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Head of Strategic Accounts, Enterprise, Americas

US - San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Founding Head of Strategic Accounts for the Americas, selling API-powered financial technology platform to Fortune 500 companies.

Role type

Senior IC enterprise sales leader (founding role)

Builds

Strategic account pipeline and revenue for enterprise clients

Domain

Fintech / Global Payments / Embedded Finance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Enterprise sales to Fortune 500, complex multi-stakeholder sales cycles, API-driven solution selling, pipeline management, strategic account planning, contract negotiation, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Fintech or payments industry experience, selling infrastructure/APIs/embedded finance, building new sales motions from scratch

Technologies

API platforms, embedded finance solutions

Responsibilities

Acquire new strategic customers (Fortune 100/500) via existing network; Own end-to-end complex sales cycles from prospecting to expansion; Identify new use cases and opportunities; Develop relationships with senior decision-makers; Build and manage revenue-aligned pipeline; Negotiate commercial contracts; Ensure effective onboarding; Report on pipeline health and KPIs; Define account strategy and sales best practices

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC (founding role)

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