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Founder's Office & Commercial
Founder's Associate (Cairo)
- Location
- Cairo, Egypt · Flexible working · Cairo office as your base
- Working arrangement
- To be agreed
- Employment
- Full-time
Grow Zeal across the Middle East: get payment partners live and take our branded apps to market.
About the role
Zeal is the value-added-services layer for payment terminals. We are hardware and acquirer agnostic: a payment provider integrates Zeal once, and its merchants can switch on services that help them win repeat customers and understand their trade, on the card machines they already use. We also build branded mobile apps, so a restaurant group or coffee chain can launch its own app, powered by Zeal.
The Middle East is one of our biggest opportunities. We work with acquirers and payment providers across Egypt and the Gulf, and merchants in Egypt are asking for their own branded apps. This role exists to turn that demand into partners live and apps launched.
You'll work directly with our Co-founder and CEO on two things: getting payment partners across the Middle East signed, live and growing, and taking our white-label apps to market. We're a small team that works closely together, so you'll move between partner calls, merchant demos and founder priorities in the same week. Your work will show up in revenue within weeks, not years.
What you’ll do
- Middle East partners — Work with the founders on deals across Egypt and the Gulf. Project-manage each deal from first call to pilot. Line up product, tech and CS so pilots land on time. Build business cases, proposals, decks and partner FAQs.
- White-label apps — Own the white-label pipeline in Egypt, from demo to close. Build referral channels with payment partners. Package the pitch, case studies and proposals. Hand signed merchants to delivery and track adoption.
- Founder’s office — Keep HubSpot, our system of record, accurate and trusted. Report weekly on pipeline, apps live and revenue. Pick up founder priorities in Egypt as they come.
What you’ll bring
- 3 to 5 years in a commercial or operating role: partnerships, sales, consulting, banking or a startup.
- Fluent Arabic and English, and confident with senior stakeholders in both.
- AI native: you use AI tools every day to research, write, analyse and automate.
- Commercial and numerate: you can build a business case and defend the numbers.
- Organised: every thread has a next step, an owner and a date.
- High ownership: you set your own structure and follow through.
- Comfortable working across time zones with our London team.
Nice to have
- Experience with acquirers, PSPs, terminals or fintech in Egypt or the Gulf.
- Selling software or apps to restaurants, cafés or retailers.
- A network across Egyptian or Gulf payments, F&B or retail.
- HubSpot know-how: sequences, workflows and dashboards.
Get to know ZealYour work.
Your work.
Out in the real world.
We’re turning everyday payments into lasting connections between merchants, brands and the people who love them.
A reason to return.
feel personal.
4MTerminals in the pipeline
30,000+Merchants activated
$14MRaised
Figures from the supplied role brief.01 Get payment partners live02 Launch branded apps03 Grow recurring revenue
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
Progress you can measure.
Success is measured in net new active MIDs and recurring revenue: merchants actively using Zeal through your partners and apps, and monthly revenue from partners, merchants and white-label apps. Along the way: white-label apps signed and live, partners moving from first call to live on the dates agreed, and a HubSpot pipeline the founders trust.
Active MIDs Merchants active through your partners and appsRecurring revenue Monthly revenue from partners, merchants and apps
Learn and take over. Run it. Own it.
Run it
Run white-label demos and proposals on your own. Own follow-ups and plans for your Middle East partners.
Own it
First white-label deals signed, direct and through a partner. A white-label playbook and a weekly founder report.
Benefits at Zeal.
- Equity
- Healthcare
- Specialty coffee
- Yoga classes
- Free gym
The people behind the productBring your ideas.
Bring your ideas.
Bring yourself.
Curious minds. Honest conversations. People who care about what they build—and who they build it with.
Stay curiousShare your voiceBuild together
Meet the people shaping Zeal A conversation, both ways
How we’ll get to know you.
Five clear steps, with a person reviewing your progress at every stage. Start with your Loom introduction; you only prepare an assessment after the team invites you.
- Your Loom introduction
Record a 90-second Loom explaining why you are the right fit for Zeal and this particular role. Share relevant experience and what you would bring to the team.
- An introduction with Zeal
If the hiring team moves you forward, we unlock a private booking link for a 30-minute introduction with a Zeal teammate. Get to know the role, share your experience and ask us questions.
- Your private assessment
After the introduction, the team decides whether to unlock your role-specific assessment. Your brief, materials and submission form appear only after approval. We email you when it is ready.
- Your assessment conversation
If your submitted assessment progresses, we email you a private link to book a 30-minute walkthrough. Talk us through your decisions, discuss trade-offs and explore your questions with the team.
- Your decision
The Zeal team reviews the evidence and sends you an acceptance or rejection email. If there is a mutual fit, we share the next steps directly.
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