General Manager Italy - Fintech

Job description

Our Client is a innovative financial technology player enabling Banks and Retailers to access a multitude of payment services within a single API.

On its behalf we are looking for the

General Manager Italy 

Mission:

to take over the Italian team, the most advanced international market in the company, and bring it to a new height of success! The position will have disciplinary responsibility over the Italian team (3FTE), P&L responsibility over the Italian market and responsibility over the full Italy marketing, communication and integration budget. 

Activity:

• Supporting the resources in the team such as:
• the Senior banking Manager, to enable him/her to win local banking accounts with the ad-hoc introduction of the VP when necessary and supporting the Junior
• the Junior Retail manager, to enable her to manage at best the current retail network and broadening the retail network on small retail banking accounts
• the Junior Bill Payment and e-commerce manager to enable her to win local utility, telco and insurance companies
• Broadening our retail networks in Italy by originating and winning the biggest Italian retail accounts and broadening the banking network
• Representing Client in Italy at fairs both locally and internationally to create brand awareness of their core product “viacash”

Competencies:

• Years of professional experience: 6+
• Preferred universities: Bocconi, Politecnico di Milano (Management engineering)

 Priority:

• Excellent team management skills in start-up and/or scale-ups
• Excellent public speaking and communication skills
• Excellent sales skills, such as business acumen and negotiation skills
• Capability to act in a structured and methodical way
• Capable of reading the room with great emotional intelligence
• Resilient in face of adversity
• Thrives in a challenge

 Technical:

• Sales and management experience in start-up/scale-ups
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to develop a sales pitch presentations for fairs and international stages
• Ability to follow through system integration projects, able to define a business plan for his/her own account with regards to her own P&L

 Languages:

• Italian native
• Fluent in English

Others:

• Well organized and capable to adapt quickly to new environments and cope with change
• Leadership required: no, but preferred

Location: Berlin/Milan