EVP of

Sales

Cliq, a fast-growing and innovative fintech company focused in the payments processing space, is expanding the executive team with a new EVP of Sales position. This experienced and energetic executive will be laser-focused on building and managing revenue generating strategies, programs and teams — including Business Development, Sales, Account Management and Revenue Operations.

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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Oversee and develop key revenue-generating functions, including Sales, Business Development, Account Management and Revenue Operations.
Define and execute a long-term strategy that ensures predictable, repeatable, and scalable sales results to meet company revenue growth target.
Inspire and drive performance of the sales team and all revenue-driving teams to meet or exceed goals.
Provide support to the sales organization, drive and oversee process optimization, territory and quota development, revenue forecasting, sales compensation, and overall sales force success.
Instill a customer-centric culture across all the sales and revenue teams
Build the sales team, Hire, train and retain a highly skilled and effective team.
Provide leadership and operational directions to the teams responsible for revenue generation & execution: sales, marketing and customer success and hold them accountable for results.
Responsible for all revenue generation processes and accountable for driving integration and alignment between all revenue-related functions.
Oversee hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, career development, coaching and mentoring of the sales team and sales department budget.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Deep knowledge and experience in payments processing, ISV’s, P2P, P2B and RTP
Proven ability to sell successfully into non-exclusive payments environments and generate opportunities in new payments markets
Superior verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Strong leadership skills, able to effectively hire, mentor, develop and lead a high-performing enterprise sales organization.
Superior managerial and diplomacy skills
Comfortable in a high-volume, rapidly evolving and technically challenging environment
Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Skilled in implementing a robust compliance management system
Vast experience with digital-only banking environments
Current experience in bank payments, payments processing, B2C and E-commerce systems
Current or recent membership in the Electronic Transact Professional Organization
Proven success exceeding expectations in hitting revenue targets and retaining and growing customer relationships, within a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment
Experience evaluating new markets, channels and other strategic relationships and building and optimizing predictive revenue models
Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Knowledge in banking compliance with strong background in Payment Processing regulations
Capacity to prioritize and work well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
Emphasis on client service to both external and internal clients.

Education and Experience:

Extensive and diversified background with at least 10 years of related experience.
Proven ability to play golf and entertain as business development activity
Bachelor’s Degree, MBA, Masters, or Advanced Degree desirable