Job Description

ROLE OVERVIEW

Drive development of Banking Financial and Services with responsibility to identify new business opportunities, lead end-to-end sales pursuit, manage client relationships while collaborating with the broader organization to bring forth the best of Sutherland to meet customers’ needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sales engagement: Driving end-to-end pursuit cycle * Consistently generate $3M of revenue from net new logos every year * Identify, create, and qualify opportunities (sole sourced, RFPs). Shape and solution engagements in collaboration with subject matter experts as relevant * Work with Enterprise customers in helping them get the most from their technology/business investments with appropriate support models. * Understand the competitive landscape in the core banking, brokerage, capital markets, back office and be able to participate in design/solutioning of support experiences based on market/customer requirements. * Originate, qualify, and close large, digital transformational services engagements spanning business process services, digital, consulting, IT services, analytics. * Develop and communicate compelling value propositions and advance sales conversations * Drive pricing and MSA negotiations with clients as well as internal approvals

• Client relationship management and networking: Forging strong relationships * Build trusted advisor relationships and influential partnerships based on a strong foundation of business and technology expertise; build on top of and leverage existing client relationships from past work * Engage/develop relationships with and sell to C-suite executives * Work with vertical heads and account management teams in existing Sutherland accounts to ensure year-over-year revenue growth * Build a nuanced understanding of the customer’s environment and pain points; synthesize and share through the Sutherland organization so that appropriate value propositions can be crafted * Invest in social selling – own and promote Sutherland’s brand

• Teaming: Collaborate to bring forth best of Sutherland * Collaborate closely with solutioning studios / CoEs, delivery, vertical sales team and other horizontals including analytics, Sutherland labs, Platform Group, as needed to build customized solutions for end clients

• Expertise and knowledge management: Staying ahead of the curve * Track industry developments, implications of macro-economic moves, new business models, industry disruptors (regulations, new offerings, new players); track technology developments * Track competitors’ investments, footprint, new offerings; develop account-specific insights

• Sales operations

  • Develop and own sales plan for winning priority new accounts for Sutherland; review sales pipeline with leadership to ensure target achievement
  • Accountable for the client relationships from deal conception to closing.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred
• 15+ years of experience in business development with depth in the Banking industry.
• Experience selling digital transformation, customer experience focused services with hands-on experience pursuing, shaping, and closing deals
• Experience and examples of engaging senior stakeholders on business problems and ability to match those with relevant service offerings
• Well networked, with strong references from key stakeholders (buyers, influencers) in F500 enterprises
• Experience in growing and sustaining long-term customer relationships
• Resourceful, understands and leverages “The-art-of-the-possible”
• Proven track record of delivering excellence through informal experience
• Confident communication/ active listener with top tier skills in “telling the story” and facilitating conversation
• Will win “or die trying” attitude towards goals
• Top tier capacity for reasoning, logic, critical thinking & problem solving
• Looks to research, learn & understand on relevant topics

Additional Information

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