Senior Account Executive, Limited Partners

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Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Fintech • Software
Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine.
The Role
The role focuses on acquiring new clients in the US, managing the sales cycle, and maintaining relationships with institutional investors while collaborating with marketing and product teams.
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The Company You’ll Join

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world-class software, purpose-built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence.

Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together, Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions don’t work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Carta’s software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - it’s a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital. 

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With

You'll be joining the LP Portfolio Analytics team. This is a portfolio management and analytics tool designed for institutional LPs. The tool solves a critical problem by transforming unstructured fund documents into structured data and valuable insights, which empowers LPs to make better decisions. Our platform leverages the latest AI and machine learning technologies to provide valuable insights to alternative investors. We’re on a mission to revolutionize private markets and create a more sustainable and equitable future for all.

The Problems You’ll Solve

We are looking for a driven Enterprise Account Executive to expand our client base across the United States. The ideal candidate will be a proven dealmaker with a track record of selling complex data, analytics, or fintech solutions into institutional investors. 

  • Drive new business acquisition in the US market with a focus on alternative investors across all segments; pension funds, insurers, funds of funds endowments, foundations, and secondary market players.
  • Manage the full sales cycle from early stage discovery through to contract close.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders across pensions, endowments, insurance firms, fund of funds, sovereign wealth funds, and administrators.
  • Identify and qualify opportunities through research, networking, and industry events.
  • Work closely with marketing and SDR teams on lead generation campaigns into target segments and regions.
  • Work closely with product and client success teams to ensure smooth onboarding and long-term client satisfaction.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline management, forecasts, and reporting in CRM.
  • Stay up to date on industry developments, client needs, and competitor offerings.
About You

A successful Account Executive in this role would likely have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, or related field (MBA a plus but not required).
  • 8+ years of B2B enterprise sales experience, ideally in fintech, SaaS, data, or analytics solutions.
  • Strong track record of quota attainment and new business development.
  • Experience selling into institutional investors or financial services firms strongly preferred.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, self-starter, and motivated to grow with a scaling business.
  • Willingness to travel within the US (with emphasis on Chicago, San Francisco, and other key financial centers).

Disclosures:

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the talent partner via email. 
  • Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization. See the E-Verify and Department of Justice websites for more details.
  • For information on our data privacy policies, see Privacy, CA Candidate Privacy, and Brazil Transparency Report.
  • Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to [email protected].

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, or related field
  • 8+ years of B2B enterprise sales experience in fintech, SaaS, data, or analytics
  • Strong track record of quota attainment and new business development
  • Experience selling into institutional investors or financial services firms
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills

Carta Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Carta and has not been reviewed or approved by Carta.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Compensation is portrayed as market-competitive in many roles, with particularly strong positioning in engineering and product packages. Pay is also framed as comparatively strong versus other aspects of the overall employee experience.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is positioned as notably generous, with extended paid leave for birthing parents and paid bonding leave for all parents. Family-building support is also emphasized through fertility treatment and egg-freezing coverage.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off is structured with a required minimum amount of paid leave and then additional flexibility through an unlimited PTO and sick-time approach. This design is intended to ensure time off is actually taken while preserving flexibility beyond the minimum.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,902 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine. Carta’s world-class fund administration platform supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under management in venture capital and private equity. Trusted by more than 40,000 companies, Carta also helps private businesses in over 160 countries manage their cap tables, valuations, taxes, equity programs, compensation, and more. Together, Carta is setting a new standard as the end-to-end platform for private markets. Our best-in-class solution for fund management seamlessly integrates investor and portfolio company insights via a suite of tools designed ground-up to support the strategic impact of the fund CFO. Carta has been included on the Fortune Best Large Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance list, Forbes’ list of the World's Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company's Most Innovative list, and Inc.'s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list. For more information, visit carta.com.

Why Work With Us

Carta is a place where everyone can be the best version of themselves. We're a team of unconventional builders who's focus is to create infrastructure for innovators. Join our team and help us to create more owners.

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