Business Development Manager

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies for High Growth SME recruitment across Tanzania and East Africa. Targeting SMEs with annual turnover of TSH.500M and above.
  
• Scout and create active database of SMEs and Startups that are seeking for growth capital
  
• Support SMEs and Startups in investment documentation and evaluation such as SME investment readiness assessment create business description team profiling pitch deck development legal documentation initial financial modelling and review of their dataroom.
  
• Develop new entrepreneurship programmes lead fundraising and programme management.
  
• Lead business development initiatives to expand the client base and market presence.
  
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with SMEs and Startups understanding their needs and providing tailored financial solutions.
  
• Coordinate internal business portfolios activities creating a central dashboard to visualize business and financial data of each portfolio company.
  
• Lead existing entrepreneurship programmes managing entire programmes activities at the operational level.
  

Requirements

Requirements

• Atleast 3 years of proven experience in banking or microfinance specifically in SME financing.
  
• Strong understanding of credit processes risk assessment and regulatory compliance.
  
• Proven experience in business evaluation and investment assessment
  
• Good knowledge of financial modelling will be a strong added advantage
  
• Passion for innovation and scaling business operations.
  
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills in both English and Swahili.
  
• Ability to lead and motivate teams towards achieving targets.
  

As part of our genderlens approach we highly advise female talents to apply