SaaS Account Executive - Italy

At Mollie, we’re on a mission to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe. Partnerships, including Technology Partnerships, are a critical part of our commercial strategy to scale Italy, and plan towards profitable growth. We are looking for a strong, commercially driven individual to drive the expansion by acquiring new SaaS Technology Partnerships in Italy.Your opportunityYou’ll be based out of the Milan office, and regularly travelling to our office in the Netherlands. You’ll be building and closing relationships with Technology companies across the country. You are data-driven and can independently manage a pipeline of partnership opportunities, solving for short-term impact while executing the long-term strategy. These tech partnerships are predominantly focused on embedded payment solutions in among others the Hotel & Booking, Ticketing and Food Order verticals.You’ll work closely with the local and central teams and functions. Part of our global Customer Engagement craft, you’ll report to the Lead Technology Partnerships, Bart Hendriksz, and are accountable to Rick Emondts, Head of the Market Expansion domain.What you will be doingScan the market in Italy for potential partnerships opportunities, reaching out to these potential partnersDrive the partnerships opportunity pipeline in the regionDevelop and review business and uses cases for new partnership opportunitiesTake full responsibility for guiding partnerships prospects from first contact through to being a live, ramped up partnerExecute go-to-market strategies for the Technology Partnerships channel, working with local leadership to ensure alignment with the wider commercial strategy in each region (across Sales, Marketing etc.)Represent Mollie at industry events across Europe, in order to expand Mollie’s positioning as a leader in the embedded payments spaceWhat you will bring3+ years work experience in Sales and/or Business Development in either a Fintech or SaaS companySignificant experience in managing a sales pipeline that consists of both larger strategic business development deals and smaller / high velocity deals as well as a track record in managing deals and negotiations first-handCross-functional experience working with various internal and external stakeholders in an international environmentA strategic and analytical mindset and strong problem solving and communication skillsAbility to connect easily with potential partners and build trust-based relationshipsNative Italian and fluent in English

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