
Sales Manager
Paga Group Ltd
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Yaba • Nigeria
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About the role
- Own and deliver assigned revenue, transaction volume, and gross margin targets for the B2B Paga Engine business
- Drive acquisition of enterprise and high-growth SME clients leveraging APIs for collections, virtual accounts, and payment infrastructure
- Develop and execute sector-specific go-to-market strategies (e.g., FinTech's, ERPs, FMCGs, aggregators, utilities)
- Build a predictable revenue pipeline aligned with quarterly and annual targets
- Identify, qualify, and convert high-value prospects through structured pipeline management
- Lead end-to-end sales cycle: prospecting → discovery → solution design → commercial negotiation → closure
- Conduct executive-level engagements and manage C-suite conversations (CFO, CTO, Head of Payments, Head of Operations)
- Position Paga Engine as embedded payment infrastructure, not just a payment processor
- Manage and develop the sales team, setting clear targets, monitoring performance, and ensuring disciplined pipeline management and forecasting
- Maintain structured CRM and pipeline reporting with accurate forecasting
- Track key metrics: lead conversion rate, sales cycle length, CAC efficiency, revenue realization, transaction ramp-up post-integration
- Provide weekly/monthly performance reviews with actionable insights
- Monitor industry trends in digital payments, API banking, embedded finance, and regulatory changes
- Gather structured customer feedback and share actionable insights with Product and Engineering teams
- Contribute to pricing strategy, product packaging, and competitive positioning
Requirements
- 6 years’ (min.) experience in a B2B Sales
- Sales experience in Fintech/Telecom/SAS would be an advantage
- Successfully manage a team of B2B sales executives
- Have an acumen and tact of handling C-Suite discussions
- Have experience in selling technical products, comfortable discussing system integration via API, SDK, widget among others
- Strong negotiation and leadership skills
- Resourcefulness and self-motivation, with the ability to perform with minimal supervision
- Proactive to client matters
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to exhibit emotional intelligence
- Confidentiality and the highest ethical standards must be maintained in all activities
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Diversity inclusion
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
B2B salesAPI integrationSDKwidgetpipeline managementsales forecastingnegotiationtransaction volume managementrevenue targetscustomer feedback analysis
Soft Skills
leadershipemotional intelligencecommunicationresourcefulnessself-motivationproactivitytactteam managementperformance monitoringstrategic thinking