Enterprise Sales – APAC
Lightnet Singapore Pte Ltd
Role:Singapore / Dubai / ASEAN
Full-time
About Lightnet
Lightnet Group is a Singapore-headquartered, globally licensed fintech company dedicated to making global payments faster, clearer, and easier for everyone. We operate a massive, regulated settlement network that bridges traditional banks, fintechs, and Web3 businesses. Backed by proven leadership and processing over $15B+ in annualized volume, our infrastructure helps institutions send, receive, and manage value instantly across borders
About The Role
Build. Win. Scale.
At Lightnet, we connect ambitious digital businesses with some of the world's fastest-growing emerging markets.
We are seeking a high-performing enterprise sales hunter to build a greenfield merchant pipeline across APAC, win strategic enterprise partnerships and drive cross-border expansion. This can be across the Money Transfer Operator (MTO) and Payment Service Provider (PSP) sectors or Digital Assets
The ideal candidate brings deep APAC payments expertise, a strong industry network and a proven track record of closing deals and exceeding sales targets
What You'll Own
Build a Greenfield Pipeline: Identify, prospect and win high-potential APAC digital merchants across high-growth verticals, targeting businesses with ambitions to expand into emerging markets
Own the Full Deal Cycle: Drive opportunities from initial outreach and qualification through commercial structuring, negotiation and contract closure, with accountability for pipeline quality and revenue outcomes
Navigate Enterprise Complexity: Map merchant organisations, engage decision-makers across regional HQ and country teams, and orchestrate stakeholders across legal, finance, treasury and business functions
Drive Multi-Market Expansion: Develop market-entry strategies and phased launch approaches, partnering with Lightnet's global teams and internal experts across legal, tax, compliance and product to structure compelling solutions and accelerate deal execution
Convert Deals into Revenue: Own the merchant journey beyond signature, driving integration, activation and volume ramp-up while identifying opportunities for expansion into new markets, payment methods and products
Maintain Commercial Excellence: Manage a disciplined, data-driven pipeline with clear deal strategies, forecasts, milestones and next steps, ensuring transparency and predictability across the business
What You Bring
12+ years of enterprise business development or new-logo sales experience, with a proven track record of closing strategic, high-value accounts
Deep payments expertise spanning processing flows, card schemes, alternative payment methods, fraud, chargebacks and emerging-market payment dynamics.
Demonstrated success managing complex, long-cycle enterprise deals involving multiple stakeholders, commercial negotiations and cross-border regulatory considerations
A strong hunter mentality, with the ability to independently identify opportunities, build relationships from scratch and convert prospects into strategic partnerships
Experience managing merchants beyond contract signing, including integration, activation, volume ramp-up and account expansion
Strong commercial and analytical capabilities, with the ability to develop business cases, prioritise opportunities and make data-driven decisions.
Experience working across APAC markets, with strong cross-cultural awareness and the ability to navigate regional and global stakeholder dynamics.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance or a related discipline.
Fluent English; proficiency in an Asian language such as Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay or Filipino is a strong advantage
Flexibility to collaborate across international time zones
What Sets You Apart
Strategic Hunter: You thrive on opening new accounts and building pipelinesfrom zero, combining relentless prospecting with thoughtful enterprise deal strategy
Commercial Problem-Solver: You anticipate roadblocks, challenge assumptions and bring the right stakeholders together to move complex opportunities forward
Emerging-Market Mindset: You understand the commercial potential of emerging markets and can build a compelling expansion thesis for APAC merchants
Vertical Expertise: You bring deep knowledge of at least two digital-first sectors, including their business models, unit economics, growth drivers and payment complexities.
Ownership and Resilience: You remain composed in ambiguity, adapt whenpriorities shift and maintain momentum without compromising long-term relationships
Collaborative Approach: You leverage global expertise, share market intelligence and work across geographies to maximise commercial outcomes
Why Lightnet?
Drive meaningful growth: Help APAC digital businesses unlock new revenue opportunities across emerging market
Win transformational deals: Lead complex, multi-country enterprise partnerships with significant commercial potential
Shape market expansion: Influence how global digital businesses enter and scale across new markets
Work globally: Collaborate with an international team with deep expertise in emerging-market payments
Make an impact: Join a company with more than a decade of experience connecting businesses with emerging-market consumers
This role can be based in our Singapore, Dubai or HK office and operates on ahybrid model, with a strong emphasis on in-person collaboration. This is not a remote-only position
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