Enterprise Account Executive, US Financial Institutions

Gradient Labs

$100K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Direct experience selling into community banks, regional banks, or credit unions with relevant quota history.
  • 5 to 7+ years in enterprise B2B SaaS sales, consistently closing six-figure+ ACV deals.
  • Full-cycle deal ownership from pipeline generation to close, without heavy reliance on SDRs.
  • Expertise in consultative, value-based selling methodologies.
  • Experience as a founding seller in early-stage startups or building new territories.
  • Comfortable with multi-threaded selling across C-suite and procurement teams.
  • Proficiency in discussing AI and SaaS technologies with distinction.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full sales cycle for community banks and credit unions, from pipeline creation to deal closure.
  • Build long-term relationships with key stakeholders in financial institutions.
  • Evangelize the product through tailored presentations and live demos.
  • Collaborate with teams to enhance marketing efforts and streamline customer journeys.
  • Help define the go-to-market strategy and sales processes for the segment.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in growing AI market.
  • Be part of a team that values innovation and groundbreaking solutions.
  • Chance to shape sales processes in an underserved market segment.
Full Job Description
Enterprise Account Executive, US Financial Institutions

How you'll make an impact

You'll be at the forefront of our US growth, playing a critical role in shaping how we win in a segment we believe is underserved by AI vendors: community banks, regional banks, and credit unions. This is more than just a sales role: it's a chance to build, influence, and lead.

We're looking for a highly motivated AE who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. A natural relationship-builder with a proven ability to not only close deals but help build the foundation of a sales motion in a new market.
  • Drive Revenue and Build the Foundation: Own the full sales cycle for community banks, regional banks, and credit unions across the US, from self-generated pipeline through to closing complex, high-value deals. You'll expand existing accounts and help define our sales motion in this segment.
  • Cultivate Key Relationships: Build long-term relationships with COOs, Heads of Customer or Member Experience, and other C-suite stakeholders. Act as a trusted advisor anchored on ROI and operational impact.
  • Champion Our Product: Evangelise Gradient Labs through tailored presentations, live demos, and strategic conversations. Work closely with product and engineering to bring market signal back into the roadmap.
  • Collaborate and Influence: Partner with marketing, AI Delivery, and the wider team to execute campaigns, streamline the customer journey, and deliver an industry-leading experience.
  • Shape the Future: As the founding US AE for this segment, help define our GTM motion, sales processes, and the standard for how we win community and regional financial institutions.


What you'll bring
  • Direct experience selling into community banks, regional banks, or credit unions, with a meaningful portion of your recent quota carried against this segment.
  • 5 to 7+ years closing enterprise B2B SaaS, with a consistent track record of six-figure+ ACV deals.
  • Full-cycle deal ownership, from self-generated pipeline through to security review and close, without reliance on a heavy SDR layer or inbound flow.
  • Consultative, value-based selling, with strong discovery and qualification discipline (MEDDPICC, Command of the Message, or equivalent).
  • Founding seller mindset, having operated as an early or founding AE at a Seed/Series A/B startup, or built a new territory or segment from scratch.
  • Multi-threaded selling, comfortable across the C-suite while navigating procurement, legal, security, and IT in complex enterprise buying committees.
  • AI and SaaS landscape fluency, with the ability to hold credible technical conversations and clearly articulate how Gradient Labs differs from incumbents.
  • High agency and ownership, with tight async hygiene in Notion, Slack, and the CRM.


This is a unique chance to be part of a team working with cutting-edge technology to reshape how businesses will operate in the future. Over the next 10 years, every company will need to embrace AI-powered operations to stay competitive, and this role puts you right in the middle of that transformation.

You'll tackle challenging and new problems, work with some of the most exciting brands across different industries, and be surrounded by a passionate, smart team that's driven to build something groundbreaking.

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