Senior Sales Manager - North America

At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth. Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations, all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers.

The Purpose: Join our dynamic team in London and take on the role of a North American–focused Senior Sales Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in our fintech scale-up's growth story. As part of our US commercial team, you'll have the opportunity to source leads, build valuable relationships, and convert exciting opportunities across North America with some of the world's largest and best-known players.

Your impact in this role:

• Responsible for closing new Payment Service Provider (PSP) contracts or Enterprise Merchant contracts.
• Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting to converting PSP, gateway, or acquirer/processor opportunities, and aid in their growth and development.
• Achieve new business targets, share-of-wallet growth, profit, and customer satisfaction.
• Work with the Sales Engineering team to effortlessly onboard new clients.
• Partner with the client success and partner marketing teams to deliver customer training and activation sessions.
• Develop customer plans for efficient handover of accounts to Account Management teams.
• Make connections with influencers and decision makers that will lead to opportunities in the short and long term, while building and maintaining trust.

What would make you a great fit:

• A minimum of 5 years payments experience in Sales and or Business Development roles.
• Knowledge of the FinTech payments space - A broad view of how and where PPRO fits within the payments ecosystem and how that is strategically important to PPRO’s future positioning.
• Proven record of high performance, achieving outstanding results and delivering against targeted revenue results.
• Strong commercial, analytical, and quantitative skills are essential, and the ability to leverage data and analytics to back up assumptions, suggestions, and drive actions.
• Strong sense of ownership and demonstrated ability to maintain high levels of productivity with minimal supervision.
• Have strong influencing skills and be comfortable engaging with different types of customers including technical, C-level, marketing team and customizing messaging based on the audience.
• Excellent communication skills: You thrive in international environments and can connect with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

What’s in it for you:

• Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working.
• Learning and Development - We offer a GBP 500 annual budget to support your professional growth.
• Insurance - We want our employees to benefit from various insurances including a medical insurance (BUPA health care plan) and a 5% matching pension plan through Now Pensions.
• Enhance Family Leave - We understand the importance of family - that’s why we offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments.
• Workplace Nursery Scheme - Save on childcare through salary exchange.
• Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership.
• Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.

Our HQ office on Procter Street, is a short walk from Holborn, Farringdon and Covent Garden. The office is befitting a tech business and is set up for cross team collaboration.

Our Principles:

• We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.
• We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully.
• We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers.
• We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
• We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.