Partner Relations Manager

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Nigeria
Senior level
Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The Partner Relations Manager will manage day-to-day relationships with various payment providers in Sub-Saharan Africa, monitor KPIs, support business development, and collaborate across internal teams. This role focuses on enhancing partner communication and integration processes within the region.
Summary Generated by Built In

Boku Inc. (BOKU.L) is the leading global provider of local mobile-first payments solutions. Global brands including Amazon, DAZN, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spotify, and Tencent rely on Boku to reach millions of new paying consumers who do not use credit cards with our purpose-built payment network of more than 250 local payment methods that reach 7 billion accounts across 65 countries. Every year, Boku processes over $9 billion in value for our customers. Incorporated in 2008, Boku is headquartered in London and San Francisco and has employees in over 39 countries around the world, including Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and the UAE. Boku is a truly global company that takes pride in its diversity and thriving equal opportunity workplace.

As a rapidly growing company and team, Boku is looking for candidates who are ready for an exciting and rewarding international career experience to join our team.

We are looking for an experienced Partner Relations Manager to join our Expansion Team in Nigeria to manage the relations with payment providers, schemes, wallets, aggregators and mobile carriers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Job Specifications

  • Manage the day-to-day partner relationships for the region.
  • Monitor and follow up on pending issues and recommend appropriate actions.
  • Analyze and monitor specific KPIs related to the connections and merchants’ activity
  • Support business development in the pre-sales phase, working cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance and Finance departments
  • Collaborate with internal team to launch and support merchants in the region.
  • Prepare periodical business reviews.

Job skills and Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field
  • Equivalent experience (5+ years), ideally in payments/fintech/e-commerce/banking or relevant B2B background, with proven ability to upsell.
  • Relevant experience supporting technical partnerships and/or integrations
  • Pan African or African regional experience is an added advantage
  • Business proficiency in English. Business proficiency French will be a plus.
  • Good communicator – must enjoy working with community of internal stakeholders and external business partners.
  • Strong presentations skills and analytical skills. Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Experience with BI (e.g. Tableau) and JIRA is a plus.

What you'll get in return:

  • Stock options for publicly listed Boku Inc
  • Home Office equipment budget
  • Remote contract with strong flexibility about working in the office
  • Exciting possibility to work with the well-known names on the banking/ internet/digital/ mobile/ gaming industry
  • Personal development, growth & learning opportunities in a motivated, talented, and international team
  • Independence to define your role: the freedom to act and take responsibility
  • Variety of learning & development opportunities and much more
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
513 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

Boku Inc. (BOKU.L) is the leading global provider of local mobile-first payments solutions. Global brands including Amazon, DAZN, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spotify, and Tencent rely on Boku to reach millions of new paying consumers who do not use credit cards with our purpose-built payment network of more than 250 local payment methods that reach 7 billion accounts across 65 countries. Every year, Boku processes over $9 billion in value for our customers. Incorporated in 2008, Boku is headquartered in London and San Francisco and has employees in 29 countries around the world, including Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Singapore, and the UAE.

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