Skip to content

Open nowPosted 93 days ago

Business Development Manager

Boku12 open roles

Where
Philippines
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowBusiness Development ManagerBoku · Philippines
  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Boku's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

12.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Boku postings stay open a median of 36 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.2%1 day
  2. 4.7%3 days
  3. 12.9%7 days
  4. 21.0%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.5%60 days
This job: posted 93 days ago

Boku median: 36 days open

The posting

Build the payment infrastructure powering global commerce.

Boku connects billions of consumers to the payment methods they prefer, one market at a time. Our platform connects the world’s leading digital businesses to the local payment methods their customers already use. Spotify, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix and Tencent already run on Boku’s payment infrastructure. We operate across 60+ countries, support 200+ local payment methods and reach 7.5 billion consumer accounts.

With headquarters in London and San Francisco and colleagues working across markets around the world, Boku is global by default. From London to Mumbai, São Paulo to Singapore, our teams collaborate across time zones, markets and cultures to build products for customers around the world.

Join us to solve complex, real-time payment challenges at global scale. We share knowledge freely, take ownership of complexity and look for people who question how things are done and find better ways to build.

Role Purpose

The Commercial Manager, Philippines will be responsible for supporting and growing Boku’s commercial presence in the Philippines. This individual will focus on business development, partner management, merchant growth, and local market engagement while working closely with regional and global teams across product, compliance, operations, and account management.

The ideal candidate is a commercially driven professional with solid knowledge of the Philippine payment ecosystem, strong relationship management capabilities, and experience working with payment partners, merchants, and local stakeholders.

This is a hands-on role suited for someone who enjoys both strategic planning and day-to-day execution in a fast-growing payments environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Commercial Growth & Market Development

  • Support and execute the Philippines market growth strategy in alignment with Boku’s regional and global objectives.
  • Identify market opportunities, competitive trends, and emerging payment developments within the Philippines.
  • Drive merchant acquisition and support revenue growth across key verticals including digital goods, gaming, e-commerce, and financial services.

2. Partner & Merchant Management

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with local payment partners, e-wallet providers, telecom operators, banks, and merchants.
  • Support onboarding and enablement of local payment methods for global merchants.
  • Coordinate with internal teams to ensure smooth merchant launches and ongoing account support.

3. Ecosystem Engagement

  • Represent Boku in local industry discussions, merchant meetings, and relevant industry events.
  • Develop relationships with local ecosystem participants including payment institutions, fintech partners, and industry associations.
  • Monitor developments in the local payments and regulatory landscape and share market insights with regional leadership.

4. Operational Excellence & Compliance

  • Work closely with global product, compliance, and operations teams to ensure local payment solutions meet market and regulatory requirements.
  • Support local partner integrations, operational processes, and issue resolution.
  • Assist with compliance-related activities and maintain awareness of local regulatory expectations.

5. Collaboration & Team Contribution

  • Collaborate effectively with regional commercial, account management, product, and compliance teams.
  • Contribute to a high-performance, customer-focused culture aligned with Boku values.
  • Support knowledge sharing and best practices across the APAC organization.

Key Skills and Competencies

1. Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Marketing, or related field.

2. Professional Experience

  • 5–8 years of experience in payments, fintech, e-commerce, telecommunications, or financial services.
  • Experience in business development, account management, partnerships, or commercial roles within the payments industry.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage external partnerships and support revenue growth initiatives.
  • Experience working with local payment providers, merchants, or telecom operators in the Philippines is preferred.

3. Industry Knowledge

  • Good understanding of the Philippine payments ecosystem, including e-wallets, online banking, telecom billing, and digital payment trends.
  • Familiarity with key local payment players such as GCash, Maya, GrabPay, ShopeePay, major banks, and telecom operators is advantageous.
  • Understanding of PSP business models and merchant payment requirements.

4. Skills & Competencies

  • Strong relationship management and communication skills.
  • Commercially minded with strong organizational and execution capabilities.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, international environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Fluent in English; proficiency in Filipino/Tagalog is an advantage.
From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Boku's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.
  3. We apply on Boku's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.
  4. Every reply, sorted

    Boku's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.
  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.