Head of Partnerships (Africa)

The role

You will lead business strategy and build commercial relationships in Africa. You will identify new partners, negotiate deals, and work with regulators and policy makers. You will also work cross-functionally to ensure the product offering is the best in the market.

What you will do

• Own the relationship with existing partners in Africa
• Identify new partners and stakeholders in Africa
• Build relationships with new partners
• Negotiate deals and oversee the process from first meeting to go-live
• Work with regulators and policy makers across the region
• Represent the Taptap Send brand externally
• Track, analyze, and report key metrics
• Work with the Growth team to develop and share best practices
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Ops, Business Development, and Engineering teams

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in high-performing, fast-paced environments (tech, professional services, finance etc)
• A demonstrable instinct for commercial deal-making
• Exposure to working with regulators and policy makers in Africa
• Significant ties to Africa
• No task too small mentality and willingness to delve into gritty details to get things done
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Nice to have

• Fluency in a language other than English (e.g. French)
• Experience in Financial Services, Fintech, Payments

About the company

Taptap Send is a cross-border fintech for emerging markets that has transformed how money moves across borders since 2019. The company is backed by world-class investors and is scaling a product designed to make money more accessible to diaspora communities.