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Business Development Manager Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Western Union
Are you ready to make an impact in a global financial services company? Are you passionate about building strong partnerships, driving business growth, and helping people move money across borders? Join Western Union as a Business Development Manager and play a key role in expanding and supporting our agent network across Saudi Arabia.
Role Responsibilities
As a Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for growing and managing a portfolio of remittance agents across Saudi Arabia. You will focus on developing existing relationships, acquiring new partners, and driving commercial performance across your territory.
Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help deliver business growth while ensuring operational excellence and compliance.
This is a hybrid role based in Riyadh (minimum 3 days in the office).
In this role, you will:
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective remittance agents across Saudi Arabia.
- Identify and onboard new agent partners to expand Western Union’s market presence.
- Drive agent performance through sales initiatives, promotional campaigns, pricing programs, and product adoption strategies.
- Support revenue growth by identifying new business opportunities within the remittance and payments ecosystem.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Marketing, Operations, Compliance, Product, and Finance to support business objectives.
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer needs to identify business opportunities and recommend actions.
- Conduct regular business reviews with agents to evaluate performance and implement improvement plans where needed.
- Ensure agents operate in accordance with Western Union policies and local regulatory requirements.
- Support negotiations and commercial discussions with partners to strengthen relationships and drive mutual growth.
- Travel regularly within Saudi Arabia to engage with partners and support business initiatives.
Role Requirements:
- 5-7 years of experience in business development, sales, account management, partnership management, or related commercial roles.
- Experience with in the remittances, payments, banking, Fin Tech, or broader financial services industry.
- Good knowledge of the Saudi Arabia payments and remittance landscape.
- Proven ability to manage partner relationships and drive commercial results.
- Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements within the financial services sector, including AML/KYC principles.
- Strong sales, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
- Ability to analyze business performance and identify growth opportunities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- A proactive, self-driven approach with strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, matrixed, and multicultural environment.
- Fluency in English;
Arabic language skills are preferred.
Based in Saudi Arabia with the ability to travel as required.
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Youll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If youre ready to help drive the future of financial services, its time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at
Benefits
- You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few ().
Your KSA specific benefits include:
- Group Life policy, fully sponsored by Western Union
- Comprehensive Group Medical policy – Spouse and children up to age 25 can be covered, subject to the insurers review of eligibility. The cost of this benefit is fully sponsored by Western…
Title: Business Development Manager
Company: Western Union
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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