Senior Business Development Manager, Visa Commercial Solutions Nordics and Baltics

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Company description  
Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. 
Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa. 

What is it all about? 
Visa Commercial Solutions team is responsible of driving the sales of Visa Commercial products and solutions towards Visa clients across the cluster. Our teams work in close collaboration with Account Executives and other internal stakeholders and teams. We are fueled by a diverse team of talented team-members who continuously raise the bar on delivering best-in-class products and services to our clients.

This role will report into the Head of Visa Commercial Solutions in Nordic and Baltic region. This is a unique opportunity to be part the fast-moving world of payments. 

This role will be responsible for partnering with regional leader to achieve aggressive sales targets and contributing to the continued growth of Visa Commercial Solutions by driving new sales growth.  We will be working in an agile environment so this person must be proactive in ensuring we achieve our goals, and skilled in pivoting and adjusting as new information and opportunities come to light.  
 
What we expect of you, day to day. 

• Leads prospecting and new customer acquisition strategies for opportunities beyond existing Visa relationships in consumer business and builds relationships with new stakeholders 
• Works closely with Account Executive to coordinate opportunities with overall customer success plan and account plan 
• Researches customer and market trends to identify potential new clients and opportunities, introduce innovative solutions, and position Visa as a market leader  
• Assesses deal potential after identifying new opportunities based on strong Visa product and solution knowledge, and maintains cross-functional relationships to pull in specialists where needed to drive deals forward  
• Anticipates and uncovers client needs, giving them confidence that Visa can address their needs and jointly achieve their business objectives 
• Leads with a client-first sales mindset and creates custom, differentiated solutions that grow Visa and clients business 
• Leverages internal (e.g., Legal, Finance, Risk and Compliance, Marketing) and external partnerships to bring the best of Visa to clients 
   

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

Experience

• Senior level B2B sales experience, particularly in digital or payment product or solutions
• Experience selling to banks and fintech customers

Knowledge Focus Areas

• Knowledge or card issuing and or payments in general
• Deep knowledge of the various sales cycles and stages

Skills and competencies

The successful candidate will effectively lead new customer acquisition activities and effectively manage them throughout the entire sales cycle. In doing so, the candidate can work collaboratively across internal Visa functions to build a Visa network, solve complex problems, and serve as the face of Visa to external partners.
The ideal candidate will bring passion for and interest in Payments and Commercial Solutions with client-relationship building skills, presence, knowledge of sales strategies and priorities. This is a proactive candidate that is resilient when faced with challenges and has the ability to execute on ambitious goals.

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.