Acceptance Sales - New Business Development, Senior Manager

Visa Visa · Fintech · Paris, France, France

Senior Manager role focused on new business development and sales for Visa Acceptance Solutions in the France, Belgium & Luxemburg region. The role involves identifying and acquiring new enterprise-level clients, managing sales pipelines, and achieving revenue targets within the digital commerce landscape. Requires strong commercial acumen, sales methodology, and client relationship management skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead net‑new client acquisition and client growth by articulating the core value proposition of Acceptance Solutions technology and its commercial impact
  2. Build, manage and execute a robust pipeline of new opportunities, successfully closing deals within the digital commerce landscape across key markets and segments
  3. Deliver quarterly sales commitments through the successful signing of net‑new clients
  4. Develop strong, long‑term client engagement and growth of new services through trusted, senior‑level partnerships with client leadership teams
  5. Apply a consistent sales methodology to support effective and timely deal progression

Skills

Required

  • Fluent English and French
  • Advanced knowledge of the payments industry
  • Established professional network across France, Belgium and Luxembourg
  • Ability to partner effectively with colleagues across functions
  • Demonstrated capability to work with senior client executives
  • Strong commercial and financial understanding of deal structures
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Project management capability

Nice to have

  • Experience working within a matrixed organisation
  • Willingness to travel regionally

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven experience in acquiring net‑new clients, with a strong and sustained track record
  • Demonstrated success in achieving sales targets related to bookings (AANR) and revenue
  • Experience applying a structured sales methodology, including a value‑based selling approach, to progress and close complex deals
  • Ability to operate autonomously in a complex, competitive environment, providing well‑reasoned, data‑led recommendations while managing multiple priorities