Senior Account Executive

Summary

Join Marqeta as a Senior Account Executive in the UK and contribute to the company's European expansion. This role involves cultivating relationships with executives and entrepreneurs in the B2B and consumer payments sectors, collaborating with internal stakeholders to develop solutions, and managing the sales process from initial engagement to contract closure. You will be responsible for identifying and qualifying leads, prioritizing customer opportunities, and working with the legal team on contract negotiations. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of sales experience, a strong understanding of the payments ecosystem, and excellent communication skills. This flexible, hybrid role is based in London.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in sales, partnerships and/or strategic business development roles
• Bachelor’s Degree or comparable experience

Responsibilities

• Assist team leads in closing and launching enterprise customers: Work alongside the team Director in identifying, closing and onboarding new customers. Manage the back end of the process including SFDC, modeling, and garnering internal approvals
• Qualify leads and prioritize customer opportunities: Serve as the primary point of contact for prospects by identifying their needs and requirements, responding to requests for information, and vetting them against our current and future product offering
• Run a Sales Process: Manage real customer opportunities through a sales process, from initial engagement to scoping to final contract negotiations. At any given time, you will be responsible for partnering with your team to grow and renew existing accounts and working opportunities in various stages of that process in Salesforce
• Contracting: Work with our Legal team as required to shepherd opportunities through the contracting process, including negotiation and execution
• Know the Tech: Quickly get up to speed on Marqeta's technical capabilities, the unique features and customer benefits our platform offers and how to speak with confidence, knowledge and credibility about what we bring to our customers and prospects
• Sell the partnership vision: Work with internal SMEs to identify and develop solutions for prospects who are trying to understand what makes Marqeta’s platform and service offering so exceptional and differentiated

Preferred Qualifications

• Payments, investment banking and strategic consulting backgrounds
• Interest and understanding of the payments ecosystem
• Familiarity and ease with the fintech ecosystem, B2B technology applications and how technology platforms serve customer businesses
• Financial Acumen. The payments business and caliber of customer relationships necessitates complex deal structures. We’re looking for an individual who is comfortable and capable of evaluating and modeling customer proposals and resulting contract financial models
• Confidence in serving as the face of Marqeta for prospective customers and partners who may comprise C-suite executives and entrepreneurs
• Ability to prioritize, manage, and deliver on multiple projects simultaneously; highly motivated and able to work against aggressive schedules
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work cross-functionally to deliver on the customer’s needs
• Superior communication skills (interpersonal, verbal, email, and presentation) with the ability to successfully orchestrate the sales process by managing the time and resources of the team and specialist partners
• Positive attitude, team player, adaptable, resourceful, and self-starter who is able to work independently

Benefits

• Premium Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Generous time off program with additional “Floating Holiday days”
• Retirement savings program with company contribution
• Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual development stipend to support our people growth and development
• Family-forming benefits and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
• Wellbeing programs i.e Modern Health, HealthKick and much more…