Senior Account Executive, Strategic Growth - Financial Services

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3 Locations
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158K-217K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Business Intelligence
AlphaSense empower professionals to make smarter business decisions with confidence and speed.
The Role
Drive strategic growth across major financial services accounts by upselling existing relationships, prospecting new teams, conducting value-based product demonstrations, managing trials, and closing enterprise sales. Partner with global sales, customer success, sales development, and product teams to build pipeline, forecast accurately, execute account growth plans, and achieve shared revenue targets. Regularly engage with clients and provide market and product feedback internally.
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About AlphaSense: 

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.

The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

About The Role

We are looking for an entrepreneurial, driven, and accomplished Strategic Account Executive, focused on assisting execute an enterprise growth strategy in partnership with a global sales team devoted to our largest global client relationships in the Financial Services market. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth company and sell an award-winning product that is rapidly getting adopted across the market internationally, and this person will be able to make a significant contribution to the company’s growth and future success.

Who You Are

  • 7+ years of relevant sales experience with a B2B SaaS solution and a customer network in the Financial Services market (buy side and sell side).
  • Proven track record of exceeding targets; we maintain a team of top sales performers and a great winning culture.  Reputation for consistently delivering results and setting the example for work ethic, initiative, enthusiasm, and commitment.
  • Ability to listen actively, ask insightful questions, and uncover the real needs of the client, becoming a trusted partner.  Use your knowledge of the industry, competitive environment, and client experiences to identify trends and stay ahead of customer needs.  
  • Partner with the global sales team to help execute a strategic client growth plan with the global sales team for your book of accounts across a shared revenue target.   
  • Able to cold call and prospect across a client base while building a pipeline. 
  • Partner with our Global Customer Success, Sales Development and Product Specialist teams to deliver strong growth across a defined client base.
  • Conduct product demonstrations in a value-based sales environment.
  • Quick learner and able to implement feedback effectively.
  • An energetic and creative individual, possessing natural curiosity with the ability to learn quickly.  Must have a strong work ethic.  
  • Strong ability to develop rapport with new people, and to maintain relationships, combined with a positive, outgoing personality.
  • Outstanding communicator, whether in presentations or casual conversations, and can convey value propositions clearly across all levels of an organization.  
  • Able to distill and explain complex issues in simple terms.
  • Experience hitting six-figure or seven-figure revenue targets on an annual basis.
  • Able to travel to clients on a regular basis.

What You'll Do

  • Partner with the global sales team to help execute a strategic client growth plan with the global sales team for your book of accounts across a shared revenue target.   
  • This role is focused on upselling existing client relationships, requiring you to research opportunities, initiate discussions, prospect new teams, conduct demos, manage product trials, and close sales.
  • Develop strong internal relationships, garnering buy in from those you partner with and marshaling resources to deliver on revenue outcomes.  
  • Coordinate with your team to forecast accurately and develop the necessary pipeline to meet and exceed goals.
  • Work closely with our Product Specialist team during trials to ensure client engagement
  • Gather and pass on information on market and client product needs to sales, product management, content, and product marketing to help us continually enhance our products.

For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

We offer a competitive benefits program, a generous commission plan with uncapped earning potential as well as equity.

Base Compensation Range
$158,000—$217,000 USD

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

Recruiting Scams and Fraud

We at AlphaSense have been made aware of fraudulent job postings and individuals impersonating AlphaSense recruiters. These scams may involve fake job offers, requests for sensitive personal information, or demands for payment. Please note:

  • AlphaSense never asks candidates to pay for job applications, equipment, or training.
  • All official communications will come from an @alpha-sense.com email address.
  • If you’re unsure about a job posting or recruiter, verify it on our Careers page.

If you believe you’ve been targeted by a scam or have any doubts regarding the authenticity of any job listing purportedly from or on behalf of AlphaSense please contact us. Your security and trust matter to us.

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of relevant sales experience with a B2B SaaS solution
  • Customer network in the Financial Services market, including buy-side and sell-side firms
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales targets
  • Experience achieving six-figure or seven-figure annual revenue targets
  • Ability to cold call, prospect, and build pipeline
  • Experience conducting product demonstrations in a value-based sales environment
  • Strong communication, relationship-building, and presentation skills
  • Ability to travel to clients on a regular basis

AlphaSense Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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

  • Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Healthcare offerings include gender-affirming care and unlimited fertility coverage in addition to comprehensive medical options. Mental-health resources and an assistance program are also emphasized.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is presented as generous or unlimited in the U.S., with volunteer days and notable parental leave for primary caregivers. These policies indicate flexible time-away support.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives — On-target earnings for several sales functions are positioned as competitive, offering meaningful upside when targets are met.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
2,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

AlphaSense is the AI platform redefining market intelligence and workflow orchestration, trusted by thousands of leading organizations to drive faster, more confident decisions in business and finance. The platform combines domain specific AI with a vast content universe of over 500 million premium business documents — including equity research, earnings calls, expert interviews, filings, news, and internal proprietary content. Purpose-built for speed, accuracy, and enterprise-grade security, AlphaSense helps teams extract critical insights, uncover market-moving trends, and automate complex workflows with high quality outputs. With AI solutions like Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, AlphaSense delivers the clarity and depth professionals need to navigate complexity and obtain accurate, real-time information quickly. Headquartered in New York City, AlphaSense employs over 2,000 people across offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Canada, and Ireland. For more information, please visit www.alpha-sense.com.

Why Work With Us

AlphaSense is shaping how companies make decisions. We're product-driven and customer obsessed in our mission to take decision makers from complexity to clarity. Our culture balances ambition with humility, autonomy with teamwork. With mentorship and real ownership, you’ll have everything you need to keep evolving, personally and professionally.

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