Research target accounts, merchants, and key decision-makers to identify new business opportunities.
Generate and qualify leads through outbound prospecting via phone, email, LinkedIn, and other sales channels.
Build, maintain, and manage a healthy pipeline of prospective merchants and business clients.
Schedule and coordinate discovery meetings and sales conversations for senior sales stakeholders.
Engage prospects to understand their business needs, payment challenges, and operational requirements.
Support Business Development Managers throughout the sales cycle, including presentations, proposals, negotiations, and onboarding activities.
Maintain accurate CRM records, update opportunity stages, and track all sales activities and prospect interactions.
Monitor pipeline performance and provide regular reporting on prospect engagement and sales progress.
Develop and nurture relationships with merchants, business owners, and enterprise-level decision-makers.
Represent the company at international fintech conferences, trade shows, and networking events.
Generate new business opportunities through industry events, partnerships, and professional networking.
Collaborate closely with internal teams to ensure a seamless customer experience from prospecting through onboarding.
Stay informed on fintech, payments, merchant services, and industry trends to effectively position solutions in the market.
Consistently achieve or exceed prospecting, lead generation, and sales activity targets.
Requirements
Minimum 1–3 years of B2B sales, business development, SDR, BDR, or account development experience.
Proven experience within FinTech, Payments, Financial Services, Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Payment Gateways, Merchant Services, Banking Technology, Financial Software, or SaaS companies with strong financial exposure.
Strong preference for candidates with experience selling payment solutions, merchant services, payment processing, banking technology, financial software, or e-commerce payment infrastructure.
Demonstrated success in outbound prospecting, lead generation, lead qualification, and pipeline management.
Experience conducting discovery calls and engaging decision-makers, merchants, and enterprise stakeholders.
Strong relationship-building, communication, presentation, and consultative selling skills.
Excellent written and spoken English.
Proficiency with CRM platforms and sales tools, preferably Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Outreach, and Google Workspace.
Comfortable working in a structured, target-driven sales environment with defined KPIs and quotas.
Professional, polished, and commercially minded with a proactive, self-starter mentality.
Adaptable, coachable, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast-growth environment.
Stable employment history with demonstrated career progression.
Must be willing and able to work onsite in the assigned hiring location (Lisbon, Portugal; Stellenbosch, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Must be willing and able to travel internationally for conferences, trade shows, and industry events approximately 5–6 times per year.
Experience with PSPs, payment gateways, merchant acquiring, international sales, conference attendance, or trade show participation is highly advantageous.