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ABOUT TALON.ONE:
Talon.One, an Adyen company, is the most powerful incentives engine that unifies loyalty, personalized promotions and offer management into a single platform. Built for enterprise scale and security, Talon.One helps businesses design and deliver incentives that drive real customer behavior.
Today, over 300 of the world’s most-loved brands including Sephora, Gymshark and Costa Coffee work with Talon.One to turn their incentives into a reliable growth engine.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Strategic Account Executive at Talon.One, you will be responsible for selling the world’s most flexible promotions & loyalty API first platform to the largest global brands. This role involves interactions across different audiences, and building trust within global organizations including C-level prospects. We are looking for strategic sellers that are self motivated and intellectually curious. You’ll own the full sales cycle, from initial outbound to close, collaborate across our partner ecosystem, and serve as the internal and external main point of contact. This role provides the ability to bring your technical and strategic expertise to drive success and create exponential value for your book of business. If being part of a growing leader in the space and selling SaaS infrastructure that can have an immediate impact (both short and long term for brands) is your passion, then this role is the opportunity for you.
This is a remote role based in the US, but you must be comfortable working Eastern or Central Time Zone hours. This role also requires occasional domestic and international travel (~50% of the time).
ABOUT THE TEAM:
You will be joining our 4-person Strategic Sales team in AMER, which is an integral part of our global Sales unit. This is a dynamic and collaborative Sales organization, where we focus on building strong partnerships with prospects and customers. Our mission is to drive revenue by delivering measurable value to enterprise clients through highly personalized, technically robust solutions. As part of the AMER Sales team, you’ll report to the Director of Strategic Sales and collaborate closely with Sales Engineers, Customer Success, and Marketing to build meaningful client relationships and close complex deals. We are a global team of self-starters who thrive on accountability and mutual success.
ONCE YOU ARE HERE YOU WILL:
- Target businesses $2B and up in annual revenue and close new logos along with existing business expansion
- Develop relationships across multiple stakeholders, including VP and C-Suite executives, and build strong champions in complex sales cycles with a focus in the Americas region
- Do whatever is necessary to advance deals and act as the field general utilizing team selling across different parts of the organization and leveraging the expertise of customer success, partners, solutions engineers and business consultants
- Proactively identify challenges, blockers, and raise your hand to build strategies and escalation paths to overcome them.
- Evangelize Talon.One’s vision through product demonstrations, in-market events, and account specific initiatives
- Forecast accurately and practice superior pipeline and Salesforce hygiene
- Become an expert in our API based solution and its relation to the prospects’ specific industry challenges, goals, marketing stack and technical setup
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO BRING TO THE TABLE:
- 10+ years of selling complex software or technology products to the world’s biggest brands
- Experience project managing complex deal cycles and the ability to align all resources internally
- Strong technical understanding and appetite to learn more about our product and the space
- Successful track record of selling into digital-first organizations with a vertical agnostic approach and leveraging previous contacts and books of business (eCommerce, retail, or DTC)
- Continuously drive discovery and qualification utilizing the MEDDPICC framework and you can effectively manage multiple complex deal cycles simultaneously
- Martech and/or loyalty and incentives industry experience strongly preferred working across best of breed composable solutions
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a desire to be hands-on
- You have no hesitation to travel to progress sales cycles, build rapport, and close deals
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:
- Adyen+, a significant monthly cash benefit to spend on whatever matters most to you and your wellbeing
- Flexible, unlimited paid time off and 11 public holidays every year
- Medical, dental and vision coverage: we pay 100% of the base plan cost for you and 90% for your dependents
- Build your savings with our 401(k) plan, including a 50% company match on up to 6% of your compensation
- Pre-tax FSA and commuter benefit accounts for transit and healthcare expenses
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents, plus 4 weeks unpaid, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents
- 100% company-paid life insurance of 2x your salary (up to $525k), short- and long-term disability coverage at 60% of pay, and full pay during FMLA leave through an Adyen top-off
- Annual all-company gathering at Adyen’s headquarters in Amsterdam, plus regional team events throughout the year
- Opportunity to connect in person at Adyen offices across 29 locations worldwide
The estimated total compensation for this role is $300,000 - $350,000, though actual compensation may vary depending on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications, certifications, and location. The salary range is subject to change and may be adjusted at any time.
