Remote Vice President Sales & Business Development

\n\n\n\n\nAbout Zeta:\n\nZeta is a globally recognized next-gen banking technology company. Our modern platforms enable financial institutions and fintechs to launch extensible and compliant banking asset and liability products spanning cards, loans, and deposits. Our cloud-native and fully API-enabled stack supports processing, issuing, lending, core banking, fraud, loyalty, digital banking, and agentic AI solutions amongst many other capabilities. \n\n\n\n\n\nZeta has 1700+ employees with over 70% in technology roles across locations in the US, Middle East, and Asia - representing one of the largest and most capable teams ever assembled in banking tech. Globally, customers have issued 30M+ cards on Zeta's platform expected to grow to 60M+ in the coming years. Most recently valued at $2B, Zeta counts Softbank, Mastercard, and Optum amongst its investors. \n\n \n\nAbout the Role:\n\n\n\nZeta is looking for a highly entrepreneurial VP of Sales & Business Development to help build the book of business across sponsor banks, BIN sponsors, agent banks, program managers, and fintechs. This is a 0-1 role that will be responsible for creating, qualifying, progressing, and closing high-quality opportunities across debit, prepaid, credit, lending, and adjacent banking technology propositions. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe ideal candidate will be a hands-on business builder with strong existing relationships in the US banking, sponsor bank, and fintech ecosystem; the ability to open senior doors; and the commercial discipline to convert market access into qualified pipeline, active pursuits, and signed revenue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n\n\nIn this role, you will: \n\n\n\n\n\nOwn prospect identification, segmentation, prioritization, and outreach across named accounts based on segment attractiveness, buying intent, relationship access, fit with Zeta’s capabilities, and likelihood of conversion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen doors and establish trusted access to decision makers, sponsors, and influencers across banks, regulated financial institutions, program managers, fintechs, processors, networks, consultants, and other ecosystem participants \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuild & nurture qualified pipeline that meets clear standards including named prospect, named buyer or sponsor, documented use case, estimated annual contract value, and next meeting or decision milestone scheduled \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrive the full deal journey for assigned opportunities spanning discovery, qualification, solution framing, pitching, pricing inputs, business case development, stakeholder mapping, procurement support, contracting support, and deal closure \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnchor pre-sales engagements in partnership with the sales engineering team to create & deliver demos, POCs, tabletop-exercises, solution workshops, discovery sessions, and other impactful formats that generate traction with clients \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport contracting, client onboarding, and early account activation to ensure a clean handoff from signed opportunity to delivery, implementation, and long-term account ownership \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipate in events and industry fora to acquire leads, drive visibility, and awareness of Zeta’s offerings & solutions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaintain rigorous deal discipline through accurate CRM hygiene, weekly pipeline reviews, opportunity plans, stakeholder maps, next-step tracking, forecast updates and more \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContribute market intelligence, buyer feedback, competitor insights, pricing signals, and product input to help refine Zeta’s proposition, right to play, and right to win in this segment \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey Performance Metrics \n\n\nSuccess in the initial 18 months will be measured by: \n\n\n\n\n\nSuccess in building qualified pipeline as measured by # of qualified opportunities, estimated annual contract value, documented use cases, named buyer or sponsor access, and scheduled decision milestones \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEstablishing Zeta’s right to play as measured by # of senior meetings, # of pre-sales engagements, # of active opportunities, and # of RFP or opportunity participations \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEstablishing Zeta’s right to win in this segment as measured by meaningful contribution to at least 2 USD 7-figure ARR client wins \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExperience and Qualifications\n\n\n\n\n15+ years' experience; with at least 5+ years as a partner or sales leader with a proven track record in building a multi-million $ book of business ground up in the US financial services sector \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSignificant experience selling to both banks and regulated financial institutions as well as fintechs at a banking technology company or IT services provider \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrong rolodex and meaningful inroads with decision makers at US sponsor banks & fintechs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEqual Opportunity\n\nZeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success \n\n#Location\nUSA