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Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The Business Development Manager sits within a geographical territory and grows the customer base through face-to-face interactions with new prospect customers with annual company revenues ranging from $10M to $300M. The ideal candidate works with senior executives to close calls and land new accounts. The Field Sales Manager understands customer needs and leverages product knowledge to deliver innovative business solutions that provide ongoing value to new customers through the American Express business suite of products. This is a field-based role in which in-person engagement through face-to-face interactions is required with prospects and clients.

Candidates must reside near one of the following territories: Virginia, West Virginia, or Washington, DC (DMV) area.

Job Responsibilities:

Prospecting (30 – 40% of time)

• Leverage various contact methods such as cold calling or in-person meetings to secure profitable sales through firm provided leads and contact-lists, and self-generated leads (e.g., tradeshows) to complement commercial acquisition of product sales opportunities

• All prospecting must be facilitated with integrity, and in accordance with our values, with a focus on profitably delivering solutions commensurate with the prospective clients needs

• travel is required with the expectation of 25-50% of time spent in-market with prospects and clients

Pipeline management (10 – 20% of time)

• Effectively manage a pipeline of prospective customers provided by American Express and self-prospect within territory (Corporate and Business prospects with revenue between $10M-$300M)

• Turn leads into prospects (contacts who know you and are willing to share info on available opportunity), follow up with contacts in CRM database, and probe for potential opportunities with the prospects

Client solution (10 – 20% of time)

• Understand customer requirements and jointly develop solution in accordance with customer requests, bring in product specialists to meet with customer, and continue conversations to understand areas for improvement

• Maintain a high level of knowledge about American Express products, processes (Underwriting, Line Increase, Customer Financials, Pricing, Contract), key internal partners (Risk, UWA, PPI) and tools (ONE.force, C360)

Negotiate and close (10 – 20% of time)

• Successfully negotiate, and consensually move the prospect through the next phase of the acquisition cycle (e.g., underwriting) in accordance with applicable disclosures, terms and conditions

• Reaffirm deal details, secure necessary signatures and upon deal completion successfully transition client to Field Account

• Development to nurture, assess and further expand relationship and volume

Compliance (100% of time)

• Ensure all aspects of the American Express Code of Conduct, and our Sales Practices policies, standard, and procedures, are adhered to so that we uphold the highest standards in our interactions with our customers and compliantly meet all regulatory requirements

Knowledge, Skills, Attributes, and Experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• Account management & pipeline management

• Manages a pipeline of opportunities, leveraging client data/analytics to plan and prioritize activities Consultative selling:

• Effectively identifies client needs to configure solutions that address client requirements and deliver value Closing:

• Overcomes objections and resistance to proposed solutions with key client decision makers Influence & persuasion

• Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance for products and/or services Demonstrating value:

• Proactively and consistently demonstrates the value of partnering with American Express Results focus:

• Demonstrates a competitive, positive attitude, quickly adapts to different situations, and recovers from setbacks

• Market, industry, & product knowledge

• Understands at a tactical level market/industry key competitors, challenges, terminology, technology, trends, and regulation

Attributes:

• High learning agility

• Intellectually curious

• Collaborative and growth mindset

• Personal accountability

• Compliance focused

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Excellent sales experience, 5 - 7 years minimum

• Proven experience winning new business relationships

• Experience achieving sales quota and goals through multiple product offerings

• Experience in a highly-regulated industry

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions

Qualifications

Salary Range: $70,000.00 to $125,000.00 annually sales incentive benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries

• Bonus incentives

• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

• 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job: Sales

Primary Location: US-District of Columbia-Washington

Other Locations: US-Virginia-Amex - for internal use only, US-West Virginia-Amex - for internal use only

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25011727