Plaid

Account Executive - SMB

Plaid$80K — $95K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of quota-carrying, technical selling experience in a new-net hunting role
  • Strong track record of over performance
  • Hunter mentality, with collaboration skills
  • Experience building territory plans and executing them
  • Passion for working with growth-stage private companies
  • Proficient in technical products and APIs
  • Enthusiasm for Plaid's mission of unlocking financial freedom

Responsibilities

  • Identify use cases and prospect high growth companies with ~100 employees and beyond
  • Develop a book of engaged prospects to maintain a sufficient pipeline
  • Lead a technical sales motion from prospecting to close
  • Coordinate cross-functional resources for a consultative sales approach
  • Own and master Plaid solutions, advocating for industry success across fintech and other sectors

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefit plan including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) plan
  • Potential for additional compensation through equity and/or commission
Full Job Description
Our Sales team at Plaid combines deep product and industry knowledge and is focused on bringing Plaid to an ever-broadening set of businesses. We believe every financial services company can benefit from better financial technology. This isn't limited to the financial services industry, any company offering financial products to consumers deserves the best financial technology. You'll be the individual helping us achieve this vision. You will focus on generating new deals and building strong, long-lasting relationships with companies. You'll be tasked with identifying and closing deals across verticals in financial services, utilities, billing, insurance, and more.

Responsibilities
  • Identify use cases and prospect high growth companies that are ~100 employees and beyond
  • Develop a book of high potential engaged prospects and maintain a sufficient pipeline to support successful attainment against quota
  • Successfully lead a technical sales motion of guiding engineers, product, and growth team members for the entire life-cycle from prospecting to close
  • Coordinate cross-functional resources and drive initiatives across
  • Plaid to support a consultative sales motion
  • Own mastery of Plaid solutions and evangelize for industry success across fintech and other industries

Qualifications
  • 3+ years of quota-carrying, technical selling experience in a new-net hunting role
  • A strong track record of over performance
  • A hunter mentalityAbility to collaborate internally and exhibit a "win as a team" mentality
  • Experience in building territory plans and executing to plan
  • Passion working with growth stage private companies
  • Proficiency in technical products and APIs
  • Passion for Plaid's mission of unlocking financial freedom for everyone

Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!

Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Pay is based on factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience and skillset, and location. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

About Plaid

Plaid is a financial services company based in New York City. The company builds a technology platform, which enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts. Plaid focuses on enabling consumers and businesses to interact with their bank accounts, check balances, and make payments through financial technology applications. The company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey. In January 2020, Visa announced that it would acquire Plaid for $5.3 billion. The acquisition was completed in January 2021.
Learn more about Plaid
Size
600 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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