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Business Development Manager, Financial Services
ACCELERAID. Build the financial-services market across Europe, focusing on DACH, the UK, Benelux, France, Italy and the Nordics .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build the financial-services market across Europe, focusing on DACH, the UK, Benelux, France, Italy and the Nordics
- Identify financial institutions and decision-makers relevant to the company’s AI solutions for marketing, sales and customer service
- Use an existing network, the fintech scene and industry events to create initial conversations
- Prepare meetings by researching stakeholders, institutional priorities, and IT, procurement and data-protection hurdles
- Accompany sales conversations with the founders and specialist team from first meeting through proof of concept to signature
- Attend conferences, client meetings and industry events across European financial hubs
- Maintain contacts, deal status and market insights in Pipedrive
- Pursue relevant opportunities outside financial services when identified through the network
Requirements
What you’ll need- 3–6 years of experience working with banks, card issuers or insurers in Europe
- Experience at a software or data vendor selling into financial services, a fintech, payment scheme or processor, or in financial services consulting
- Experience across several European markets
- Active network in the European banking and fintech scene
- Understanding of how financial institutions make decisions and buy, including business units, IT, procurement, compliance and data protection
- Ability to identify client problems in marketing, sales or service that the company can solve
- Understanding of data, AI and regulation, including GDPR and the EU AI Act
- Initiative and willingness to travel
- Fluent English and German (C1/C2)
- Enthusiasm for spending two days a week with the team in the office
- Contacts in the UK, France, Benelux, Italy or the Nordics
- Experience selling or delivering marketing, CRM, analytics or customer data software to financial institutions
- Experience with tenders, vendor onboarding and security reviews
Benefits
Comp & perks- Direct influence on the company’s market position and future direction
- Direct collaboration with the founders
- Short decision paths and no politics
- Technical support from a data science, product and pre-sales team
- Travel to Europe's financial centres as part of the job
- Opportunity to build a market rather than inherit one