Sales Director

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Sales Director responsible for commercial growth across North American Financial Institutions. Leading sales lifecycle from pipeline creation to executive engagement while collaborating across teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Accountable for the overall growth and execution of the market-centric sales initiatives and opportunities in the North American Financial, Telecommunications and Utilities Institutions sales territory
  • Hit or exceed sales targets and accurately forecast business velocity
  • Effectively build qualified sales pipeline and new opportunity growth
  • Drive day-to-day sales activities
  • Run effective sales meetings and help create a culture of accountability
  • Plan for the future by identifying and addressing bottlenecks, gaps, and risks in attacking this market
  • Participate in weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings to sales and executive leadership on key metrics, providing analysis with recommended next steps to improve deal velocity and conversion
  • Create and execute effective presentations, including corporate and solution capabilities, client proposals, bid defense and business case/justification
  • Support business development efforts by attending industry conferences and events as needed
  • Lead client and prospect meetings, engaging other corporate resources as required
  • Work closely with the Symend Growth team (Client Success, Demand Generation, Solutions Engineers) and Product and Architecture teams to ensure expertise in our solutions

Requirements:

  • Must be a sales practitioner with a proven track record of exceeding sales targets
  • Must have significant and relevant experience in prospecting, territory alignment, account mapping, account penetration, pipeline creation, closing, and negotiation
  • Proven track record of success in the Canadian Financial Institution space, using a value-driven sales approach
  • Strong sales leadership experience in selling SaaS and managed service solutions to commercial and enterprise companies at the Director, VP, C-Level and in some cases the owners
  • An analytical, problem solver who can think critically while achieving high performance
  • Technical competency and able to establish credibility around subject matter expertise quickly
  • Collaborative with a track record of building strong trust-based working relationships

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive Health Benefits Plan (medical, dental, vision, Wellness Spending Account)
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Flexible work environment and hybrid/remote options
  • Parental/maternity leave programs
  • Development and learning opportunities
  • Social and team-building events