Account Executive Leader, Plaid
Payments
$116.7-220.1k
Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
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Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$116.7-220.1k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock financial freedom for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- This role is hands-on by design and is ideal for a seasoned sales leader who thrives in ambiguity, influences without direct authority, and is motivated by scaling emerging solutions
- 7+ years of relevant market experience in Payments focused solutions
- 3+ years of managing a revenue-driving team
- Deep experience and market knowledge within the Payments space inclusive of ACH, credit cards and payment risk and money movement
- Effective territory/account management: planning, opportunity qualification and creation, stakeholder and executive communication, needs analysis, value engineering, services/partner engagement, opportunity management, pipeline management, large dollar licensing and deal negotiation
- Strong communication and presentation skills, and an ability to build relationships with prospects and customers, up to the C-suite
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work across a variety of internal stakeholders
- Excitement to work in a high-growth environment and to help build processes and scale product growth across the revenue team
- We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description
What the job involves
- The Payments Product Sales team is a solutions-focused sales team that brings deep product and industry expertise to drive adoption and growth of Plaid’s emerging products across both new and existing customers
- This team plays a critical role in scaling products, translating customer needs into commercial opportunities, and accelerating Plaid’s next phase of growth through consultative, value-driven selling
- As Account Executive Leader - Payments, you will be responsible for the performance and growth of Plaid’s Payment solutions, serving as a player-coach who both leads and directly closes strategic deals
- You will bring deep expertise across ACH, credit cards, payment risk, and money movement to drive new business and expansion, partnering closely with Product and cross-functional Go-To-Market teams to shape sales strategy, develop specialist AEs, and translate complex customer fraud challenges into meaningful, revenue-generating outcomes
- Owns and drives company-wide revenue performance for Plaid’s Payments solutions, with clear accountability for ARR growth, pipeline generation, and deal execution
- Maintains a rigorous revenue forecast for Payments solutions, ensuring visibility, accuracy, and predictable performance
- Builds, hires, and leads a high-performing team aligned to revenue goals, ensuring coverage, productivity, and scalable sales execution
- Acts as an executive seller and market expert, leading high-impact sales conversations, strategic customer engagements, and industry events to accelerate pipeline creation and close complex, enterprise deals
- Develops top-tier sales talent by setting a high performance bar, coaching through real deals, and preparing team members for expanded scope and senior leadership roles
- Coaches sellers with a challenger mindset, enabling teams to lead with insight, reframe customer payments strategies, and uncover net-new and expansion revenue opportunities
- Maintains a real-time view of product-market fit across segments, verticals, and geographies, identifying growth levers and partnering cross-functionally to unlock new revenue opportunities
- Serves as a strategic advisor to segment sales and product leadership, shaping and executing go-to-market strategies that maximize revenue impact for Payments solutions
- Identifies structural, systems, and process gaps that limit revenue scale, partnering with GTM and Product leadership to prioritize and drive improvements
- Plays a key role in quarterly and annual planning by setting ambitious revenue targets for Payments solutions and defining the strategy, resources, and execution plan required to exceed them
Our take
Plaid builds infrastructure that allows consumers to interact with their bank account on the web through a number of third-party applications, like Venmo, Robinhood, Coinbase, Acorns and LendingClub.
Plaid has integrated with over 12,000 financial institutions in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. And about a quarter of people living in North America with bank accounts have linked with Plaid through at least one of the hundreds of apps that leverage Plaid’s application program interfaces (APIs).
The platform allows companies to create financial services applications without having to hire their own team of engineers to build out a tool that connects apps to its users’ bank accounts. This is very valuable in a world where there are increasing number of fintechs, so the demand for Plaid's services are only going to grow.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2025
$575m
LATE VC
Apr 2021
$425m
SERIES D
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Vibrant offices in SF, NYC, and Raleigh-Durham—with catered meals, happy hours, and clubs to keep you connected
- Competitive pay, comprehensive health benefits, and support for fertility, mental health, and parental leave
- Lifestyle perks including home office stipends, daycare support, and commuting benefits like CitiBike and Lyft
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Zach Perret
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, Zach was a Consultant at Bain and a Research Fellow and Trustee at Duke before co-founding Plaid ion 2012.
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