Senior Strategic Sales (Financial Services &Telecoms)
We are seeking a highly connected and commercially astute Senior Strategic Sales Executive to drive business growth across the Banking, Telecommunications, Insurance, and Financial Services sectors. The role is responsible for developing executive-level relationships, identifying strategic opportunities, and converting complex business challenges into long-term technology-enabled solutions. The successful candidate will leverage an established industry network, engage confidently with C-suite stakeholders, and lead consultative sales engagements that result in multi-year commercial partnerships and measurable business outcomes.
Minimum Requirements:
- Proven track record of managing and closing complex enterprise sales opportunities.
- Experience selling into large corporate and enterprise environments.
- Established network of C-suite and senior executive contacts.
Minimum 10 years' experience in:
- Strategic Sales
- Consultative Sales
- Enterprise Sales
- Strategic Account Management
- Business Development
Industry Experience:
- Banking
- Telecommunications
- Insurance
- Financial Services
Technical & Commercial Knowledge:
- Data & Information Solutions
- Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
- Software Solutions
- Technology Platforms
- Digital Transformation
- Risk & Compliance Solutions
- Identity Verification
- Automation & API-enabled Solutions
- Enterprise Technology Environments
Regulatory Knowledge:
- POPIA
- National Credit Act (NCA)
- Basel Framework
- King IV Principles
- South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Requirements
- Financial Services Regulatory Environment
Core Competencies:
- Consultative and value-based selling
- Executive stakeholder engagement
- Strategic account planning
- Opportunity identification and development
- Commercial negotiation
- Business case development
- Pipeline management and forecasting
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in:
- Business Management
- Commerce
- Finance
- Information Technology
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Or a related field
Desirable Qualifications & Experience
- MBA, MCom, or other relevant postgraduate qualification.
- Experience within Credit, Credit Risk, Banking, Financial Services, Data, Analytics, or Information Services environments.
- Strong understanding of enterprise technology and digital transformation solutions.
- Experience selling data, analytics, risk, compliance, software, or technology solutions.
- Proven success developing executive business cases and ROI-driven value propositions.
- Experience managing multi-year strategic agreements and enterprise partnerships.
- Relationships with CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CROs, COOs, and other senior executives within the target industries.