Key Accounts Account Executive, Affirm

Retail

$230-310k

OTE

+ Equity + ESPP

Senior and Expert level
Chicago

More information about location

Affirm

POS installment loans

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Affirm

POS installment loans

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPersonal financePaymentsSaaS

Be an early applicant

$230-310k

OTE

+ Equity + ESPP

Senior and Expert level
Chicago

More information about location

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPersonal financePaymentsSaaS

Company mission

To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.

Role

Who you are

  • You're a resourceful leader who thrives in a challenging, fast-paced environment
  • 8+ years of quota-carrying technology sales / closing experience on high performing sales teams
  • Firm grasp of presenting detailed business cases outlining ROI on a top-line revenue basis (should be familiar with how to conduct market research including combing 10ks, business reports, and analyzing website traffic)
  • Proven experience leading and managing 3-12 month, complex and strategic sales cycles. Experience with full life cycle sales including lead generation, lead qualification, outreach, through to deal closing
  • Experience selling into midsize to enterprise level companies
  • Experience selling to multiple personas at VP and C-levels, including directly with decision-makers
  • Experience developing thoughtful territory plans outlining how you’ll manage your book of business and reach your sales goal
  • Eagerness to work with multiple cross-functional stakeholders including but not limited to BDA, Sales Engineer, and Legal team members

What the job involves

  • We're looking for a dynamic Senior Account Executive who will identify and drive new opportunities to build out our rapidly-growing merchant business
  • You will operate on the front-lines and be closely engaged with the market - developing and expanding relationships with business influencers and decision-makers
  • You will engage with partners across the spectrum from more established players to new, high-growth brands, creating customer value and forging new commercial partnerships in an efficient timeframe
  • Your role will have a direct impact on top-priority, company-wide goals and will provide accelerated learning opportunities with a world-class team
  • Define and execute on a territory attack strategy
  • Develop a sales pipeline; manage sales pipeline according to best practice (detailed account plans; SFDC hygiene)
  • Drive new client acquisition, revenue and market share in a defined territory or industry vertical to meet / exceed quota
  • Contribute to Affirm’s overall go-to-market strategy and direction. Help build out resources for team scale and efficiency
  • Help develop the sales culture and provide mentorship

Our take

Affirm offers point-of-sale loans to consumers, working with merchants like Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart. Buy now, pay later transactions have grown in popularity in recent years, and this business is tapping into the market with a totally different approach to credit - by delivering the Affirm card, the first US debit card with the option to pay-over-time.

Boating over 15 million customers and 245,000+ merchants, the company offers flexible payback options, ranging from 3 to 36 months. The interest rates run between 0% and 30%, so, while they are not necessarily the cheapest option, Affirm prides itself on having no fees for late payments, no hidden charges, and total transparency about what people will pay before they take out a loan.

Affirm collects payments from the customers and pays the merchants directly, shouldering the risk itself. The company has boosted its market share, expanding its availability beyond the US to include most of Canada, and continues to launch new features and create new partnerships towards bettering its offering.

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Top investors

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-11% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Sep 2020

$500m

SERIES G

Apr 2019

$300m

SERIES F

Total funding: $1.1bn

Company benefits

  • Spending wallets
  • Supportive communities
  • Remote-first workforce
  • Generous time off
  • Health benefits
  • Mental healthcare
  • Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
  • We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
  • We offer 24 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
  • Learning & development

Company values

  • People Come First
  • No Fine Print
  • It's On Us
  • Simpler is Better
  • Push the Envelope

Company HQ

Chinatown, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Has founded/co-founded numerous companies, holding various executive positions at each, including Paypal, Slide, Glow, HVF Labs, and SciFi VC. Also worked at large brands including Google, Yelp, Yahoo, and Evernote.

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