Commercial Lead

Posted 10 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
113K-184K Annually
5-7 Years Experience
Fintech • Software
The Role
Plaid is looking for an experienced professional to facilitate commercial relationships with fintech and financial services companies, drive successful renewals, upsells, and cross-sells, and craft pricing strategies that work for the company and its customers. The role involves defining commercial terms, improving processes, and serving as the go-to-market expert for contracting and pricing requirements.
Summary Generated by Built In

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.


The go-to-market (GTM) teams at Plaid combine deep market, technical, and product knowledge to help customers obtain Plaid services to build and scale amazing applications. Plaid is looking for an experienced professional to facilitate our commercial relationships with some of the largest names in fintech and financial services. The right candidate has honed business instincts and can drive strong commercial outcomes that position our customers and Plaid for success.


You will serve as a strategic consultant, contract expert, and at times, lead negotiator for major contracts. Your work is thoroughly impactful as you will define the commercial terms that underpin the relationships between Plaid and its customers. You're motivated by tangible outcomes and finding win-win deals to strike with customers.


You'll also play the enabler / thought partner for the broader set of Plaid’s go-to-market teams. You will help craft repeatable, robust commercial processes for an increasingly global team, leading to more speed and consistency. You enjoy rolling up your sleeves and diving into data analysis to make more educated decisions. You're keen on transparency and visibility to enable sharper decision-making and organizational communication.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate closely with Plaid’s Sales, Account Management, and Partnerships teams to ensure contracts continue to offer the best fit for prospects and customers
  • Creatively enable new deals with top prospects while staying true to Plaid’s operating practices 
  • Drive successful renewals, upsells, and cross-sells with top customers to increase usage and adoption of key Plaid products 
  • Craft pricing strategies that work for Plaid, prospects, and existing customers
  • Evolve and improve commercial terms, practices, and processes
  • Serve as the GTM expert on a given GBT with regard to contracting, pricing, and billing requirements for new products and services
  • Serve as the GTM voice and single point of contact for cross-functional special projects.

Qualifications

  • A business decathlete 
  • Desire to build a scalable business platform to further deliver on Plaid’s mission 
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally on challenging, high visibility internal projects 
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and drive results with senior external stakeholders
  • Interest in financial services and technical products; a high degree of intellectual curiosity
  • Excitement to work in a high-growth, ambiguous environment and to help build processes and tools as needed

Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!


Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].


Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.

The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,012 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Plaid is used by thousands of digital financial apps and services like Betterment, Expensify, Microsoft and Venmo, and by many of the largest banks to make it easy for consumers to connect their financial accounts with the apps and services they want to use. Plaid connects with over 11,000 financial institutions across the U.S, Canada and Europe.

At Plaid, we have diverse backgrounds and skills, but we're all passionate about building a more efficient and inclusive financial infrastructure—together.

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