Business Development Manager
Lagos, Nigeria
Interswitch Limited is a leading payments gateway provider Nigeria and Africa. They locally develop software infrastructures to support payment collections and disbursements within Nigeria and Africa. While there, I had responsibility for the Government and Social Services Team, developing the business across the 36 States of Nigeria. I developed sales strategies and implemented same, in conjunction with regional sales teams, to support and improve sales penetration, market development activities, product development and adoption, business diversification. I developed and managed strategic relationships, co-ordinated end-to-end execution of customer projects, ensuring that projects moved smoothly from when official request is received to hand-over of project back to customer. In conjunction with Marketing team, I co-ordinated business engagement activities that guided sales teams across various regions for quality leads and opportunity generation. I also worked with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, project managers, software engineers, system engineers, system developers, technical product managers, etc. to update and build new digital products. Etc.