Knot Standard

Knot Standard

Account Executive, Banking

New York, NY · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 255 days ago
ExpressSalesAccount ManagementBusiness DevelopmentOutbound SalesIntercomOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • Knot's mission is to empower consumers and businesses alike with connected merchant and banking experiences.
  • Founded in 2021, Knot was founded by two brothers and Thiel Fellows - Rory and Kieran O'Reilly - and today powers connected online payment experiences for hundreds of thousands of consumers.
  • Companies like American Express, PayPal, Current, BILT, Step, and more choose to embed Knot's SDK in their apps to power best-in-class experiences for their customers.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a defined list of target accounts and drive consistent, high-quality outbound outreach to key decision-makers
  • Maintain organized, accurate tracking of all outreach, pipeline progress, and closed-won deals in internal systems
  • Provide structured feedback from customer and partner interactions to help refine messaging and improve channel effectiveness
  • Collaborate closely with the GTM lead, CEO, and Product team to ensure alignment on customer needs and technical capabilities

Requirements

  • 2-5 years of experience in sales or business development, ideally within banking technology, SaaS, or payments
  • Proven success selling into channel ecosystems such as digital banking providers, core processors, or issuer processors
  • Experience selling to community banks and credit unions, with a clear understanding of how these institutions evaluate and adopt new technology

Compensation

  • Competitive base salary (commensurate with experience) + up to 20% annual bonus + generous early employee equity

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary (commensurate with experience) + up to 20% annual bonus + generous early employee equity
  • 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents (U.S.)
  • Parental leave

Company info

  • Knot is like "Plaid for merchant connectivity." We are building the platform connecting merchants to the many applications that consumers and businesses interact with everyday.
  • Our flagship CardSwitcher product allows consumers to instantly update & manage their cards on file with online merchant accounts (e.g. Netflix or PayPal), while newer products like TransactionLink support the retrieval of receipt-level transaction data and AgenticShopping enables 1-click, native shopping experiences.
  • Knot is proudly backed by a select group of investors, including Nava Ventures, 8VC, American Express, Plaid, and co-founders & CEOs of prominent companies like Twitter, Warby Parker, Allbirds, Casper, Intercom, Deel, Italic, DraftKings, and many more.
  • Execute Knot's channel sales playbook by prospecting, engaging, and closing community banks and credit unions
  • Run the entire sales cycle from initial outreach through qualification, demo, contracting, and close
  • Consistently achieve or exceed activity, pipeline, and revenue targets within your assigned accounts

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