Account Executive

You:

You are a natural strategic seller and enjoy going the extra mile to delight a customer and win. You are eager to use your experience selling into the Financial Institution & Payment Service Provider/ Merchant Acquirer space to propel an innovator in machine learning and fraud prevention to protect consumers everywhere.  You have in-depth experience in Enterprise Sales as well as experience in fraud prevention or enterprise risk & compliance solutions selling into the relevant sector in North America. You are driven, strategic and focused- and are excited to grow Feedzai’s market share in North America.

This is a senior and quota carrying role and you will lead the creation, development and expansion of revenue-producing activities within the defined target account list & territory. You will be responsible for developing buyer and senior level relationships, identifying new business opportunities, executing a formal sales methodology, crafting a tailored narrative to clients to solve complex business problems and grow Feedzai’s market share.  As a key and Sr. member of the North America Sales Organization you will lead internal teams through the development and execution of your business strategy focused on driving revenue and helping our customers fight financial crime. You are a natural collaborator, an eager student, a strategic thinker, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, tremendous drive and attention to detail.

Your Day to Day: 

• Planning and Execution- create and execute a comprehensive strategic sales plan to engage in deep discovery and cultivate qualified opportunities within Target Accounts
• Pipeline Development- use your network, events, partnership with Feedzai Inside Sales and Marketing Teams, as well as a targeted sales outbound approach to drive business within Target Accounts in the PSP community opening new qualified opportunities 
• Quota Attainment- deliver against and achieve predefined new business revenue and growth targets, execute on sales activities to achieve quarterly and annual targets within through new logo customer acquisition 
• Pipeline Management- responsible for the accurate and ongoing forecasting of your business, managing and progressing opportunities in various stages of the sales cycle
• Opportunity Management- responsible for owning the sales cycle, leading collaboration with internal cross functional groups and leading the structured development & progression of opportunities
• Solution Selling- Use your thorough understanding of question based selling to uncover clients’ strategic initiatives and solution sell to position value into supported use cases leveraging Feedzai’s solutions
• Relationship Management- responsible for originating, managing and building strong personal relationships with key client executives, line of business decision-makers and influencers. You will own the Feedzai relationship with the client across objectives, challenges & solutions, opportunities as well as next steps from each engagement. 
• Ownership- responsible for compelling articulation of Feedzai’s value proposition including the internal collaboration and leadership through tailored functional and technical Discoveries, targeted Demonstrations, business case development & presentation, proof of concepts, RFP responses, executive presentations, client on-site visits and contract negotiations. 

You Have & You Know how: 

• 8+ years in an Enterprise hunting sales role- targeting whitespace, account penetration and successfully securing Enterprise New Logos
• Track record of successfully building relationships in complex accounts and executing against annual quotas of $1-2MM per year
• Proven experience managing $1MM+ deals resulting in multi year commitments
• Experience selling Fraud Solutions into the PSP/ Merchant Acquiring Space 
• Knowledge of the financial services space, financial payments processors, acquiring banks and relevant industry workflows 
• Proven experience in Software sales and strong technical acumen 
• Strong business acumen with executive presence, strong presentation skills and excellent listening skills  
• Adept at Team Selling in Enterprise accounts using a formal sales methodology
• Demonstrable prospecting, heat mapping, call planning & strategic account planning experience 
• Adept with financial and operational analysis and business case development
• Proven negotiation and closing skills
• Highly driven, organized, ambitious and tenacious. A natural problem solver with a strong student mentality, work ethic and positive mental attitude.