Top Sales Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads sales, business development, and strategic relationship management for global payment enablers. The role develops executive client partnerships, drives payment network product implementation and certification, improves downstream acceptance, executes joint marketing initiatives, analyzes transaction and industry data, manages risk, and creates strategic client roadmaps. Travel of up to 25% is required for domestic and international client and team meetings.

Manage senior relationships with acquiring, merchant, and payment enablement partners across Latin America and the Caribbean. Drive regional business development, territory planning, merchant acceptance growth, contract negotiations, partner onboarding, portfolio performance, compliance, market intelligence, and product rollouts. Represent Discover at industry events, source new partnerships, and expand network coverage across merchant verticals and CP, CNP, and ATM channels. Travel up to 50% across the region.

Manage acquiring, payment enablement, and merchant partners across the Caribbean and Central America. Responsibilities include partner support, contract administration, pipeline execution, prospecting, acceptance monitoring, transaction reporting, onboarding, compliance coordination, performance tracking, market research, and event representation. The role supports Discover Network expansion, resolves operational issues, coordinates launches, and travels 30–40% across the region.

Leads a field-based team supporting a major retail credit card partner. Responsibilities include recruiting, training, coaching, performance management, budgeting, partner relationship management, strategic direction, financial reporting, and execution of field marketing initiatives. The role requires extensive travel, strong negotiation and influencing skills, and experience managing retail partnerships and people.

Leads and develops a team of Relationship Managers responsible for loan origination performance. Manages dealer relationships, negotiates and decides on credit applications, grants credit exceptions within authority, and drives territory business results. Oversees recruiting, hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, scheduling, and career development while analyzing operational data to improve outcomes. Requires regular weekend availability and initial five-day in-office training.

Lead issuer bank adoption across the Discover Network by pitching, negotiating, and closing B2B partnerships. Manage the front-end deal cycle, coordinate Finance, Pricing, Strategy, Product, and Operations teams, develop a high-performing business development team, gather market feedback, and execute go-to-market strategies. The role requires banking and credit card market expertise, deal structuring, people leadership, and up to 75% travel.