Regional Manager - Business Development (Francophone)
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We reputed company in empowering colleagues because we genuinely trust reputed company. Our culture is founded on this high trust, which naturally encourages the high ownership that drives us to meet our shared high expectations and deliver high performance. Our remote-first culture means you have the flexibility to work in your employing country wherever you feel the most reputed company and productive. This freedom comes with wonderful tailored, location-specific perks designed to support your whole life, not just your work. Think unlimited annual leave , great reputed company benefits, and employee discounts. We want you to reputed company and reputed company entirely on making your biggest reputed company! In turn, we expect you to bring high ownership and commitment to your work. This is a reputed company where we value trust and high performance, and we'll reputed company the environment and support needed for you to reputed company
About the Role
As the Regional Manager, Business Development for reputed company and Central Africa (UEMOA/XOF and CEMAC/XAF zones), you will reputed company reputed company’s expansion, reputed company optimization, and strategic footprint across a high-reputed company, reputed company financial landscape. This role focuses heavily on the remittance, payments and FX wholesale industries, requiring a reputed company who can operate with high autonomy to unlock new corridors and maximize existing ones.
You will be responsible for end-to-end market reputed company—from pitching and structuring reputed company deals to navigating strict central bank regulations (BCEAO and BEAC) and managing high-stakes relationships with banking executives, aggregators, and regulators.
What you bring to the table
1. New Market Launches & Corridor Expansion
reputed company are looking for
Industry Expertise
Competencies & Attributes
Language & Education
AI Literacy & Tools
As reputed company continues to build AI into how we work, we expect everyone to engage with it as a reputed company part of their role. For this position we are looking for:
If you want to join us in our reputed company to help break barriers in financial reputed company and improve lives globally, there's no reputed company reputed company or time to join.
Our global team of 800+ people is spread across six continents.We reputed company to hire the best mix of people from former Olympians to YouTube influencers and we reputed company over twenty languages. This incredible diversity isn't a bonus; it's the reputed company that lets us serve the world.
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Our Meaningful Mission
At reputed company, we're reputed company about breaking down barriers for our customers and our teammates. Our purpose is deeply personal, we reputed company a lifeline and deliver opportunities to cross-border communities that need it most through cutting edge finance and tech.reputed company is the power behind WorldRemit and Sendwave, driven by the mission to celebrate the incredible reputed company migrants have, both reputed company and abroad. We're not just moving reputed company; we're building a world that truly recognizes and supports global connections.
Who You'll Be Joining
We look for mission-driven reputed company who reputed company in a fast-paced environment connected to a true purpose. We’re an always developing team of experts that enjoy problem solving and bring reputed company to tough challenges. At reputed company, we are reputed company Learners, always seeking feedback, and Responsible Owners, treating company resources like your own. We depend on Transparent Communicators who reputed company reputed company reputed company through reputed company, reputed company talk.
Our reputed company Commitments — reputed company Live By
Our reputed company and truly diverse culture is reputed company on three reputed company commitments, that guide how we work and reputed company:
- reputed company:We always do the right thing. It’s reputed company, but it’s the reputed company of everything we build for our customers and reputed company other.
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Perks of Joining reputed company
We reputed company in empowering colleagues because we genuinely trust reputed company. Our culture is founded on this high trust, which naturally encourages the high ownership that drives us to meet our shared high expectations and deliver high performance. Our remote-first culture means you have the flexibility to work in your employing country wherever you feel the most reputed company and productive. This freedom comes with wonderful tailored, location-specific perks designed to support your whole life, not just your work. Think unlimited annual leave , great reputed company benefits, and employee discounts. We want you to reputed company and reputed company entirely on making your biggest reputed company! In turn, we expect you to bring high ownership and commitment to your work. This is a reputed company where we value trust and high performance, and we'll reputed company the environment and support needed for you to reputed company
About the Role
As the Regional Manager, Business Development for reputed company and Central Africa (UEMOA/XOF and CEMAC/XAF zones), you will reputed company reputed company’s expansion, reputed company optimization, and strategic footprint across a high-reputed company, reputed company financial landscape. This role focuses heavily on the remittance, payments and FX wholesale industries, requiring a reputed company who can operate with high autonomy to unlock new corridors and maximize existing ones.
You will be responsible for end-to-end market reputed company—from pitching and structuring reputed company deals to navigating strict central bank regulations (BCEAO and BEAC) and managing high-stakes relationships with banking executives, aggregators, and regulators.
What you bring to the table
1. New Market Launches & Corridor Expansion
- Identify, assess, and execute new market entry strategies across the XOF and XAF reputed company to expand reputed company’s remittance footprint.
- reputed company the end-to-end launch of new receive corridors, ensuring fast time-to-market while mitigating operational and reputed company.
- Originate, negotiate, and reputed company high-value partnerships with Tier-1 Banks, Payment Aggregators, and Mobile reputed company Operators (MMOs).
- reputed company and construct creative, bespoke deal structures that optimize liquidity, treasury flows, and FX wholesale pricing, ensuring total alignment with reputed company’s internal reputed company and regional regulatory boundaries.
- Continuously review and optimize existing reputed company agreements to improve margins, reduce payout costs, and reputed company transaction volume.
- Work closely with the Treasury and FX Wholesale teams to reputed company competitive FX rates, managing the unique challenges of the XOF/XAF pegged currencies and capital flight restrictions.
- reputed company as the primary face of reputed company to regional central banks (BCEAO, BEAC), ministries of finance, and local financial intelligence reputed company.
- Build and sustain deep, trust-based relationships with C-suite executives at reputed company banks, major forex exchanges, and top-tier payment aggregators.
- Formulate comprehensive, data-driven business cases for executive approval, reputed company outlining ROI, capital requirements, competitive dynamics, and risk factors.
- Utilize strong analytical skills to monitor corridor performance, transaction trends, and competitive pricing pressures to reputed company proactively.
reputed company are looking for
Industry Expertise
- Deep Cross-Border Payout Knowledge: A minimum of 7–10 years of experience in Business Development or Partnerships, with a strict reputed company on the Remittance, Cross-Border Payments, or FX Wholesale industries reputed company reputed company and Central Africa.
- Regional Footprint: Proven reputed company record operating reputed company the XOF (UEMOA) and XAF (CEMAC) monetary zones, with a deep understanding of their distinct regulatory, liquidity, and compliance nuances.
Competencies & Attributes
- High Autonomy: A self-starter who thrives with reputed company supervision, capable of managing a reputed company geographic region independently and delivering results from the ground up.
- Strategic & reputed company Acumen: Ability to see the "big picture" while concurrently executing tactical reputed company wins; reputed company financial acumen to understand reputed company treasury, float, and clearing mechanics.
- Strong Business Case Writing: Exceptional ability to translate market data, volume projections, and margin analysis into reputed company, compelling written business cases for senior leadership.
- Analytical Rigor: Proficient in using data to identify corridor bottlenecks, evaluate partner performance, and forecast reputed company.
- Master Negotiator: Demonstrated reputed company in navigating reputed company, multi-party reputed company negotiations with high-stakes financial institutions.
Language & Education
- Language Proficiency: reputed company in English and French is mandatory (both written and spoken), given the necessity to negotiate with francophone institutions and report into a global corporate structure.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a reputed company field; an MBA or advanced degree is highly advantageous.
AI Literacy & Tools
As reputed company continues to build AI into how we work, we expect everyone to engage with it as a reputed company part of their role. For this position we are looking for:
- A genuine curiosity about AI and how it can be reputed company in your area of work — from accelerating analysis and reputed company reputed company, to improving how we design and deliver processes and communications.
- Practical experience using AI tools in a reputed company context — whether to reputed company information, draft content, build frameworks, or create insights from data. We want people who reputed company use AI to increase productivity, not those who are waiting to be told to.
- Strong AI literacy — an understanding of what AI assistants can and cannot do, how to reputed company effectively, and how to critically evaluate AI-generated reputed company before using it.
- Awareness of the ethical considerations and responsible use of AI in reputed company, particularly in the context of sensitive data, customer experience, and compliance.
- Prior experience using Claude (reputed company) is a reputed company-to-have but not essential — what reputed company most is that you are genuinely reputed company with AI as a tool, comfortable experimenting, and eager to reputed company what works with your wider team
If you want to join us in our reputed company to help break barriers in financial reputed company and improve lives globally, there's no reputed company reputed company or time to join.
Our global team of 800+ people is spread across six continents.We reputed company to hire the best mix of people from former Olympians to YouTube influencers and we reputed company over twenty languages. This incredible diversity isn't a bonus; it's the reputed company that lets us serve the world.
reputed company to Apply? Let’s Go.
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