Account Executive

Higher People•New York City, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Every day, financial institutions make consequential decisions about which businesses to onboard and trust, in order to grow with confidence. Baselayer exists to make those decisions faster, more accurate, and much less expensive. We offer the leading AI Risk Platform that automates merchant onboarding, underwriting, and fraud prevention for over 20% of the Financial Institutions in America. By combining authoritative government data, AI agents purpose-built for web analysis, and a network powered by millions of applications, Baselayer prevents billions of dollars in merchant fraud and credit risk and instantly automates good merchant applications. We're a small team solving a big problem. Business fraud costs the financial system billions every year, and the tools built to fight it are slow, expensive, and outdated. We're changing that. You'd be joining a small, close-knit team where ownership is real, customer impact is immediate, and the work you ship matters from day one. We move deliberately, communicate directly, and care deeply about quality. If you want to look back in five years and know you worked on something that changed how trust works across major financial institutions, let's chat!

Requirements

2+ or more years of experience in SaaS sales, fintech, financial services, or a highly analytical GTM role
A consistent track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets
Experience running complex, consultative sales cycles with technical or analytical buyers
Strong discovery, storytelling, and objection-handling skills
Comfort operating in ambiguity and rapidly evolving environments
A proactive, self-directed mindset where you create momentum rather than wait for direction

Nice To Haves

High intellectual curiosity and fast learning ability
Strong desire for feedback, growth, and continuous improvement
Ambition for equity, leadership, and meaningful ownership in the company you are helping build
Ability to operate with urgency, accountability, and high standards
You are hungry, competitive, and motivated to win. You are ready to bet on yourself.
You want to help build something enduring, shape a category, and earn meaningful ownership in a company redefining business identity.
You thrive in fast-moving environments, learn quickly, and take full ownership of outcomes.
You are both strategic and scrappy, able to engage credibly with leaders across fintech, credit, fraud, risk, and operations.

Responsibilities

Own the full sales cycle including prospecting, qualification, discovery, demos, pilots, negotiation, and close
Build and manage a healthy pipeline across SMB, mid-market, and or enterprise accounts
Execute outbound prospecting sequences to generate new opportunities
Lead discovery conversations to deeply understand customer pain points and align Baselayer’s solutions
Run high-quality product demos and manage customer trials or pilots
Partner closely with Product and Engineering to share customer feedback and influence roadmap decisions
Collaborate with GTM leadership to refine positioning, messaging, and sales motions
Represent Baselayer with professionalism, credibility, and thought leadership in the market