Sr. Manager, Acceptance Solutions Sales Executive

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Visa Acceptance Solutions is expanding its commercial team in Europe, growing its footprint in the region providing merchants and payment providers with the solutions needed to accelerate their business through state-of-the-art payment technology. 

This sales position focuses on identification and generation of new business opportunities across the UK&I region, selling Visa Acceptance to strategically important Enterprise level accounts. 

This is a specialist sales role that requires a high degree of commercial acumen, business maturity and self-motivation. A proven track record in sales with qualified success in accretive revenue strategies, including pipeline conversion and enhanced time to revenue. Fluent English is a must.

Responsibilities:  

• Drive net new client acquisitions and the growth of clients through selling of the core value proposition of the Acceptance Solutions technology stack and its commercial value
• Develop, grow and execute against a pipeline of new opportunities within the digital commerce landscape for clients across key markets and segments
• Meet quarterly sales commits on deal closure through signing net new clients
• Drive deep client engagement and growth of new services through C-Suite level partnership with the client
• Execute consistently specific sales methodology for accelerated deal closure
• Accountable to meeting annual assigned quota for net new bookings and revenue
• Develop robust partnerships with internal cross functional stakeholders to drive key deals to closure
• Identify key digital partners to consume Acceptance Solutions services for growth in new emerging segments
• Understand and use the broader Visa assets to support deal advancement with key clients

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Experienced candidate with strong track record in driving net new client acquisitions
• Advanced payment industry knowledge
• Network in payments across UK&I
• Demonstrable experience of attaining/achieving target let quotas for bookings (AANR) and revenue attainment
• Experience of deploying a sales methodology to accelerate deal closure through a value based selling approach
• Demonstratable ability to partner with peers & seniors in other functional areas (e.g., marketing, analytics, risk, innovation) and across global regional teams to execute projects in ways that leverage the breadth and depth of Visa's resources
• Demonstratable ability to consult and work closely with a client's C-level executives to present Visa’s strategic vision and negotiate effectively on behalf of the company
• Ability to work independently within a complex and competitive environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations to stakeholders and to juggle multiple initiatives at once
• Ability to work within a highly matrixed environment to drive sales opportunities forward through a solution focused, client first mindset
• Strong sales financial acumen related to deal structures and value to execution to the partner ecosystem
• Experience of managing multiple internal stake holders to deliver commercial goals
• Ability to drive a collaborative culture with key cross functional stakeholders
• High level of problem-solving skills and ability to think outside the box
• Project management skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to travel regionally if required
• Fluent in English

Visa is an EEO Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.