About the Role
Neptune Microfinance Bank is on a mission to empower people and businesses through innovative financial intermediation across Nigeria and Africa. We are currently seeking a dynamic and results-driven Head, Field Marketing & Merchant Acquisition to lead our aggressive market expansion. In this strategic leadership role, you will spearhead our merchant acquisition initiatives, drive POS deployment, and build high-performing field sales teams to accelerate our footprint in the fintech and banking sector.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and execute comprehensive merchant acquisition and field marketing strategies to drive transaction growth.
- Recruit, train, lead, and supervise field marketing officers and regional supervisors.
- Drive POS terminal deployment, merchant activation, and business account acquisition across key retail verticals.
- Establish clear performance targets, KPIs, and monitor field sales productivity across target markets.
- Design targeted merchant acquisition campaigns for supermarkets, restaurants, pharmacies, hotels, and fuel stations.
- Build scalable, robust field sales structures across Lagos and other strategic Nigerian commercial hubs.
- Implement CRM-based field reporting systems, performance measurement tools, and proactive merchant retention initiatives.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant sales, marketing, and business development experience in Nigeria.
- Proven leadership experience within the fintech, commercial banking, payment services, or merchant acquisition space.
- Demonstrable success in recruiting, managing, and scaling large field sales teams.
- Comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of Nigeria's POS and merchant payment ecosystem.
- Excellent leadership, analytical, interpersonal, and commercial execution skills.
- Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses and incentives.
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
- Opportunities for career growth and executive leadership development.
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment in a fast-growing financial institution.