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The Sales Engineer Manager will be an integral part of our growing Latin America Merchant Sales & Solutions group joining the Merchant Solutions team in São Paulo.

This person will lead the design, implementation and configuration of Visa Digital Solutions to merchants and acquirers in Brazil (but not limited to) as well as will identify, develop and manage technology partners. Responsible for working closely with the Account Executive and Sales team providing presales technical and functional expertise for the CyberSource suite of products. Primary focus on risk management but also including payment processing and payment security, as well as other Visa digital solutions to merchants and acquirers. In addition, the role will include the responsibility as project manager for the implementation of CyberSource products by our clients.

This position will have responsibility to cover all clients and prospects in Brazil and will include interacting directly with new & existing customers, business & technology partners and multi-functional Visa internal stakeholders.

• Develop in-depth knowledge of multiple Visa Merchant Digital products through research and testing in order to act as Visa Subject Matter Expert and drive client engagement

• Provide technical pre-sales support by designing solutions architecture and leading product implementations in merchant and acquirers

• Lead sales meetings with prospects giving product integration demonstrations with a sales-oriented approach, at all organization levels

• Manage proposal process for the business in order to accurately determine the feasibility, cost and time implications when responding to customer proposals

• Gather and accurately document business and technical requirements from customers in order to work with other internal teams to provide reliable project estimates

• Act as technical resource on consultancy projects, writing and delivering custom applications for clients

• Strategize with our Direct Sales and Account Management teams to close sales opportunities, including frequent contacts with internal Directors, Sr. Directors and VPs

• Work closely with our Product Management team to maintain technical and functional knowledge of existing and new products. Take a proactive approach to staying up-to-date with product developments by monitoring code release notes and knowledge sharing within the team.

• Deliver business consultancy to clients where needed

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in a technical pre-sales or consulting role, including prior experience with a complex enterprise environment preferable in an electronic payment environment

• Experience working as pre-sales and multiproduct expert in a technical environment

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline is required.  Master’s degree is preferred

• Experience of regularly giving presentations to customers in a sales environment including Director and C-Level

• Experience of working alongside a sales team, supporting them to help win new business

• Knowledge of payment and/or risk management systems is strongly preferred

• Strong engineering or architecture background focused on Web technologies, APIs, and machine-to-machine communication over the Internet with experience as a developer of applications or APIs

• Strong customer interaction skills combined with excellent verbal and written communication. Ability to communicate technical concepts in a clear and articulate fashion to both technical and non-technical audiences, in a sales-oriented manner.

• Ability to work independently on customer sites with minimal supervision

• Experience of working in the payments industry and/or eCommerce is preferred

• Experience of delivering paid consultancy or professionals services to clients is preferred

• Experience in managing people and resources across a matrix organization

  Language Skills

• Fluent in Portuguese and English

  Travel 

• Travel required (30%)