Business Development Manager - Banking

At Mollie, we’re on a mission to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe. We started 20 years ago when we launched a more direct, affordable way for companies to get paid. That provided an alternative to the frustrating, overpriced solutions that banks offered at the time. Today, we serve more than 250,000 businesses across Europe with an all-in-one solution that simplifies payments and money management. And we’re a 850-strong team of product, finance, support, commerce, and engineering specialists working across Europe – from Lisbon to London.
As our new Business Development Manager you will be part of Mollie’s Sales team in Milan. We are looking to add skilled sales professionals who have an entrepreneurial mindset and are looking to get their hands dirty, have a data driven mindset and are eager to make a difference. Focusing on medium and large web shops with complex needs. This requires C-level and in-depth sales conversations.
You have full ownership of the sales cycle. From prospecting, engaging, nurturing the leads and understanding their pain points to creating a compelling commercial proposal that fits their business needs perfectly. Your ultimate objective is to expand our customer base into the medium and large size segment and turn your newly signed customers into strong Mollie ambassadors.
You are responsible for outbounding to prospective merchants in Italy through email sequences, cold calling and in-person events
Follow-up with inbound marketing and partnership leads, using our suite of sales tools
Collaborate with onboarding and risk early on in the sales process to speed up the process and optimise conversion while managing risk for Mollie
Leverage the Mollie value proposition to go meet merchants face to face and be creative in the way you sell to new clients
Excellent communication and presentation skills in Italian & comfortable interacting in English (required).
You have 4-8 years of experience in full cycle sales (account executive type position).
You have strong networking skills and enjoy face to face interactions.