Senior Merchant Payments Executive — Travel & Equity Options

Elavon, Inc.; Colorado; On-site; USD 134,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Job summary

U.S. Bank, via its Elavon subsidiary, seeks a Senior Sales Executive to drive merchant acquiring sales, secure large enterprise relationships, and shape strategic partnerships.

You will lead assigned staff, set revenue targets, and travel up to 60% to client sites, events, and executive meetings. The role emphasizes building profitable customer relationships, navigating payments ecosystems, and delivering growth across hospitality, entertainment, and related sectors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven success selling merchant acquiring, payment technology, financial services, SaaS, or integrated technology solutions.
• Experience securing large enterprise relationships and complex strategic partnerships.
• Track record of consistently exceeding sales goals and revenue targets.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 60% of the time to customer locations, industry events, and executive meetings.

Responsibilities

• Makes sales directly and/or through assigned staff to customers and/or prospects.
• Develops revenue, volume, and market share objectives for an assigned staff and market area.
• Establishes and achieves sales and budget goals and marketing strategies for the products/ services sold.
• Maintains and develops profitable relationships with customers.
• Identifies and monitors market trends and competitors actions in order to gain the competitive advantage.
• Develops and administers the annual budget for an assigned area.
• Develops relationships with industry associations.
• Trains, motivates, and provides daily management to assigned staff.

Skills

Merchant acquiring sales

Executive presence

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Travel readiness

Strategic partnerships

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

U.S. Bank, via its Elavon subsidiary, seeks a Senior Sales Executive to drive merchant acquiring sales, secure large enterprise relationships, and shape strategic partnerships.

You will lead assigned staff, set revenue targets, and travel up to 60% to client sites, events, and executive meetings. The role emphasizes building profitable customer relationships, navigating payments ecosystems, and delivering growth across hospitality, entertainment, and related sectors.