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Director - Business Development (NY / Northern NJ)
Director - Business Development (NY / Northern NJ)-May 2024
Pennsylvania
May 2, 2025
ABOUT AMERICAN EXPRESS
American Express is a global services company, providing customers with exceptional access to products, insights, and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.
10,000+ employees
Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services
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About Director - Business Development (NY / Northern NJ)

  Description

  Candidate will need to reside in NY or Northern NJ.

  You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

  With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

  At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

  Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

  Role Objective :

  The Field Sales Director sits within a geographical territory and leads a team of managers responsible for new prospect acquisition with annual company revenues ranging from $10M to $300M. This position will drive results through thought leadership, rigorous performance management and coaching and development of a high performing team.

  Job Responsibilities :

  Strategic planning (20 – 30% of time)

  ▪ Drive overall sales territory strategy to achieve business goals and sales targets

  ▪ Collect customer feedback and distribute internally to influence product development based on customer need

  Coaching and development (20 – 30% of time)

  ▪ Hire and on-board new Field Sales managers to build a strong team

  ▪ Support team development by regularly conduct 1:1 coaching sessions, team huddles to share best practices

  Performance management (10 – 20% of time)

  ▪ Drive a high quality, rigorous sales review process, including account planning, account prioritization and opportunity development in coordination with Field Sales managers

  ▪ Partner with Marketing, EDA, PPI, Product and Senior Leadership to improve sales engagement and performance

  ▪ Support team to handle client escalations, as needed

  Business development (10 – 20% of time)

  ▪ Initiate, develop and maintain executive level relationships and drive sales activities with key customers

  ▪ Lead sales team to develop a long-term strategy for each territory and top clients

  Compliance (100% of time)

  ▪ Ensure all aspects of the American Express Code of Conduct, and our Sales Practices policies, standard, and procedures, are adhered to so that we uphold the highest standards in our interactions with our customers and compliantly meet all regulatory requirements

  ▪ Conduct customer ride-alongs with Field Sales managers to ensure high quality and compliant customer interactions

  Knowledge and S kills :

  Client development

  ▪ Demonstrates ability to identify potential client growth opportunities and drive results through creative problem solving and excellent leadership

  Coaching

  ▪ Provides individualized skills-improvement assistance, aiding in self-discovery and encouraging self-generated solutions

  Performance management

  ▪ Exhibits consistent track record of managing performance, coaching, and motivating for success and identification of development strengths and opportunities improvement to a large team to enable improved business results

  Demonstrating value

  ▪ Proactively and consistently demonstrates the value of partnering with American Express

  Results focus

  ▪ Demonstrates a competitive, positive attitude, quickly adapts to different situations, and recovers from setbacks

  Market, industry, & product knowledge

  ▪ Understands at a tactical level market/industry key competitors, challenges, terminology, technology, trends, and regulation

  Attributes :

  ▪ Strategic thinking

  ▪ Leadership and team motivation

  ▪ Personal accountability

  ▪ Compliance focused

  Experience :

  ▪ Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred

  ▪ Experience leading sales teams, 7 – 10 years minimum

  ▪ Proven experience winning new business relationships

  ▪ Experience achieving sales quota and goals through multiple product offerings

  ▪ Experience in a highly-regulated industry

  Qualifications

  Salary Range: $115,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually sales incentive equity (if applicable) benefits

  The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

  We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

  Competitive base salaries

  Bonus incentives

  6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

  Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

  Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

  Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

  20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

  Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

  Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

  Career development and training opportunities

  For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

  American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

  We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

  US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.

  If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters.

  Job: Sales

  Primary Location: US-New York

  Other Locations: US-Pennsylvania, US-New Jersey

  Schedule Full-time

  Req ID: 24000811

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