Black Pen Recruitment
Fintech • Recruitment • Cryptocurrency
Black Pen Recruitment is a leading global recruitment agency specialized in FinTech talent acquisition. Based in Cape Town, the company focuses on sectors such as Cryptocurrency, Digital Banking, and Blockchain technology. With a commitment to find the best candidates across Africa and beyond, Black Pen Recruitment employs advanced headhunting techniques and a customer-centric approach to ensure a successful hiring experience for businesses of all sizes.
Senior Strategic Business Growth Manager, Fintech/Blockchain/Digital Trust/iGaming
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September 16
Black Pen Recruitment
Fintech • Recruitment • Cryptocurrency
Black Pen Recruitment is a leading global recruitment agency specialized in FinTech talent acquisition. Based in Cape Town, the company focuses on sectors such as Cryptocurrency, Digital Banking, and Blockchain technology. With a commitment to find the best candidates across Africa and beyond, Black Pen Recruitment employs advanced headhunting techniques and a customer-centric approach to ensure a successful hiring experience for businesses of all sizes.
📋 Description
• Design and execute strategies to launch our client’s services in new markets and regions, adapting for local industry dynamics and growth opportunities. • Identify, approach, and secure new clients in target verticals: Fintech, Entertainment, and Digital Trust. • Use a systematic lead generation playbook to identify, engage new leads at scale and turn them into profitable and growing client agreements. • Leverage industry trends, market data, and competitive insights to guide strategy and business development. • Cross-functional collaboration within the ecosystem and group companies to align efforts and realise business development opportunities. • Drive consultative engagements, uncover client pain points, and co-create innovative solutions with technology and solutions teams. • Work with C-level decision-makers through a consultative and solutions-oriented approach. • Translate, conceptualise and co-create blockchain and digital solutions that transform industries. • Lead end-to-end sales cycles: prospecting, negotiation, closing, onboarding. • Maintain and deepen client partnerships that deliver long-term value and recurring revenue. • Track, monitor and report sales performance metrics and share with management. • Shape the organisation’s commercial strategy and deliver ambitious growth targets.
🎯 Requirements
• Minimum of 10 years’ proven experience within the financial services sector, including fintech, banking, or top-tier consulting firms. • Proven success in a B2B Sales/ Business Development role bringing deep industry knowledge in at least one of their core verticals: (Fintech, Digital Trust (KYC), Entertainment). • Previous work experience within the banking /financial sector, bring a deep understanding of banking operations at HQ level in an innovation/digital role. • Strong deal making ability: prospecting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial B2B deals. • Track record of developing and executing go-to-market strategies and entering new geographic or markets. • Bring established strong networks and connections in one of their vertical industries, to open doors and accelerate opportunities. • Entrepreneurial mindset: resourceful, proactive, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. • Strong interest in Technology or Blockchain driven solutions. • Ability to identify pain points and co-create innovative solutions with potential clients, particularly those leveraging blockchain technology. • Experience engaging with C-level decision-makers and leading consultative sales engagements.
🏖️ Benefits
• Remote work (Europe and MENA)
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