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Lead and coach a team of senior Account Executives, overseeing pipeline health, forecast accuracy, deal progression, and revenue outcomes. Own complex, strategic retail opportunities, building business cases and negotiating with senior merchant executives. Partner cross‑functionally to drive GTM strategy, operational excellence, and use data/AI tools for planning and forecasting.
10+ years in enterprise sales or strategic partnership leadership, with proven experience managing senior quota‑carrying AEs. Track record of closing large, complex deals with retail merchants and coordinating cross‑functional teams. Strong executive presence, communication, and proficiency with data, AI, and modern sales tools.
The role drives top‑line growth by expanding and deepening relationships with key retail merchants across major categories. Successful execution fuels Affirm’s mission to provide clear, predictable financing for consumers. It also shapes the enterprise retail GTM strategy and ensures operational discipline across the revenue team.
Seasoned sales leaders who thrive on coaching high‑performing teams and navigating multi‑stakeholder, high‑value deals. Candidates comfortable influencing C‑level merchants and collaborating with product, finance, and legal partners. Those who leverage data‑driven tools to improve sales effectiveness and enjoy occasional travel for merchant engagements.
At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.
The Revenue team drives Affirm’s top-line growth through strategic partnerships, pricing, and go-to-market execution. We acquire, retain, and expand merchant relationships across eCommerce, in-store, telesales, and the Affirm app. The team leads onboarding, relationship management, and performance optimization to help partners succeed. We deliver value-added solutions, drive adoption, and support long-term business growth by connecting merchants and consumers through Affirm’s products.
We’re looking for a Director, Enterprise Retail Sales to lead a team of Account Executives responsible for some of Affirm’s most strategic retail opportunities across fashion, beauty, apparel, sporting goods, electronics, furniture, and other lifestyle categories. Reporting to the Senior Director of Enterprise Retail Sales, this leader will lead a senior sales team while remaining hands-on in complex commercial opportunities.
The Director will coach and develop experienced AEs, help shape and progress complex deals, build relationships with senior merchant executives, and work closely with cross-functional partners to support strategic merchant growth.
Pay Grade - M
Equity Grade - 12
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, which includes the annual base pay and the sales incentive target.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA On Target Earnings (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $370,000 - $490,000
USA On Target Earnings (all other U.S. states) per year: $328,000 - $448,000
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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