{"id":96772,"date":"2026-05-26T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/senior-manager-business-development-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:01:37","slug":"senior-manager-business-development-kenya","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/senior-manager-business-development-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Manager Business Development &#8211; Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are looking for a seasoned Business Development Manager<\/p>\n<p>\tLead and execute defined segments\/accounts within the market<br \/>\n\tDrive consultative, value-based selling and pipeline development<br \/>\n\tDeepen engagement with Tier 1 banks, fintechs, merchants, and ecosystem partners<br \/>\n\tSupport execution of strategic initiatives across issuing, acquiring, and acceptance<br \/>\n\tProvide leadership depth and continuity within the Kenya team<br \/>\n\tImprove coverage of high-value clients and opportunities<br \/>\n\tIncrease wallet share and client retention<br \/>\n\tBetter prioritization and execution of market initiatives<br \/>\n\tReduce execution bottlenecks and escalation risks<br \/>\n\tClear ownership of accounts and programs<br \/>\n\tImprove team coaching, performance management, and resilience<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications<\/p>\n<p>Basic Qualifications<\/p>\n<p>\t10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters\/ MBA\/JD\/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Qualifications<\/p>\n<p>\t10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree or 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD).<br \/>\n\tFluent written and spoken Portuguese is a requirement for this role<br \/>\n\tMinimum 6 years experience in the Banking and or Financial Services\/payments\/mobile network and or Fintech sector.<\/p>\n<p>Card Payment Experience Essential.<\/p>\n<p>\tTertiary qualification with a business or marketing degree (preferably MBA)<br \/>\n\tCapability to liaise, present to and work with senior level international bankers.<br \/>\n\tExcellent knowledge of Visa, other payment systems, card products and the activities of different payment systems in the relevant markets.<br \/>\n\tCommercial orientation, interpersonally credible, influential in their dealings and sensitive to a multicultural environment.<br \/>\n\tAbility to manage varied indirect reporting relationships at all levels of the Visa and member organisation.<br \/>\n\tExperience in influencing developing and\/or motivating people to achieving company and customer objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Apply Through:<\/p>\n<p>visa.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/visa.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com","_company_name":"Visa","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.visa.com","_company_tagline":"Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks.","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[692],"job-categories":[868,693,702,747,1370],"job-types":[687],"class_list":["post-96772","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","hentry","job_listing_region-nairobi","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/96772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=96772"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=96772"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=96772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}