Senior Account Executive

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New York, NY
Hybrid
120K-150K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Social Impact • Financial Services
We're fixing what’s broken in consumer credit with our data-driven platform, helping millions build a brighter future.
The Role
The Senior Account Executive will contribute to company growth by building new client relationships, optimizing sales processes, and collaborating with internal teams. The role involves identifying new market opportunities and enhancing existing sales strategies.
Summary Generated by Built In

As a Sr. Account Executive, you will help us become an industry leader in existing and new markets. You’ll acquire new logos and position January for optimal growth within an account. You will report to our Vice President of Business Operations and Business Development, and collaborate closely with numerous internal stakeholders, such as Product, Client Success, Operations, and Finance.

We are looking for someone who thrives in figuring things out – often independently – in unchartered territory, excels at process optimization (i.e. can break down a complex system into its key components, identify friction points, and methodically improve/remove them), who enjoys collaborating with others, and who holds themselves accountable for execution.
Your impact:

  • Grow our third party collections business through new relationships with target prospects.

  • Improve our sales playbook for existing product lines.

  • Help identify new markets/prospects to increase our addressable market. Build out new playbooks to help us succeed in these markets.

  • Optimize our pipeline funnel metrics, specifically meeting to qualification and qualification to close.

  • Support our expansion motion with the account management team.

What you bring to the table:

  • Autonomy. You’re excited by greenfield opportunities and thrive in making order out of chaos.

  • Resourcefulness. Your scrappy mindset enables you to creatively figure out ways to get the job done. You have a knack for figuring out how to avoid common pitfalls in the enterprise sales process. You can figure out how to juggle multiple priorities at once.

  • Accountability. You have high expectations for yourself and others. The pursuit of operational excellence matters a tremendous amount to you. By doing the right things, the score will take care of itself.

  • Process optimization skills. You constantly think about ways to improve processes. You appreciate that over time superior processes lead to better outcomes. You also appreciate that good decisions can have bad outcomes.

  • Effective collaboration. You invest in alignment, learning from, and engaging regularly with stakeholders.

  • Customer obsession. You care about delighting our clients. You seek to understand what motivates our clients and truly empathize with their needs.

Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of enterprise sales experience, especially in cases where resource optimization was key

  • Experience working at a venture-backed startup. Proven track record in scaling high-growth companies

  • Resourcefulness, thrives at making order out of (an appropriate amount of) chaos

  • Process obsession, an appreciation that over time superior processes lead to better outcomes

  • Effective written and oral communication skills, ability to communicate with all stakeholders and team members, regardless of seniority and department

  • An operational mindset, willingness to get their hands dirty and gain exposure to all facets of our business

 

We are currently hiring for this position in our New York office.

January believes in doing its part to help close the wage gap that continues to plague much of the US workforce. We offer transparent and equitable compensation packages to all existing and future January team members.

Our base salary range for the Senior Account Executive role is $120,000 to $150,000. We determine the final package by considering experience, applicable education and training, and relevant skills derived throughout our interview process.This role also includes commission and a competitive equity package, giving you a chance to feel true ownership of your work.

 

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
90 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

At January, we bring humanity to consumer finance. Using data intelligence, we create trust and deliver better outcomes for consumers and creditors alike. Our mission is simple: expand access to credit while empowering consumers to achieve lasting stability and control of their financial lives.

We began by building the foundation for creditors to engage with and support their borrowers at scale across the entire debt lifecycle. We’ve mastered outsourced collections by combining best-in-class performance with differentiated consumer satisfaction and superior compliance. 

And we’re just getting started. Together, we’re creating a financial system where trust and opportunity spark lasting change in people’s lives.

Why Work With Us

We're driven to push boundaries and thrive in a culture of collaboration, rapid growth, and continuous learning, January offers the chance to do your best work.

We thrive on:
Writing to clarify thinking, scale collaboration, and drive intentionality.
Prioritizing impact over routine.
Embracing growth, feedback, and new challenges with humility.

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January Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco, we believe that in-person collaboration promotes creativity, camaraderie, and trust amongst our team. Because of this, we operate on a hybrid model, where our team comes in 2-3x a week.

Typical time on-site: 2.5 days a week
HQNew York, NY
San Francisco, CA
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