- Track the Africa VAS pipeline, actions and follow-ups to ensure opportunities continue to progress.
- Develop a strong understanding of individual African markets, client requirements and emerging opportunities.
- Identify potential new products, solutions and client needs based on feedback from Relationship Managers and clients.
- Work closely with Product teams to bring market requirements and client feedback into product discussions.
- Support the overall growth and adoption of VAS solutions across Africa.
Key Requirements
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in business development, sales, account management, consulting, payments, banking, fintech or financial services.
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to identify and develop business opportunities.
- Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to develop relationships and work effectively with Relationship Managers, clients and senior internal stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage and progress multiple opportunities across different markets.
- Comfortable coordinating across cross-functional teams including Product, Finance, Legal, Compliance and Delivery.
- Ability to understand products and translate their capabilities into clear client value propositions.
- Experience preparing commercial proposals and client presentations.
- Self-starter who can work independently, take ownership and drive activities through to completion.
- Experience within payments, banking or fintech would be advantageous.