Vice President, US Acquisition

Vice President, US Acquisition

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American Express is a leading global payments, network, and travel company, backed by one of the world's most recognized brands. American Express is unique in the payments industry as an issuer of cards as well as a worldwide network that processes millions of merchant transactions daily. We offer the broadest array of charge, credit, prepaid and co brand cards for consumers, small businesses, midsize companies, large corporations and many of the biggest companies in the world. Global Commercial Services (GCS) is a core operating group of American Express and has delivered robust growth over the past decade. GCS partners with corporate clients to help them manage travel expenses and make purchases through proprietary payment solutions and expense management tools.

The Vice President, US Acquisition is responsible for leading a team of prospect-focused sales professionals with an objective of winning corporate payments business from global, Fortune 1000 companies who run similar programs with competitive banks. These programs involve T&E card solutions for employee travel and payment tools that support supplier payments.

Key responsibilities include :

• Acquire and onboard new customers into American Express' Global & Large business unit
• Drive American Express product adoption within newly acquired customers to deliver expected value for the customer and the enterprise
• Meet and exceed revenue targets
• Assume lead sales role for largest, most valued prospects
• Lead "deal team" of partners from across the enterprise to deliver the best client experience, ensuring agility and effectiveness in our approach
• Hire, train and support team of Directors of Business Development
• Apply situational leadership to effectively performance manage members of the team
• Build winning strategies to deliver on annual growth plan through the acquisition of new customers
• Lead cross-functional and collaborative teams to drive B2B innovation and strengthen B2B value proposition through partnership with finance, risk, merchant services, product, technology, and others
• Lead strategic selling in alignment with compliance and internal partner business requirements
• Partner with sales leaders across various sales and account management segments to implement multi-market payment solutions
• Develop and execute a client specific growth strategy, adapting plans and priorities to address resource / operational requirements
• Engage at a personal level with all levels of the prospect organization to build the best team and drive performance
• Make decisions and resolve issues based upon policies, procedures and business plan
• Partner with peers and senior leaders across GCS to drive engagement, retention, and long-term profitability
• Support the development of talent and career progression

Qualifications :

Salary Range : $165,000.00 to $275,000.00 annually

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