Job Description
About the Role
- Reporting to the Partnership Lead, Developer Solutions, the technical account manager will be primarily responsible for managing partners on sales pipeline, acquiring new partners and optimising relationship with existing partners.
- TAM will directly manage relationships with key partners, to grow the developer solutions business and to ensure that clients’ needs are met.
Reason for Job Opening:
- Expand the developer solutions team. Focus on building strong relationship new partners and strengthening existing relationships with partners around the world.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Management of Developer Solutions Sales Pipeline:
- Increasing acquisition and activation by winning new business
- Build strong customer relationships, especially with key customer stakeholders and sponsors
- Providing technical support to customers before and after-activation.
- Training customers to use Paga developer solutions products.
- Answering product-related queries in a timely manner.
- Providing reports to developers and stakeholders on product performance
- Developing ideas and leading the team to pursue new business opportunities for the Company in Nigeria, Africa and beyond
- Providing and communicating Developer Solutions product status updates to the team and stakeholders
- Ensuring liaison with other departments as appropriate in relation to proposals, projects, legal, customer support, finance, marketing, or other issues
- Ensuring that clients and partners have 24/7 access to Paga Technical Account Manager to address their requests or issues.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or related fields
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Business Development or Sales function, including international experience or dealing with global clients
- Experience in technical support and sales.
Skills & Qualifications:
Job-specific Skills and Requirements:
- Strong people management, technical and sales skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills
- Resourcefulness and self-motivation, with the ability to perform with minimal supervision
- Well-organized, with ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Experienced in development of business processes, models and plans, including basic financial analysis in Excel
- Exceptional market/customer awareness and networking skills – including proven track record of managing relationships with major operators in Nigeria
- Good commercial sense to be manage contractual and financial conditions in contracts and tenders
- Confidentiality and the highest ethical standards must be maintained in all activities
- Willingness/ability to travel within and outside Nigeria on business
- The TAM will be required to provide assistance to the Company in a wide range of areas, including duties not directly related to his/her area of experience or expertise, in which case proper instruction will be provided by the Company.