Account Executive - Sportsbook

The Role

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of consistently achieving challenging sales targets and be able to demonstrate an ability to discover and understand client requirements, matching products and services to those requirements. The successful candidate will be a driven individual who can demonstrate a desire to over achieve. They must have the ability to open doors with new prospects and upsell to existing ones, whilst understanding the diverse range of products which can add value to these opportunities in different ways. They need to be an independent self-starter who can find and deliver business from betting organizations within their region without the need to be tightly managed. They will be required to immerse themselves within the sports betting industry and to understand all technological and regulatory developments. They need to have the ability to understand our software / trading products at a high level although there is no requirement to have a technical background.

The candidate needs to demonstrate an ability to think creatively with regard to commercial arrangements and have excellent numerical, written and presentation skills. Further to this, the candidate will be able to follow internal sales processes as required such as updating CRM systems and other documentation in a timely manner.

Main responsibilities :

• Immerse themselves into the existing accounts from day one, nurturing relationships and identifying key areas for revenue growth.
• Schedule meetings with existing operators and new entrants to the market in territories within their region, C-Level or equivalent (i.e. Head of Trading).
• Spend time understanding the APAC market requirements and interests across sports, betting and media, and specific products, to feedback to the wider Genius Sports group.
• Provide regular progress reports on conversations, new entrants to market and updates on key players in the market, utilising the internal CRM sales tooling available to them and other documentation as communicated.

Required Skills :

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What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities.

How we work

We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role.

Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organisation and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.