The posting
WHAT IS SPADE?
Financial institutions process billions of transactions every day across cards, ACH, wires, and third party aggregators. But most of that data is difficult to use. Descriptions are inconsistent, merchant names don’t match, and categories vary by payment type.
Spade is a data and AI platform that turns messy transaction strings into structured, verified records — and gives teams the tools to act on it across authorization, attribution, analytics, and AI initiatives. Spade leads the market in terms of merchant coverage, matching accuracy, geolocation data, and speed of transaction enrichment. Customers such as, FIS, Bilt, Mercury, Stripe, alongside many other leaders in fintech and financial services, trust Spade's data to enable personalized rewards programs, accurate applied spending rules, precise analytics requests, and innovative AI-powered features.
Spade is a fast growing, Series B company backed by industry experts and top tier investors (including Oak HC/FT, a16z, Flourish Ventures, Y-Combinator, and Gradient Ventures). We’re a lean and execution-oriented hybrid team, passionate about building exceptional products for our growing customer base. We care deeply about diversity of background, experience, and opinion. We value empathy, curiosity, and passion, and strive to create an environment where individuals have autonomy and the ability to take ownership over their work.
THE OPPORTUNITY
As a Mid-Market Account Executive at Spade, you're joining at a pivotal moment. Every bank is leaning into an AI strategy, but none of it works without the asset they've never been able to leverage: their own transaction data. Spade unlocks the power of that data. In this entrepreneurial role, you'll own the full sales cycle with banks and credit unions, from sourcing through close. As a consultative partner, you’ll showcase Spade’s benefits to teams across marketing, data, product, and engineering - understanding their needs and position Spade's solutions to meet them. You'll help define how we sell, working closely with our CRO, fellow AEs, and founders.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
- Own sales cycle from prospecting to close (currently have a very full pipeline and lots of warm intros / inbound leads!)
- Develop strategic account plans including needs assessments, stakeholder mapping, and solution positioning to accelerate sales cycle
- Build pipeline through market research, industry networking, outreach, and relationship development with key banking decision-makers
- Collaborate closely with Chief Revenue Officer, other AEs, and founders to refine bank sales strategy, improve sales processes, and provide feedback on product development to ensure we’re meeting the needs of our customers
WHAT EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND QUALIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY?
MUST HAVE:
- 4+ years of work experience with at least 2+ years in a quota-carrying sales role
- Experience selling into banks and/or credit unions, ideally calling on marketing, data, business, product, or engineering teams.
- Ability to run a sales process from sourcing to close
- Entrepreneurial experience working creatively to source and engage with potential customers
- Comfort with conveying value of highly technical products
- Based in NYC with ability to work out of our Flatiron office at least 2 days/week
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience in API, payments, and/or data products
- Prior experience as an early sales hire in a startup
WHY JOIN SPADE?
- Be a cultural founder. As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture.
- Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.
- Build the next generation of financial infrastructure. Our products will power the next wave of innovation in fintech, helping our customers deliver better, more transparent products and services to the consumer.
BENEFITS AT SPADE:
- Competitive Compensation. Data-driven salaries that reward performance and ownership.
- Meaningful Equity. Flexibility with early exercise and an extended post-termination options.
- Comprehensive Health Benefits. 100% paid medical, mental, dental, and vision premium option plus One Medical membership (for US-based employees).
- 401(k). Empowering you to invest in your future.
- Paid Parental Leave. 12 weeks of full pay for parents welcoming a new child into their home.
- Unlimited PTO. Take the time you need to unplug and unwind.
- Flexible In-Person Culture. NYC HQ (hybrid and dog-friendly) with remote opportunities for certain roles in US/Canada.
- Supporting you in and outside of work. Generous work from home stipend, company-paid lunches, Citibike Membership, and more.
SALARY RANGE:
- At Spade, we view total compensation as consisting of salary + equity + benefits. We recruit motivated and high performing talent, and work to compensate people in line with the value they bring to our team.
- We aim to pay fairly and competitively, and consider a number of factors in developing compensation offers. These factors include years and breadth of experience, interview performance, market dynamics, and internal equity.
- The anticipated base salary range for this role is listed above (in USD).
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AT SPADE:
Spade is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culture that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. We believe that having people with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives not only helps us build the best products for our customers, but also helps us be the best version of ourselves.
