Sales - Director of Business Development (People L...

Join the American Express sales team and experience a great place to work! You will apply your strong leadership skills in working with a regional team of sales professionals to sell our B2B products. You will provide coaching and development to guide your team to success. Your collaboration with team members will result in a targeted approach to grow market share in your region by identifying prospects and prioritizing the approach. You will measure your team based specific targets and results. Based on the fast paced, transactional sales cycle, you will move quickly to build relationships with key people in the market or industry while working with team members locally drive sales results. This is a virtual position with the candidate residing in the Austin or San Antonio, TX area.

A large portion of your time will be spent with your employees and customers. This is an opportunity to use your experience and provide informal coaching and development to your team member, as well as identifying and removing any potential barriers to success.

As a leader of the team, you will benefit from the success of your team. Your experience and skills in building a cohesive, motivated and winning team will be rewarded.

-At least 2+ years of previous experience in a sales leader role with a demonstrated background of success.
-Experience in prospecting, assessing needs, developing proposals, presenting recommendations and closing the deal are required.
-You must possess strong leadership skills with an ability to listen, communicate, coach and motivate your team.
-You must also possess the financial acumen and analytical skills required to develop business strategies that grow market share, problem solve and drive a high level of customer satisfaction.
-This is a virtual position. The ideal candidate MUST reside in the Austin or San Antonio, TX area.