Chief Commercial Officer

Storm2; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Storm2 in New York City is seeking a Chief Commercial Officer to lead and scale its US commercial organization within a regulated banking platform focused on clearing, treasury, and payment infrastructure.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, owning commercial strategy, enterprise sales, and go-to-market across US banks and financial institutions while building a high-performing commercial team across sales, account management, and solution engineering.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience selling financial infrastructure, treasury, payments, or banking technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of regulated financial institutions and complex enterprise sales cycles.
• Experience navigating bank procurement, vendor risk, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Track record of leading and scaling large commercial organizations while remaining hands-on.
• Established relationships across the US banking and financial services ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the commercial strategy for the US business.
• Build and own the go-to-market plan across banks and non-bank financial institutions.
• Drive revenue growth, pipeline generation, forecasting, and commercial performance.
• Develop strategic partnerships and enterprise sales opportunities across the financial services ecosystem.
• Present commercial strategy and growth plans to executive leadership and board stakeholders.
• Personally lead strategic sales cycles with banks and financial institutions.
• Build executive-level relationships across treasury, payments, operations, and product organizations.
• Manage complex commercial negotiations and enterprise procurement processes.
• Serve as an executive sponsor for key client relationships.
• Build, mentor, and scale a commercial organization spanning sales, account management, and solution engineering.
• Create scalable operating processes, forecasting disciplines, and performance frameworks.
• Develop leadership talent and establish a high-performance culture.
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, Compliance, Legal, and Executive Leadership.
• Provide market feedback to influence product strategy and roadmap development.
• Support regulatory and client onboarding initiatives where required.

Skills

Executive leadership

Enterprise sales

Strategic planning

Banking infra knowledge

Regulatory navigation

Job description

Location: New York City (Hybrid, 4 days per week)

Compensation: Highly competitive executive package including significant base salary, variable compensation, and long-term incentives

About the Opportunity A rapidly growing financial infrastructure business is seeking a Chief Commercial Officer to lead and scale its US commercial organization. This is a rare opportunity to join the executive leadership team of a regulated banking platform focused on clearing, treasury, and payment infrastructure.

The successful candidate will own commercial strategy, enterprise sales, go-to-market execution, and revenue growth across the US market, while helping shape the future of a high-growth banking and financial services business. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution. Initially, the successful candidate will personally lead flagship client engagements while building and developing a high-performing commercial organization across sales, account management, and solution engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the commercial strategy for the US business.


• Build and own the go-to-market plan across banks and non-bank financial institutions.


• Drive revenue growth, pipeline generation, forecasting, and commercial performance.


• Develop strategic partnerships and enterprise sales opportunities across the financial services ecosystem.


• Present commercial strategy and growth plans to executive leadership and board stakeholders.

Enterprise Sales Leadership

• Personally lead strategic sales cycles with banks and financial institutions.


• Build executive-level relationships across treasury, payments, operations, and product organizations.


• Manage complex commercial negotiations and enterprise procurement processes.


• Serve as an executive sponsor for key client relationships.

Team Building & Leadership

• Build, mentor, and scale a commercial organization spanning sales, account management, and solution engineering.


• Create scalable operating processes, forecasting disciplines, and performance frameworks.


• Develop leadership talent and establish a high-performance culture.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Operations, Compliance, Legal, and Executive Leadership.


• Provide market feedback to influence product strategy and roadmap development.


• Support regulatory and client onboarding initiatives where required.

Ideal Background We are particularly interested in senior commercial leaders who can demonstrate:

• Extensive experience selling financial infrastructure, treasury, payments, clearing, transaction banking, or banking technology solutions.


• Strong understanding of regulated financial institutions and complex enterprise sales cycles.


• Experience working within a bank, banking platform, BaaS provider, sponsor bank, or financial infrastructure business.


• A track record of leading and scaling large commercial organizations while remaining hands-on when required.


• Experience navigating bank procurement, vendor risk, compliance, and regulatory stakeholders.


• Established relationships across the US banking and financial services ecosystem.


• The ability to operate effectively at both executive strategy and front-line commercial levels.

Preferred Experience

• Treasury infrastructure


• Clearing and settlement


• Embedded finance


• Financial infrastructure APIs

What Success Looks Like In the first year, this individual will:

• Establish and execute the commercial strategy for the US business.


• Win and sponsor key strategic client relationships.


• Build and scale a high-performing commercial organization.


• Create a repeatable go-to-market engine capable of supporting significant long term growth.

Candidate Profile The ideal candidate combines:

• Executive presence and strategic thinking.


• Deep banking and financial infrastructure expertise.


• A low-ego, collaborative leadership style.


• The willingness to be hands-on during the initial growth phase while building for long-term scale.