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Manager, Growth & Commercialization

National Bank of Kenya · Tanzania

Marketing / Business DevelopmentManager LevelExternal listingfull-time5 days ago

About The Role

Business Growth & Commercial Leadership (30%)

  • Execute the DFS Commercialization & Growth strategy aligned with the Bank’s overall business, digital transformation, and growth objectives.
  • Drive sustainable revenue growth, customer acquisition, product adoption, and transaction volume expansion across all DFS products and channels.
  • Identify and pursue new business opportunities, customer segments, value chains, and market expansion initiatives.
  • Develop commercial plans, budgets, forecasts, and growth targets for the DFS business.
  • Establish and monitor strategic growth initiatives to maximize market share and profitability.

Sales Management & Market Execution (20%)

  • Manage sales execution for DFS products and services.
  • Drive customer acquisition, onboarding, activation, engagement, and retention across digital channels.
  • Develop and implement sales initiatives to increase active users, transaction volumes, and channel utilization.
  • Guide and train the relationship, and sales teams.
  • Ensure effective execution of product launches, campaigns, and customer activation programs.

Product Adoption & Revenue Growth (10%)

  • Increase customer usage and transaction volumes across mobile banking, agency banking, cards, merchant payments, digital payments, and other DFS solutions.
  • Drive customer migration from traditional banking channels to digital channels.
  • Develop customer activation and retention strategies to improve customer lifetime value.
  • Establish initiatives to increase digital transaction revenues and channel profitability.
  • Monitor customer behavior and product utilization trends to improve adoption and commercial performance.

Ecosystem Development & Partnerships (10%)

  • Develop and implement ecosystem banking and value chain strategies to deepen customer relationships and unlock new revenue opportunities.
  • Expand KCB’s digital distribution footprint through strategic partnerships with corporates, fintechs, merchants, aggregators, telecommunications companies, and other ecosystem players.
  • Identify and develop partnerships that drive customer acquisition, transaction growth, and business expansion.
  • Manage DFS customers promotions negotiations and management of commercial partnerships supporting DFS growth objectives.

Cross-Selling & Customer Value Maximization (10%)

  • Promote value chain banking opportunities across key sectors and key customer base groups.
  • Drive cross-selling opportunities across Retail Banking, SME Banking, Corporate Banking, Agency Banking, Merchant Payments, and Digital Banking businesses.
  • Collaborate with business units to maximize customer penetration and wallet share.
  • Design customer engagement initiatives that enhance product usage and deepen banking relationships.
  • Develop propositions tailored to key customer segments and industry value chains.

Performance Management & Analytics (10%)

  • Monitor and manage DFS sales performance across regions, customer segments, and product lines.
  • Track achievement against budgets, targets, and business plans while identifying corrective actions where needed.
  • Utilize market intelligence, customer insights, and analytics to identify growth opportunities and improve performance.
  • Conduct profitability analysis and commercial reviews to optimize resource allocation and investment decisions.

Stakeholder Management (10%)

  • Work closely with Retail, Corporate, SME, Operations, Technology, Marketing, Risk, and Finance teams to drive DFS business growth.
  • Serve as the key commercial interface between DFS and regional business teams.
  • Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support strategic business objectives.
  • Represent the DFS department in the different regions of industry forums, innovation platforms, and digital financial services initiatives.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

  • Academic & Professional

Particulars Detail Specific Field or Qualification Need Type [1]

Education Bachelor’s Degree Business Related, Banking, Finance, RQ

  • Professional Qualifications CPA (T), Marketing, IT etc AA
  • Master’s degree Business Administration AA
  • Experience
  • Total Minimum Cumulative No of Years’ Experience Required 8
  • [1] Need Types are : RQ = Required, AA = Added Advantage

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