Job description
About Column
For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, SoFi, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve.
At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!
The opportunity
As a member of the GTM team at Column, your mandate is to build relationships with and sell into strategic accounts. You’ll collaborate with leadership and Column’s Business team to identify and close opportunities with companies that would benefit from building financial products with Column’s APIs - demonstrating Column’s value proposition and differentiation every step of the way. Success in this role looks like positioning yourself as a trusted advisor to current and future customers, building long-term relationships with prospects, and ultimately structuring and winning deals with our most important accounts. This role reports to the Head of Sales & Partnerships and is in our San Francisco HQ or eligible for remote, with significant travel to clients and prospects expected (~50%).
What you’ll do
Own a broad set high-potential accounts and territories, build account plans, and execute all aspects of the sales cycle.
Drive deep discovery and navigate large and complex organizations to proactively overcome objections and potential blockers.
Help develop the sales playbook and processes to build a world-class sales team at Column.
Keep a strong pulse on the market and knowledge of Column’s product suite, enabling thought leadership with prospects on their Product and Compliance roadmaps.
Navigate ambiguity to deliver solutions that address innovative customers’ use cases in partnership with our Solutions Engineering, Risk, and Compliance teams.
Become an expert in financial services - build strong relationships, as a trusted advisor, with decision makers across the industry and within high-potential accounts.
Thrive in a fast-paced, complex, technical environment; develop familiarity with Column’s API suite and how it can be applied to solve a multitude of real-world financial services painpoints.
Effectively work cross-functionally to navigate discovery, scoping, negotiation, and deal close.
Perform day-to-day activities consistent with safe and sound business practices and regulatory requirements.
What you’ll need to be successful
8+ years of relevant work experience in a GTM function with a track record of hitting and exceeding expectations.
Experience selling a complex, technical product to enterprise buyers. Experience with financial services, embedded products, or selling in a regulated space is a plus.
Proven success navigating ambiguous environments and establishing structured sales processes in a fast-paced organization.
Ability to plan, generate, and manage pipeline and execute a structured sales cycle autonomously.
Demonstrated expertise in your space. Prospects regularly look to you for your perspective and guidance.
Insatiable hunger for improvement. You’re a naturally curious person, eager and quick to learn new things, and solicit feedback often.
What you’ll get from us
🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 50% covered for your dependents
💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses
📈 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options
🌴 Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge
👶 100% paid parental leave
🍽️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees
🚆 Commuter benefits
🎉 Regular team building events, including annual offsite
Pay transparency
The annual OTE range for this position is $200,000 - $300,000.
The range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation. This range may be inclusive of several career levels at Column, and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s skill sets, experience, licensure and certifications, location, and other business and organizational needs.
We look forward to hearing from you
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].
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