SMB Account Executive, Clearpay

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Clearpay is looking for an Account Executive with a strong new logo sales background and self-starter disposition to join our SMB Sales Team. You will work with all merchant verticals, creating your own outbound strategy while collaborating with the Business Development team to build a book of business. You will be expected to source leads, cold call and email them to generate interest and close deals selling the Clearpay value to SMB merchants.

You will:

• Understand the needs of a merchant to execute a sales motion using a consultative approach
• Conduct prospecting, discovery calls, demos and develop a solution that best meets the prospect's needs
• Deliver a predictable, repeatable and scalable outbound sales process to fill your pipeline and close deals (prospecting activities include: cold calling, cold emailing, social selling, etc.)
• Partner with our Business Development Team to convert and close cold, outbound leads
• Lead the charge introducing Clearpay to merchants in all verticals & drive go-live urgency
• Oversee the sales cycle from prospect to close and partner with other teams to ensure successful merchant onboarding
• Achieve and exceed monthly sales goals and measurements through proactive outbound sales efforts
• Use your prior sales experience to inform a creative go-to-market strategy
• Use Salesforce to track and report on sales activities, pipeline status, and outcomes

You have:

• 2-4 + years of experience in an outbound sales role
• Experience exceeding sales targets through self sourced lead generation
• A structured thought process with the ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills that help you connect with customers by email and phone - quickly establishing trust
• The ability to drive deals independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and drive activation post close
• A collaborative and team player mentality
• Prior Salesforce experience or equivalent

Equal Opportunity Statement: Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any legally protected class. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible.