Senior Corporate Sales Manager – High Risk

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Senior Corporate Sales Manager building DNA Payments’ high-risk merchant acquiring business. Winning regulated merchants and partner channels across UK/EU sectors including gaming, healthcare and CBD.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and execute DNA’s go-to-market plan for high-risk verticals, including target segments, partner strategy and proposition
  • Target and acquire high-value merchants across gaming/gambling, dating, pharma/healthcare, CBD and adjacent sectors
  • Develop a partner channel of ISOs, referral partners, introducers, PSPs and platforms
  • Work with Risk, Compliance and Underwriting to qualify merchants, build applications and progress due diligence
  • Pitch directly to founders, C-level, finance and payments decision-makers
  • Lead deals from first contact through signed contracts within risk, commercial governance and contract processes
  • Raise DNA’s profile through industry events, trade bodies and partner networks
  • Feed competitor, pricing and merchant intelligence back into the business
  • Complete structured handovers of newly signed accounts to Corporate Account Management
  • Maintain accurate pipeline records in Salesforce and exceed targets
  • Shape DNA’s high-risk go-to-market approach, including proposition and pricing
  • Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Commercial, Risk, Compliance and Underwriting teams

Requirements:

  • 3+ years’ experience selling payment solutions (acquiring, gateway or PSP services) into high-risk merchants in the UK/EU
  • Proven track record in gaming/gambling, online dating, pharma/healthcare, CBD/nutraceuticals, or similar regulated and high-risk sectors
  • Strong understanding of the high-risk partner ecosystem, including acquirers, sponsor banks, ISOs, referral partners, PSPs, gateways and platform providers
  • Experience shaping or executing a go-to-market strategy for a new vertical, product or market entry
  • Established network of merchant and partner relationships
  • Working knowledge of card scheme rules and high-risk requirements, including MCCs, chargeback and fraud thresholds, scheme monitoring programmes, licensing and KYC/KYB
  • High-risk payments background from an acquirer, PSP, ISO or specialist high-risk provider
  • Confidence discussing chargeback management, fraud controls, rolling reserves, settlement terms and transaction monitoring
  • Demonstrable knowledge of sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC, SPIN or Solution Selling
  • Disciplined pipeline and CRM habits
  • Commercial rigour to operate within agreed pricing, approval and risk frameworks
  • Self-starter mentality and comfort working remotely/hybrid with autonomy
  • Experience with alternative payment methods, open banking or cross-border/multi-currency processing is desirable

Benefits:

  • Competitive Salary & Incentive plan
  • Work related travel is expensed
  • 25 days holiday per year
  • Private Medical
  • Life Assurance
  • Ride to work
  • Access to self-learning platform
  • Income Protection
  • Workplace Pension
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Dedicated in-house Sales and Operations training programmes
  • DNA Day to celebrate people and culture