Block
Mid-Market Account Executive, Commerce
New York, NY, United States of America. Posted a month ago
The role
You will build and expand relationships with high-potential merchants across North America. You will own a portfolio of prospective merchants, create new pipeline, and close new business across Cash App Pay and Afterpay.
What you will do
- Own a portfolio of mid-market opportunities from prospecting through handoff.
- Develop account plans identifying merchant priorities and revenue opportunities.
- Build pipeline through outbound outreach, market research, and partner introductions.
- Qualify and prioritize opportunities based on merchant fit and revenue potential.
- Lead discovery with business and technical stakeholders.
- Build merchant-specific business cases and sales narratives.
- Develop commercial proposals and negotiate pricing and contracts.
- Coordinate deal teams across various internal departments.
- Manage deal progress using defined milestones and internal approval requirements.
- Maintain accurate opportunity data and sales forecasts in Salesforce.
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in full-cycle B2B sales, business development, partnerships, or a related go-to-market role.
- Track record of meeting or exceeding quota and closing mid-market or complex commercial deals.
- Strong prospecting and pipeline-generation skills.
- Executive presence to influence senior stakeholders.
- Strong commercial judgment and negotiation skills.
- Comfort using data to build a business case and prioritize opportunities.
- Product curiosity and technical fluency around payments, commerce, and merchant growth.
- Self-starter mentality and comfort operating through ambiguity and change.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to travel for merchant meetings, industry events, and internal team moments.
Nice to have
- Experience in commerce, payments, fintech, SaaS, retail technology, or another fast-moving technology environment.
Benefits
- Remote work
- Medical insurance
- Flexible time off
- Retirement savings plans
- Modern family planning
About the company
Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy through brands like Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto.