Head of Business Development for Fund Connect in Europe, managing client onboarding and strategic product positioning. Engaging in sales processes, industry trends, and competitive analysis.
About the role
- Business Development Manager driving new business initiatives at fintech, focusing on market expansion and strategic partnerships. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution.
Responsibilities
- Identify and evaluate new business opportunities across markets, products, and partnerships
- Monitor performance in existing markets and drive growth initiatives
- Build structured business cases including market sizing, revenue potential, costs, and risks
- Present recommendations and go/no-go decisions to senior management
- Lead execution of approved initiatives together with internal teams
- Coordinate cross-functional collaboration across Product, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Operations
- Manage relationships with external partners and potential acquisition targets
- Track performance of initiatives using defined KPIs and success metrics
- Support new market launches through the initial stabilization phase
Requirements
- Several years’ experience in a role driving new business initiatives (Business Development, Strategy, Expansion, Business Management, or Financial Product Development)
- Experience within financial services, brokerage, or fintech
- Experience with P&L responsibility for a business line, product, or market
- Experience leading at least one other person and willingness to grow into managing a small team
- Experience working with Legal and Compliance on product launches, market entries, or client propositions
- Strong commercial and strategic thinking with understanding of revenue drivers and unit economics
- Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills, able to build and challenge business cases
- Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional initiatives end-to-end within deadlines
- Clear and persuasive communication skills at management-team level
- Ability to work with ambiguity and turn opportunities into structured plans
- Comfortable interacting with external partners and potential acquisition targets
- University degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field; CFA, postgraduate degree, or MiFID-related certification is a plus
Benefits
- 13th-month salary, paid every December
- Annual learning & development budget of €2,000 (courses, trainings, conferences)
- A super cool office space – a villa with a garden in Prague 6 (Hanspaulka)
- Work from home up to 3 days per week
- Travel allowance of CZK 2,400 gross per month
- Fully equipped kitchen with snacks, fresh fruit, drinks, ice cream, and more
- Amazing team trips and activities with an international team, including an annual weekend getaway somewhere in Europe
- MultiSport card for CZK 500 per month
- Meal vouchers of CZK 194 per day
- Work from abroad for up to 15 days per year, plus the option to work from other LYNX offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Ghent
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