Head, High Margin Merchants
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Flutterwave is hiring a Head, High Margin Merchants to own the growth, retention, and profitability of its highest-value merchant portfolio across all markets. The role is a strategic revenue driver focused on portfolio strategy, C-level merchant relationships, and pricing discipline rather than account servicing. Candidates should bring commercial rigour, strong negotiation skills, and experience in a fast-moving, competitive, regulated payments environment.
- Owns growth, retention, and profitability of Flutterwave's highest-value merchant portfolio
- Senior relationship owner for strategic, highest-margin merchants with C-level engagement
- Builds pricing, margin analysis, and commercial approval frameworks
- Leads contract negotiations and renewals for the segment's largest merchants
- Partners with Sales, Product, Risk, Operations, and Finance to scale profitably
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Original source description
You will be expected to bring commercial rigour, deep relationship capability and strong pricing discipline to this function, building the processes and playbooks that allow it to scale profitably.
This is deliberately not an account-servicing role. In a fast-moving, competitive, and regulated payments environment, this function is a strategic revenue driver, and we are looking for someone who will design and lead it as such.
You will be responsible for building and leading the strategy, relationships, and commercial discipline that maximise revenue and margin from our most significant merchants across every market we operate in.
The Head, High Margin Merchants role owns the growth, retention, and profitability of Flutterwave's highest-value merchant portfolio.
Responsibilities
- include but are not limited to
- Portfolio Strategy and Growth:
- Identify, prioritise, and win new high-value merchants, building a strong and qualified pipeline in partnership with Sales and Business Development
- Set and deliver revenue, margin, and volume targets for the segment, tracking performance rigorously against plan
- Own the strategy for the high margin merchant segment, defining the criteria, target verticals, and growth plan for the portfolio
- Continuously assess the competitive landscape and pricing environment to protect and grow Flutterwave's share of high-value merchant volume
- Merchant Relationship Management:
- Serve as the senior relationship owner for Flutterwave's most strategic and highest-margin merchants, building trusted, C-level relationships
- Conduct regular business reviews with top merchants, translating merchant feedback into clear commercial and product priorities
- Resolve escalations and commercial issues quickly, working closely with Product, Risk, and Operations to protect key relationships
- Develop and execute account plans that deepen wallet share, cross-sell additional products, and improve merchant retention
- Pricing and Margin Optimisation:
- Build and maintain a clear framework for margin analysis, deal structuring, and commercial approvals
- Lead contract negotiations and renewals for the segment's largest merchants
- Partner with Finance to monitor unit economics by merchant and segment, identifying opportunities to improve margin
- Own pricing strategy and commercial terms for high margin merchants, balancing competitiveness with profitability
- Risk, Compliance, and Governance:
- Ensure all merchant relationships and commercial arrangements comply with regulatory, risk, and internal governance
Requirements
- across markets
- Maintain clean, audit-ready commercial records and approvals for the portfolio
- Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to ensure appropriate due diligence, monitoring, and controls for high-value merchants
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner with Finance and Data teams to build reporting that gives leadership clear visibility into segment performance
- Act as the voice of high margin merchants internally, influencing product roadmap, pricing policy, and service levels
- Work closely with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to ensure a seamless, premium
Experience
for top merchants
Leadership:
Lead, develop, and grow a small, high-performing team, building genuine capability and commercial depth
Operate as a trusted partner to commercial leadership and the broader executive team.
Instil a culture of ownership, discipline, and customer obsession within the team
Required competencies to be a Waver
Proven track record and domain expertise within the igaming sector
Demonstrated
in pricing strategy, deal structuring, and commercial negotiation
Minimum of 10 years'
in commercial leadership, key account management, or business development, ideally within payments, fintech, or financial services
operating across multiple markets, with African market
a strong advantage
Strong track record of managing and growing a high-value client or merchant portfolio, with clear evidence of revenue and margin growth
Comfort owning a P&L or revenue target and being held accountable for commercial outcomes
Relevant professional qualifications in business, finance, or a related field are an advantage.
Exposure to a regulated industry such as financial services or technology is an advantage
Other attributes we are looking for:
A clear communicator who can partner across Sales, Product, Finance, and the business.
A commercially minded builder who is energised by designing strategy and playbooks, not just running a book of business
Calm and credible under pricing, negotiation, and deadline pressure
Comfortable owning both the commercial and the operational dimensions of a high-value portfolio
Strong relationship and negotiation instincts, with high attention to detail and accuracy
How to Apply
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