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Team Lead, Acquisition & Sales


Job Location:

Lagos - Nigeria

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 15 September 2026 (6 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 13 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

To lead the acquisition activation and profitable growth of new-to-bank micro small and medium-sized business clients across designated markets sectors ecosystems and digital channels. The role translates the Business and Commercial Banking strategy into a structured acquisition plan and leads the sales team to deliver quality client growth deposits transaction activity lending opportunities fee income and cross-sell while ensuring compliance with customer due diligence credit conduct data protection financial crime and operational risk requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the annual acquisition and sales plan aligned to Business and Commercial Banking strategy.
  • Identify attractive client pools using customer data industry information market intelligence and value-chain analysis.
  • Maintain a qualified pipeline and support complex pitches high-value prospects and strategic ecosystem opportunities.
  • Deliver agreed targets for new-to-bank clients deposits transaction activity fee income merchant and collections income digital usage lending opportunities cross-sell retention and profitability.
  • Drive end-to-end digital acquisition from prospect identification and online lead management through onboarding activation and cross-sell.
  • Originate and manage relationships with associations cooperatives aggregators marketplaces distributors anchor corporates fintechs and ecosystem partners.
  • Ensure adherence to KYC customer due diligence AML/CFT/CPF sanctions beneficial ownership fraud credit consumer protection data privacy information security records management conflicts and anti-bribery requirements.

Qualifications :

  • First Degree in Business Administration Economics Finance Accounting Marketing Banking or a related discipline.


Experience Required

  • Minimum 7 years relevant experience in business banking commercial banking SME banking client acquisition relationship management payments merchant services or financial-services sales.
  • At least 2 - 3 years experience in leading a sales acquisition or relationship-management team with measurable delivery of customer deposit transaction and revenue growth.

 

Behavioural Competencies:

 

  • Adopting Practical Approaches
  • Articulating Information
  • Challenging Ideas
  • Convincing People
  • Directing People
  • Exploring Possibilities
  • Following Procedures
  • Generating Ideas
  • Making Decisions
  • Producing Output
  • Providing Insights
  • Understanding People

Technical Competencies:

  • Application & Submission Verification (Business Banking)
  • Customer Acceptance & Review (Business Banking)
  • Customer Understanding (Business Banking)
  • Product Knowledge (Business Banking)

Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time


About Company

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