20 Aug 2026

Head, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships – Wattpay at Greymond Group

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Greymond Group is an integrated African investment holding company operating across Real Estate, Fintech, and Private Capital Management. Headquartered in Abuja with operational footprints in Lagos, Delta, Port Harcourt and planned expansion into Rwanda and Ghana, we build trust-first businesses that deliver measurable social and financial returns. We combine visionary leadership, disciplined execution, and replicable systems to deliver reliable, scalable, and globally competitive solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships – Wattpay

Location: Maitama, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

  • We are seeking an experienced, commercially driven and highly connected Head, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships to lead the growth and market expansion of WattPay, our fintech/payment platform.
  • This is a senior commercial role for a professional with proven experience in fintech, payments, banking, digital financial services or related technology-driven financial solutions.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for driving customer and merchant acquisition, strategic partnerships, transaction growth, revenue generation and market expansion.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute WattPay’s business development and commercial growth strategy.
  • Identify and secure strategic partnerships with banks, fintechs, payment companies, merchants, aggregators and other ecosystem players.
  • Drive merchant, corporate and customer acquisition.
  • Build and manage a strong commercial and partnership pipeline.
  • Identify new revenue-generating opportunities and market segments.
  • Lead commercial negotiations and partnership discussions.
  • Develop distribution and referral channels.
  • Monitor competitors and emerging opportunities within the fintech/payment ecosystem.
  • Work closely with Technology, Operations, Compliance and Marketing teams to support commercial execution.
  • Provide weekly and monthly business development, partnership and revenue performance reports to Management.
  • Develop and execute a measurable 90-day commercial growth plan.

Requirements
The ideal candidate should have:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Marketing, Technology or a related discipline.
  • 4–6+ years of relevant experience, preferably within fintech, payments, banking or digital financial services.
  • Demonstrable success in business development, sales, partnerships or commercial growth.
  • Proven experience acquiring merchants, customers or strategic corporate partners.
  • Strong understanding of the Nigerian fintech and payments ecosystem.
  • Existing relationships within the banking, fintech, merchant, corporate or payments ecosystem will be an advantage.
  • Strong commercial negotiation and relationship-management skills.
  • Excellent communication, presentation and networking abilities.
  • Strong analytical and strategic-thinking skills.
  • A proven ability to work against measurable commercial targets.

What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who is:

  • Commercially aggressive and results-oriented
  • Well connected within the fintech/payment ecosystem
  • Entrepreneurial and proactive
  • Strategic but highly execution-focused
  • Strong at building and converting relationships
  • Comfortable engaging CEOs, financial institutions, merchants and corporate decision-makers
  • Accountable for measurable outcomes rather than activities

Success In This Role:

  • Within the first 90 days, the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate measurable progress in:
  • Strategic Partnerships | Merchant Acquisition | Customer Growth | Transaction Activity | Revenue Opportunities | Commercial Pipeline
  • This is not a traditional administrative operations role. We are looking for a commercially minded fintech professional who can help take WattPay from an operating product to a growing and commercially sustainable fintech business.

Remuneration

  • Competitive salary and performance-based incentives will be offered based on experience, qualifications and the approved compensation structure.

Application Closing Date
29th August, 2026.




Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV, brief Cover letter and relevant professional achievements, particularly fintech/business development results to: 

[email protected] 

using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.



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