Director, Financial Software Sales

As a Director of FinTech Sales you will be at the forefront of driving an exciting revenue opportunity for Blackbaud.  Your primary responsibility will be to develop and implement a strategic sales plan that will achieve the revenue targets for our FinTech Direct Sales Team.  This requires a deep level of expertise in financial software sales leadership and the ability to understand trends and opportunities.  Leading and managing Blackbaud’s FinTech Direct Sales Team will also be a key responsibility.  This includes hiring, developing, and coaching Account Executives to ensure they have skills to be successful.  You will be responsible creating a highly engaged and motivated sales team that encourages growth.

This role reports directly to the Senior Vice President of Sales and will also be a member of the Leadership Team, helping to run the business overall. A key requirement of the successful leader will be to scale the current sales organization through an effective go-to-market structure, hiring and productivity.

What You’ll Do:

• Developing and implementing a FinTech strategic sales plan to achieve company targets and objectives
• Hiring, leading and managing a high-performing team of 5 FinTech Account Executives with plans to grow headcount in future years.
• Building and nurturing key relationships with strategic customers and market influencers
• Collaboration across departments inclusive of Marketing and Product Development to ensure alignment on strategy
• Monitoring market trends and competition to identify new opportunities and to adapt current strategies accordingly
• Own sales forecasting / responsible for forecast accuracy
• Internalizing and delivering the FinTech value proposition clearly and persuasively to a variety of different audiences, including C-Level executives
• Motivating individuals to succeed through impassioned leadership, coaching, development of creative sales incentives, and broadcast of results

What You’ll Bring:

• 10+ years of financial software sales experience with a minimum of 5+ years’ experience managing successful sales teams
• Proven record of sales success in a financial software application environment. Ability and track record of driving business in a strategic manner
• Experience navigating complex sales cycles with commercial and enterprise customers
• Experience working with ROI, cost modeling and other quantitative techniques to educate and persuade buyers
• Excellent organizational, prioritization and time management skills
• Experience with nonprofits and foundations is highly preferred

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The starting base salary and annual proposed commission is $238,100.00 to $338,100.00. Blackbaud may pay more or less based on employee qualifications, market value, sales quota, Company finances, and other operational considerations.

Benefits Include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Remote-first workforce
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• Generous Parental Leave
• Volunteer for vacation
• Opportunities to connect to build community and belonging
• Pet insurance, legal and identity protection
• Tuition reimbursement program