Business Development Specialist (Payments)

TL;DR

Business Development Specialist (Payments): Driving the growth and optimization of payment solutions for a leading marketplace platform with an accent on strategy, partnership management, and cross-functional collaboration. Focus on building analytical business cases, enhancing transactional conversion rates, and scaling trust infrastructure in the German e-commerce market.

Location: Hybrid, based in Berlin, Germany

Company

hirify.global is Germany’s leading online classifieds platform, facilitating over 50 million ads for millions of monthly users and contributing to sustainability through a large-scale re-commerce ecosystem.

What you will do

• Contribute to the payments strategy and roadmap development for transactional initiatives.
• Create data-driven analyses and business cases for new partnerships and payment features.
• Manage ongoing collaboration with external payment partners and internal teams.
• Identify actionable opportunities to boost payment adoption, conversion, and user trust.
• Coordinate with Product, Finance, Legal, and Customer Service to embed transactional features into the user journey.
• Utilize AI tools to refine decision-making processes and analytical output quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a business-related field.
• 2+ years of experience in business development, strategy, payments, or commercial management.
• Strong analytical and structured thinking skills with the ability to derive clear insights from data.
• Capability to synthesize complex information into actionable business recommendations.
• Understanding of the German e-commerce or re-commerce market dynamics.
• Ability to communicate effectively across multiple cross-functional stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with marketplace or platform business models.
• Prior experience in fraud prevention or trust infrastructure development.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and annual participation in a short-term incentive bonus plan.
• Work From Anywhere policy allowing up to 20 days per year from any location.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program accessible to you and your family.
• Collaborative, growth-oriented environment centered on shared success.
• Supportive culture committed to diversity and historically excluded groups.