BFSI Acquisition Sales Executive V - US

The BFSI Acquisition Sales Executive is responsible for driving new business growth by acquiring new logos within the US banking, financial services and insurance market. This role owns the entire sales cycle, from lead generation and prospecting through to contract closure, ensuring a seamless and professional experience for potential clients. The Acquisition Sales Executive orchestrates internal teams to develop and present compelling, client-specific solutions that address prospect needs and differentiate Rackspace in the marketplace.

Upon successful deal closure, the role ensures a smooth transition and handoff to the designated client partner or customer success manager for ongoing relationship management. This position is critical to expanding Rackspace's customer base and achieving strategic revenue objectives, while upholding the company's standards of excellence and customer focus.

• Recognized as an expert within the company and requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline and broad knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function
• Solves unique problems that have a broad impact on the business.
• Contributes to the development of organizational sub-function strategy.
• Progression to this level is typically restricted on the basis of business requirements.

• Excellence:
  Exceeds expectations by consistently demonstrating accountability, discipline, high performance, and a proven track record of exceptional results.
• Customer-driven:
  Prioritizes customer needs and satisfaction through collaborative and proactive problem-solving, and an unwavering commitment to customer success.
• Expertise:
  Possesses deep understanding of customer needs and continually grows and enhances skills to provide customer-focused solutions.
• Agility:
  Quickly adapts and responds to dynamic customer needs and expectations through innovative solutions.
• Compassion:
  Cultivates a positive and supportive environment to effectively work together towards a common goal, fostering trust within Rackspace and with external stakeholders.

• Own and drive revenue growth within target market, leveraging a cross-functional approach to maximize account potential.
• Prospect and qualify opportunities within target market, ensuring a robust and healthy sales pipeline.
• Orchestrate internal teams (Enterprise Solutions, Product, Services, and Client Partners in exceptions) to develop and deliver tailored solutions that address specific client needs and business objectives.
• Coordinate closely with the Market Unit Lead and VP of Sales to identify priority target accounts and drive a focused, data-informed pursuit strategy.
• Manage the end‑to‑end sales process, including negotiation and closing of deals, while ensuring a seamless transition to client partners for ongoing relationship management.
• Maintain accurate pipeline data and sales forecasting, providing timely updates to leadership.
• Consistently meet or exceed established sales targets and key performance indicators, including bookings, revenue, sold gross margin, and Customer NPS.

• Expert-level knowledge in professional sales training and sales process
• Expert-level understanding of the processes, procedures and systems used to accomplish the work and familiarity with the broader underlying concepts in own job discipline
• Expert-level knowledge of Rackspace product portfolio, strategy, competitors, and customers

• Consultative Selling
• CRM Software Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Pipeline Management
• Presentation Building
• Sales Lead Generation Skills
• Solutions Development
• Solution-selling Skills

• High School Diploma or regional equivalent required
• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in field related to role. At the manager’s discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute degree requirement

• 12 - 14 years of experience in the field of role required

Disclaimer The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties,…