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ACI Worldwide · 8 hours ago

Principal Solution Consultant

ACI Worldwide is a leading provider of electronic payment solutions, and they are seeking a Principal Solution Consultant to enhance sales opportunities by addressing customer challenges and leveraging ACI technology. The role involves collaborating with market product managers and sales teams to define value propositions and develop long-term solution strategies for clients in the payments industry.

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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Participates as strategic product representative in end-to-end sales process and contributes to the development of specific opportunities
Defines value propositions and long term solution strategies for specific opportunities to assist Sales in progressing deals in line with strategic sales plans
Successfully defines and obtains agreement regarding customer requirements
Identifies business development opportunities through scoping customer and external industry engagements
Identifies and provides advice and business consultancy to prospects/customers and cross functional teams on solution design options and impacts of modifications on the existing system to inform the product roadmap
Ensures that all client business objectives are met as identified through the sales process and planned for in the implementation process; oversees technical onboarding and integration of payment platforms with client systems
Builds presentations, proposals, and papers designed to assist in the sales of product solutions
Collaboratively works with other solution consultants, account representatives, customer managers, project managers, and the executive leadership team
Develops value propositions within multiple industry and product families
Works in an independent environment
Works at an expert level for both product and industry in the sales arena
Works on medium complexity accounts and opportunities
Creates and executes against an individual development plan with management support
Strives for more competency development
Desires and capitalizes on continual development in the workplace within their industry discipline
Contributes market perspective to development of solution/product roadmap and identifies and produces key value propositions (use cases) in their segment
Supports Market Product Managers and Product Marketing in defining the unique differentiators for ACI solutions in the marketplace and development of the value map
Clearly indicates expertise through effective communication and strong business acumen
Organizes and expresses business value and overcomes customer objections
Performs other duties as assigned
Provides market feedback to cross functional teams
Understands and adheres to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Qualification

Payment processing systemsSolution consulting experiencePaymentsFintech experienceBill payment regulationsBusiness needs translationAI applications competencyApplication Programming InterfacesCommunicationProblem solving skillsTeam collaborationProject management

Required

BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
3+ years as 'Subject Matter Expert' in specific market segment
5+ years solution consulting or sales experience
5+ years of experience in payments or fintech

Preferred

Deep understanding of payment processing systems, ACH, card networks, and digital wallets
Strong grasp of bill payment industry regulations (NACHA, PCI DSS, etc.), risk management, security best-practices and fraud prevention
Awareness of consumer payment behaviors and digital transformation trends
Knowledge of multiple industry products and applications in the Utility, Consumer Finance and Insurance verticals
Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions, analyze complex workflows and identify optimization opportunities
Excellent written and oral communication
Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
Skilled in conducting workshops, presenting to executives, and influencing decision-makers
Competency in AI applications such as CoPilot and Claude
Familiarity with Application Programming Interfaces and integration frameworks
Ability to self-motivate and work independently with little supervision
Works effectively in team environment
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to use a personal computer with proficient skills in business applications such as Microsoft Office, Miro, Visio, etc

Company

ACI Worldwide

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ACI Worldwide is a software company that delivers payments software solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
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1995-03-24IPO

Leadership Team

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Thomas Warsop
President and CEO
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Abe Kuruvilla
Chief Technology Officer
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