Key Account Executive

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). Today nearly 8 out of 10 Americans use a product powered by Marqeta every week. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States or from our Oakland, CA headquarters. We’d love for you to join us!

Position Summary

Marqeta is looking for a highly motivated Key Account Executive who is passionate about scaling the success of our Enterprise business. This exciting role is ideal for individuals seeking to go deep in all aspects of complex business and technical engagements and will span multiple areas of development: (1) cultivating and managing relationships with Fortune 500 Executives seeking to innovate and disrupt B2B & consumer payments; (2) working closely with internal stakeholders in Product, Legal, Compliance and Delivery to define solutions that will empower our current and future customers; and (3) orchestrating a full funnel sales process.

The Enterprise team at Marqeta focuses on some of the largest and most impactful commercial opportunities in Marqeta’s evolving business. These current and future customers include established brands, innovators and labor / retail marketplaces, all
looking for solutions to launch, scale and continuously evolve their products and services. Key to this role is an ability to understand Marqeta's technology and how it brings value to the market, expertly communicate its benefits, and win the trust of the key stakeholders across revenue growth, product and technology teams of our potential partners.

We're looking for a self-motivated, experienced solution seller, who is eager to learn about embedded finance and possesses the business judgment and sales acumen to vet opportunities and close deals. In this role you will spend the first 3-6 months
learning the ins and outs of Marqeta and our customers, supporting Team Leads on strategic projects, and building a sales pipeline. Additionally, you will need to understand the basics of selling a platform technology, and be able to communicate technical and product benefits to both sophisticated and novice buyers.

The Impact You'll Have

This role is about generating and closing new opportunities while playing a key role supporting the Account Director in setting the strategic vision for the business - here are a few key expectations:

• Leads in closing and launching strategic customers: Work alongside team Director in identifying, closing and onboarding new customers. Manage the back end of the process including SFDC, modeling, and garnering internal approvals. 
• Qualify leads and prioritize customer opportunities: Serve as the primary point of contact for strategic prospects by identifying their needs and requirements, responding to requests for information, and vetting them against our current and future product offering.
• Run a Sales Process: Manage real customer opportunities through a sales process, from initial engagement to scoping to final contract negotiations. At any given time, you will be responsible for partnering with your team to grow and renew existing accounts and working  opportunities in various stages of that process in Salesforce.
• Contracting: Work with our Legal team as required to shepherd opportunities through the contracting process, including negotiation and execution.
• Know the Tech: Quickly get up to speed on Marqeta's technical capabilities, the unique features and customer benefits our platform offers and how to speak with confidence, knowledge and credibility about what we bring to our customers and prospects.
• Sell the partnership vision:  Work with internal SMEs (including Solutions, Delivery, RevOps, Network & Bank Partnerships, Product & Marketing) to identify and develop solutions for prospects who are trying to understand what makes Marqeta’s platform and service offering so exceptional and differentiated.

Who You Are

• 10+ years of Enterprise Sales experience, ideally in payments and/or Fintech.
• Interest and understanding of the payments ecosystem is a plus, with bonus points for knowing the is