Business Development Manager (FinTech)

TL;DR

Business Development Manager (FinTech): Developing local-market growth for an online financial services business with an accent on customer acquisition channels, strategic partnerships, and financial ecosystem resources. Focus on designing partnership models, negotiating commercial agreements, executing channel projects, and ensuring compliance with local financial regulations.

Location: Almaty or Shenzhen

Company

TICKRS Financial is a financial technology company focused on online brokerage and related financial services.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the business development strategy for the local market.
• Expand acquisition channels and build partnerships with financial media, content platforms, social KOLs, investment bloggers, and financial institutions.
• Monitor securities-industry trends, competitors, fee policies, and market conditions to inform product and operational strategy.
• Manage key client relationships and partnership projects, including client visits, commercial negotiations, and execution.
• Design cooperation models such as CPA, CPS, and commission-based arrangements in line with pricing and market policies.
• Work with legal and compliance teams to ensure channel expansion meets local licensing and financial regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Marketing, International Trade, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of business development or channel marketing experience in FinTech, online brokerage, cross-border payments, Internet finance, or global expansion.
• Strong local network in target markets such as Central Asia or Kazakhstan, including financial KOLs, bloggers, influencers, or MCN agencies.
• Partnership resources with commercial banks, securities firms, asset management companies, or similar financial institutions.
• Experience with influencer collaboration models and content marketing on Telegram, YouTube, Instagram, or other overseas social platforms.
• Self-driven, results-oriented, and capable of building business development operations from 0 to 1.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build and scale local business development channels from an early stage.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product, operations, technology, legal, and compliance teams.
• Hands-on ownership of partnerships, negotiations, and market expansion initiatives.