Sporty Group ยท 12 hours ago
Senior Business Development Manager - Payments
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
10+ years expSporty Group is looking for a Senior Manager - Payments to join their Business Development team to drive performance, reliability, and cost efficiency across their global payments stack. The role involves establishing relationships with payment partners, optimizing payment flows, and collaborating with various teams to improve performance across multiple markets.
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Responsibilities
Establish and curate relationships with new and existing Payment Partners across multiple Geos for Sporty Group
Drive onboarding and Negotiations of new payment partners (Including, but not limited to Banks, PSPs, Telcos, Aggregators etc) and channels in Africa & LATAM
Work closely with Product, Risk, Operations and Platform teams for Launch readiness and Payment channel Go-live
Work Closely with Product on Optimizing payment flows, failover management, identifying gaps and driving growth and performance across pay-ins and payouts
Establish monthly competitor benchmarking (pricing, new Payment trends, success rates, settlement) with Product and Operation
Track and oversee Payment Partner KPIs Improvements: success rates, latency, downtime, and cost per transaction
Support Operations Leadership for downtime tracking, RCA, and business continuity planning from a Partnership Management standpoint
Work closely with PSPs, telcos, banks, and internal ops teams to improve performance
Collaborate with Product, Ops, Risk, and Tech teams on flow and reliability improvements
Qualification
Required
10+ years in payments, fintech, e-com or transaction-heavy platforms
Strong understanding of Payment landscape and experience across African and LATAM Markets
Strong understanding of PSPs, mobile money, cards, and local payment rails
A Self Starter, comfortable operating in low-structure, high-velocity environments typical of emerging markets
Data-driven mindset with strong communications and negotiation skills
Strong stakeholder management skills across product, operations, tech, and external partners
A builder mindset who thrives in greenfield and scale-up environments
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple work streams in parallel without loss of execution quality
Strong structuring skills, able to turn ambiguity into clear plans, frameworks, and outcomes
High autonomy with the confidence to own decisions and execution end-to-end
Fluency in both written and spoken English is essential
Benefits
28 days paid annual leave
Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
Top of the line equipment
Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
Company
Sporty Group
Sporty Group is a global consumer internet & media company with a strong presence in sports broadcasting, fintech, entertainment and gaming.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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2023-12-20
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