Regional Sales Manager - Merchant Services

Location: Chicago, IL, United States; office-based workplace type

Base compensation: USD 102,000–208,000 annually, plus eligibility for an incentive compensation plan.

Company

hirify.global is a banking organization providing financial products and merchant services through regional and business banking channels.

What you will do

• Build and manage a merchant and receivables sales team, including recruiting, hiring, coaching, and training direct reports.
• Execute regional sales strategies, deliver revenue targets, and drive merchant product primacy among lending and deposit customers.
• Manage CRM sales funnels, close rates, win/loss insights, sales incentives, and consistent sales reporting.
• Provide payments industry expertise, educate internal partners, and develop high-win sales processes.
• Partner with regional and business banking teams, merchant product and service teams, clients, prospects, and external channel partners.
• Develop COI and referral channels, support deal closures, participate in client and prospect meetings, and contribute to DE&I and community activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 8 years of proven successful sales management experience in a financial institution, with an emphasis on the payments industry.

Nice to have

• Strong understanding of SMB and business banking client needs and payment processing solutions.
• Experience motivating and managing high-performing sales teams and exceeding ambitious sales targets.
• Expertise in virtual and in-person sales, solution-oriented deal closing, and customer-centric sales.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage complex tasks in a fast-paced environment and use technology effectively.
• Experience with CRM software and sales analytics tools; knowledge of Word, Excel, Salesforce, and other business systems.
• Fluency in an additional language.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-based work environment; certain positions outside the branch network may be eligible for flexible arrangements combining office and work-from-home time.
• Health insurance, wellness, life and disability insurance, retirement savings, paid leave, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• Participation in diversity, equity, inclusion, and community activities.
• Exempt position not eligible for overtime pay.