We are looking for a hungry, focused and resilient hunter sales person with great collaboration and sales execution skills to help grow the business across the ANZ market unit. 

A net new sales executive hunting into a focused list of strategic target accounts, you will be entrepreneurial in nature and excel at building pipeline, creating and closing new opportunities. By using a consultative approach to value-based selling, you will lead with IFS's award winning products while also having access to the broader portfolio to bring value to our customers. You will use your industry knowledge and enterprise software sales expertise to identify and qualify deals, leading to sales opportunities with both new and existing customers. 

The role is positioned within a high-growth market unit. This is an organisation going through transformational growth (organic and inorganic).  We are an ever-evolving business, challenging and disrupting the industry standards which are too often accepted by some of our competitors in the global enterprise software space.

Our go-to-market strategy is focused on geographical and key industry verticals within a matrixed sales organization. 

Responsibilities

• Strong sales execution and continued sharpening of these skills
• Prepare, update, own and execute the Go -To- Market Strategy for nominated industries
• Prepare, own, and maintain Territory Plan for agreed vertical
• Prepare Account Plan including deal action cards, mutual evaluation plans, and power maps for named accounts
• Own the end-to-end sales process including demand generation, understating customer needs, agreeing a mutual evaluation process, owning the RFI/RFP process, building a business case for change and winning business, and utilising resources within a matrix organization to get the job done.
• Work with partners to better penetrate into your accounts, creating joint sales plays that accelerate deal cycles and maximize value while providing strong delivery plans that lead to happy referenceable customers
• 100% responsibility for owning the annual sales targets and delivering as per the quarterly budget
• Continued pipeline building and demand generation activities to achieve 4x pipeline coverage
• Liaison with Sales leadership and Global teams to build a strong internal network and collaboration
• Manage and maintain complete CRM and Account hygiene, at all times, along with sales cadence, administration and reporting to ensure accurate forecasting

Team Summary
Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) is Visa's consulting division, serving Visa's clients (including card issuers, acquirers, and merchants) and solving their strategic problems focused on improving performance and profitability.  Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, payments, data analytics, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VCA drives high impact and tangible financial results.

The VCA team within Australia provides a comprehensive range of consulting services and solutions to our clients in Australia and New Zealand, that address unique challenges in areas such as strategic growth, profitability, risk management and digital strategy.        

What a Consulting Director does at Visa:
VCA is looking for a Consulting Director to lead consulting engagements for our clients in Australia and New Zealand, enabling portfolio growth and improved profitability across their payment businesses.

Typically, 2-4 months in duration and running in parallel, potential projects could include portfolio management diagnostics, assessments of digital product and marketing strategies, product design and launch, development of industry landscape evaluations to inform payments strategies, and optimisation of client customer experience and supporting processes. 

The Director will be responsible for identifying new business development opportunities, leading client engagements, and delivering recommendations. Typically, this will involve the Director interacting with the client team and internal staff, gathering, and managing project inputs, analysing data to form conclusions and recommendations, developing and presenting compelling project reports and working with clients on executing recommendations.  The Director will lead business development activities by writing proposals and scoping new projects.  The full range of responsibilities is detailed below:

Responsibilities

On a project-by-project basis:

• Prepare client project proposals, clarifying objectives, scope, deliverables, approach, dependencies, roles and responsibilities; draw input from clients, local client relationship managers and functional teams
• Oversee project setup including contracting documentation, stakeholder engagement, interview guides and client data requirements
• Develop a fact base by undertaking client interviews, collecting, and analysing inputs such as client data, process flows, policies, competitive, industry and environmental information
• Analyse Visa and client data to conduct benchmarking, identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with data science team members to leverage advanced data analytics capabilities
• Manage execution of one or more project engagements, building client relationships, utilising governance frameworks and mitigating / resolving complex problems that emerge
• Identify solutions and recommendations that address client objectives and result in performance improvement; leverage relevant VCA methodologies, frameworks, and global best practices
• Design and deliver compelling presentations to illustrate findings, ideas, recommendations within consulting engagements and more broadly, at times support implementation at the client onsite

More generally:

• Identify and surface opportunities for client projects and submit for inclusion into account plans
• Continuously build knowledge, surface new insights, and produce thought leadership pieces that contribute to practice development and global best practice

Being led by the national team, you will support all front of house experiences and event requests. This position can expect direct interaction with employees, executives, customers, and partners, and will work closely with the entire hospitality team to deliver premier experiences that are uniquely memorable at our Partners Melbourne location.

In this position it will be critical to own front of house services and events from beginning to end ensuring all interactions are “next level” while following logistical procedures, checking that all factors are accounted for, aligning, and collaborating with multiple departments, vendors, contractors, and agencies. In addition, the role is key to operational excellence for the holistic workplace experience driving the “we can do” spirit across all areas and touch points.

Our partner is the global leader in customer relationship management, empowering companies to connect with their customers in new and innovative ways.

Join us and be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates success and values creativity and collaboration.

Key accountabilities will include, but not be limited to -

• Strong customer service and executive interaction experience
• Ability to multitask many events and projects at one time. 
• Organise logistics, from beginning to end, for customer facing meetings, company-wide events, and IBP programs.
• Pre, onsite and post event logistic management to ensure corresponding policies with supporting documents for each event when required.
• Co-manage event intake forms, correspondence with IBPs and management of ticketing queue including assigned tickets.