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Account Executive - Financial Services

Outset · San Francisco · Remote

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About Outset

Get the depth of qualitative interviews at the speed and scale of a survey with the power of AI-moderated research. Make better, faster decisions for your business. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Own the full sales cycle for a named set of Financial Services accounts , from prospecting to close. Land new logos and grow existing customers across lines of business —retail banking, cards, lending, wealth, insurance, and payments. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of quota-carrying B2B SaaS sales experience , with a strong track record of exceeding quota
  • An established network across Market Research and Customer Insights leadership in financial services, relationships with UX Research, Product, or CX leaders are a plus
  • Proven ability to run full-cycle enterprise sales , including prospecting, managing complex multi-stakeholder deals, and closing new business
  • A track record of growing existing accounts through expansion and cross-sell across lines of business
  • Experience guiding deals through vendor risk, security, and compliance reviews at regulated institutions
  • Exceptional communication, executive presence, and relationship-building skills
More about this role

Outset invented a better way to do research: AI-powered user interviews.

Global brands like Hubspot, Microsoft, Uber and Nestle use Outset to achieve deeper, qualitative insights about their users at unprecedented speed and scale.

The research industry is massive (>$140B and growing) and ripe for disruption. Incumbents are outdated, slow, and burdened by high-cost services. That's our opportunity.

Outset is backed by top Silicon Valley investors and raised a $30M Series B in December 2025—less than six months after our Series A—led by Radical Ventures with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture arm), 8VC, Y Combinator, and Adverb Ventures.

The raise follows a breakout year, with our business growing 8x as enterprise customers across industries adopt our category, AI‑moderated research, as the new standard for understanding people.

We’re a tight-knit team serving some of the world’s largest enterprises.

We’re looking for an Account Executive, Financial Services to lead Outset’s growth with banks, insurers, wealth and asset managers, payments companies, and fintechs.

This is a quota-carrying individual contributor role reporting to the VP of Sales , responsible for selling...

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