Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships - EU / UK

As Marqeta’s Senior Director, Sales (Strategic), you will manage a team responsible for developing solutions for new and innovative financial products for our Global Strategic Partners.

Our Global Strategic Partnerships team collaborates with some of the world's most forward-thinking companies to provide cutting-edge Card Issuing and Processing solutions. These solutions empower customers to manage their finances, accumulate wealth, and foster economic stability. Marqeta is at the forefront of a revolution in payments as businesses shift towards offering innovative embedded financial solutions to their customers. We guide prospects and customers through the evolving payments landscape, suggesting innovative approaches, maximizing the value derived from money movement, and enhancing customer loyalty.

Marqeta partners closely with the most innovative companies globally to deliver Modern Card Issuing and Processing solutions that help customers manage their finances, build wealth and economic stability.  Marqeta is powering a transformation in payments as companies transition to providing innovative embedded financial solutions for their customers.  We advise prospects and customers on the shifting payments marketplace, potential ways to innovate in the space, derive increased value from the movement of money and increase customer loyalty. 

As the Senior Director, Sales (Strategic) at Marqeta, you will be entrusted with the leading one of our key global strategic accounts. Your role will involve close collaboration with various teams within Marqeta. You will be a trusted advisor, responsible for devising strategies to achieve your quarterly targets, expanding current programs, and launching new ones, all while fostering innovation and thought leadership.

NOTE: This is a hybrid role and requires employees to be based within 35 miles of our London office. You will be expected to work on-site two days a week, on Tuesday and Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on the other days.

The Talent team will share more details if selected for the "Recruiter" Interview. We'd love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

• Lead a team focused on our key global strategic accounts.
• Increase revenue and gross profit by managing existing business, identifying upselling opportunities, and expanding current and new programs to additional markets.
• Develop and execute a strategic sales plan to achieve revenue targets and drive growth.
• Identify, engage, and build strong relationships with key decision-makers in enterprise organisations.
• Foster relationships with key executives at prospects and partners to establish a trusted advisor position and to establish a sustainable pipeline of opportunities and drive revenue growth.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and alignment with key internal teams, including Solutions & Delivery, Product, Network, Sales Strategy and Operations, Banking Partnerships, and other key teams within our global organization to align on customer needs and ensure value creation and satisfaction.
• Deliver quarterly sales plans, OKR’s, and develop joint business plans with key prospects and partners.
• Maintain a deep understanding of Marqeta's solutions and effectively communicate value to clients.
• Provide accurate sales forecasts and pipeline management.
• Stay up to date on industry trends, competitor offerings, and customer pain points to refine sales strategies.
• Build a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and high-performing sales team by influencing the team's GTM strategy, hiring, team structure, culture, and sales processes.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and alignment with key partner teams, including Vetting, Delivery, GNSO, Sales Strategy and Operations, Banking Partnerships and other teams in sales globally.

Who You Are

• 15+ years of Enterprise Technology experience in sales and account management within a payments organisation.
• 5+ years of experience in managing teams and a measurable track record of developing a team of high performing AEs & AMs.
• Experience selling and managing complex, multi-product technology platform solutions to Enterprise customers.
• Industry expertise in Payments, Retail, Fintech and Banking, with an ability to influence in complex situations.
• Proven experience in strategic account planning and execution for success. 
• Track record of delivering YoY new bookings and successfully expanding in-year revenue.

Great To Have But Not Required

• BNPL experience.

Recruiter for this role

• Lou Devlin - Linkedin Profile (no agencies please!)

Typical Process

• Application Submission
• Recruiter video call
• Hiring manager video call
• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
• Presentation Round to team
• Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

• Premium Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Generous time off program with additional “Floating Holiday days”
• Retirement savings program with company contribution
• Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual development stipend to support our people's growth and development
• Family-forming benefits and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
• Wellbeing programs i.e. Modern Health, HealthKick and much more…

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that.  This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

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Marqeta’s Values

– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.

– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.

– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.

– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.

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Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy 

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.

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