
At Vip District, we are passionate about creating digital solutions that enhance employee engagement and foster long-lasting relationships between companies and their people. Our mission is to help organizations create better work environments, boost motivation, and retain top talent.
Now proudly part of the Epassi Group – a leading European provider of employee benefits and mobile payments – we are growing stronger as part of an international ecosystem of innovation, well-being, and purpose-driven impact. With almost 1,000 employees across Europe, Epassi has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe.
About the role
- You will be responsible for identifying, developing and growing strategic brand partnerships within the Vip Savings marketplace.
- This role combines new business acquisition with long-term relationship management, helping brands increase visibility and performance within our platform.
What will you do?
- Drive new business
- Identify and approach new strategic brands.
- Build and manage your own sales pipeline.
- Lead negotiations and close partnership agreements.
- Develop strong commercial relationships with key decision-makers.
Grow existing partnerships
- Manage and develop a portfolio of partner brands.
- Identify upselling and campaign activation opportunities.
- Increase partner engagement and long-term retention.
- Ensure strong visibility and performance inside the marketplace.
Commercial impact & performance
- Analyse partnership performance and campaign results.
- Use data to identify optimization and growth opportunities.
- Contribute directly to revenue growth.
Work cross-functionally
- Collaborate closely with Product, Marketing and Customer Success teams.
- Coordinate internally to ensure successful partner integrations and activations.
What are we looking for?
- 3–5 years of experience in B2B sales, partnerships or business development.
- Proven experience closing deals and managing commercial negotiations.
- Strong hunter mentality with a proactive and results-driven mindset.
- Experience managing pipelines and working with CRM tools.
- Ability to combine new business acquisition with relationship management.
- German bilingual/C2 level and minimum B2 English level.
What do we offer?
Company events
Hybrid and flexible working style
Modern working tools
International environment
Benefit package for wellbeing support
Private health support
Epassi’s purpose is to boost everyday well-being.
We are a leading provider of employee benefit solutions in Europe. We were established in Finland in 2007, and in 2008 we were the first company to launch a mobile-payable employee benefit payment solution in Europe. Since then, we have consistently grown, diversifying our products and introducing our services into new markets. Epassi has been awarded by the Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe on multiple occasions.
2007Epassi is founded
2008Launching the Sport & Culture benefits – the first mobile-payable benefits in Europe
2013Launched the commuting benefit.
2014Won the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 programme in Finland.
2015Epassi acquires Min friskvard and expands to Sweden
2016Alipay cooperation accepting payments from Chinese customers
2017Launching the Wellbeing benefit & acquiring Tyky Finland
2018Epassi offers Alipay outside of Finland cooperation with Siirto&Vipps
2019September - Pekka Rantala appointed CEO (former CEO Rovio Entertainment) October - Bregal Milestone Acquired controlling stake in ePassi.
2020January - Epassi and Finnair loyalty program partnership. March - Epassi acquires ActiWay further expanding Swedish presence May - Epassi and Wolt online food delivery partnership
2021Epassi acquires Sodexo BRS Sweden and Eazybreak - cements its position as the Nordic champion for employee benefits
2023Epassi expands outside the Nordics – acquires Incorpore - UK's largest health and fitness network with 11 million employee userbase, and Eudaimon - leading Italian corporate welfare and employee benefits company.
2024Epassi acquires two of Europes leading corporate fitness companies, Hansefit in Germany and BFNL in Netherlands.
2024Epassi acquires Smartum, a pioneer in promoting employee well-being in Finland.
2025Epassi continues to grow in Germany by acquiring i-gb (Initiative - Gesunder Betrieb GmbH), a leading provider of motivational employee benefit solutions in Germany.
2025Epassi acquires VIP District to expand into Southern Europe, strengthening its presence in Spain, France and Portugal.
2025Epassi Group has expanded its UK presence with its an acquisition of Zest.
2025Epassi Group continues its rapid European expansion by acquiring Belonio, a leading German all-in-one employee benefit platform provider.
2025Epassi Group acquired fast-growing multi-benefit scale-up Alleo, based in Amsterdam.
2026Nickyl Raithatha joins Epassi as Group CEO.