Head, Digital Sales Strategy
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Proten International is hiring a Head, Digital Sales Strategy to lead the growth and commercial performance of the bank's agent banking, POS, and alternative sales channels across Nigeria. The role focuses on building a scalable distribution network, driving agent and merchant acquisition, and delivering sustainable revenue growth. Candidates need 8–12 years of relevant experience, with at least 5 years in sales, channel management, or agency banking.
- Leads agent banking, POS, and alternative sales channel strategy
- 8–12 years experience with at least 5 years in sales or channel management
- Focus on agent/merchant acquisition, activation, and retention
- Competitive salary, health insurance, and pension contributions
- Apply by email with CV before 8th October 2026
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Original source description
The successful candidate will be responsible for building a scalable, high-performing distribution network that delivers sustainable revenue growth.
The role will drive agent and merchant acquisition, activation and retention, channel productivity, transaction growth, customer acquisition, revenue generation, and overall channel profitability.
The Head, Digital Sales Strategy will lead the growth, commercial performance, and strategic development of the Bank’s agent banking, POS, and alternative sales channels.
Responsibilities
- Improve the productivity, transaction volumes, and revenue contribution of existing agents.
- Build, lead, and manage a high-performing field sales team across assigned territories.
- Develop and implement agent incentive, commission, and performance programmes.
- Develop and execute the Bank’s digital channel sales and agent banking strategy.
- Drive customer acquisition and cross-selling of banking and financial products through digital sales channels.
- Analyse market, customer, and channel trends to identify opportunities for growth and expansion.
- Provide regular performance reports, insights, and actionable recommendations to Management.
- Establish performance standards, sales processes, and reporting mechanisms to improve channel efficiency.
- Drive recruitment, onboarding, activation, productivity, and retention of agents and merchants.
- Ensure sales activities and channel operations comply with applicable regulatory and internal requirements.
- Identify high-potential markets and expand the Bank’s agent and POS network.
- Monitor agent and POS performance and implement reactivation strategies for inactive or underperforming agents.
- Monitor channel revenue, transaction volumes, deposits, float, costs, and profitability.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with super agents, aggregators, merchants, and other channel partners.
- Set and achieve monthly and annual targets for agents, transactions, customers, deposits, revenue, and profitability.
Requirements
- Ability to develop and execute channel strategies and translate them into measurable commercial results.
- Strong understanding of agent productivity, commissions, incentives, acquisition, activation, retention, and reactivation.
- Strong communication, stakeholder-management, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven track record of delivering measurable growth in transaction volumes, customer acquisition, revenue, and/or channel profitability.
- Strong commercial, analytical, negotiation, and business development skills.
- Strong understanding of the Nigerian agency banking, fintech, POS, and payments ecosystem.
- 8–12 years of relevant professional experience, with at least 5 years in sales, channel management, agency banking, or a related commercial role.
- Demonstrated
Experience
building, managing, and scaling distributed sales or agent networks.
Proven
in agent banking, POS, fintech, payments, microfinance, commercial banking, or a related financial services environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
Strong leadership and people-management capabilities, particularly in managing field-based sales teams.
Ability to work effectively with aggressive targets and in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
Benefits
Competitive salary and
package
Innovative and flexible work culture
Continuous learning, training, and professional development
Private health insurance
Employer pension contributions.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:
recruitment@protenintl.com
using ''Head, Digital Sales Strategy" as the subject of the email.
Note:
Only qualified candidates would be contacted.
Application
Deadline:
8th October, 2026.
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