Account Executive, SME & Growth

What you’ll do

You will own a greenfield territory across multiple verticals, building pipeline and driving new business through a strong outbound sales motion. You will partner with Canadian businesses to understand their challenges and deliver solutions that create real, measurable impact. You will be responsible for the full sales cycle, from prospecting through to close, while building trusted relationships and becoming a key partner to your customers as they grow.

This role is based in Toronto, Canada with 3 days a week in our downtown office.

Responsibilities

• Implement a multithreaded outbound sales approach for prospecting leads, activating your networking and creating business connections
• Own the outbound sales process from end-to-end
• Be an expert in all aspects of the Airwallex platform, our customers, and our solutions
• Clearly communicate the challenges in the cross-border payments industry and the value of Airwallex solutions to empower companies to go global
• Negotiate partnership agreements and commercials contracts in conjunction with legal, finance and strategy through to execution
• Help craft and redesign processes to ensure Airwallex can move quickly and succeed at scale
• Be a team player and set the standard for our entire SME sales function

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications

• 3 years of outbound sales in SaaS or High Tech growth companies
• A proven record of exceeding targets in outbound B2B sales and experience selling solutions ideally in our target verticals, including e-commerce, marketplaces, and SaaS/Technology
• Strategic thinker and able to drive 'partnership' conversations vs. 'sales' conversations - Solution Oriented
• A FIO (Figure It Out) attitude and are willing to do whatever is necessary to achieve results
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Google Suite and sales tech tools like Salesforce, Outreach, Zoominfo, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Preferred qualifications

• B2B Payments API experience
• Fintech experience
• Experience working in a fast paced environment, particularly in 0-1 mode (e.g., helped to launch and grow a new product or region)

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