Financial Services Sales Executive, US Growth

Pinterest; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 236,000 - 412,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Incentive compensation

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a senior leader to drive the US Financial Services advertising business. You will define strategy, manage senior client relationships, and guide a multi‑level team across locations to deliver growth and strong performance.

The role emphasizes AI-enhanced planning, data-driven decision making, and cross‑functional collaboration with product, measurement, and finance to shape roadmaps and investment priorities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in digital advertising, media, platform sales or a closely related industry.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading managers and multi-level teams.
• Experience in Financial Services, with knowledge of advertiser needs across banking, credit cards, payments, lending, insurance, wealth or fintech.
• Experience in revenue strategy, business planning, forecasting and pipeline management for a large-scale sales organization.
• Experience in building relationships with senior client stakeholders and internal executives and influencing decisions across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience using AI to improve speed and quality in planning, analysis, communication or other day-to-day workflow outputs relevant to this role.
• Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work, including validating accuracy, quality and business relevance before action is taken.
• High integrity and ownership, including sound judgment with sensitive data, accountability for final decisions and a collaborative leadership approach that develops inclusive, high-performing teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, finance or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and execution for Pinterest’s Financial Services advertising business in the US.
• Drive revenue growth across a large, high-visibility business while defending core banking and credit card relationships and scaling fintech growth.
• Establish senior relationships with client executives and serve as a thoughtful partner to C-level, marketing and operating leaders.
• Translate market dynamics, client needs and Pinterest’s broader strategy into clear account priorities, go-to-market plans and investment recommendations.
• Use data, forecasting and performance trends to improve pipeline quality, increase predictability and strengthen operational excellence.
• Lead, coach and develop a multi-level team across locations, with clear expectations on account alignment, performance and talent growth.
• Partner with Product, Measurement, Creative, Insights, Sales Strategy & Operations and Finance to influence roadmap priorities and deliver solutions for the vertical.
• Use AI to accelerate planning, synthesize client and market inputs and improve execution quality, while applying judgment and verification to ensure accuracy.

Skills

Team leadership

Sales strategy

AI in planning

Client relationships

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/marketing/finance

Tools

CRM systems

Forecasting software

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a senior leader to drive the US Financial Services advertising business. You will define strategy, manage senior client relationships, and guide a multi‑level team across locations to deliver growth and strong performance.

The role emphasizes AI-enhanced planning, data-driven decision making, and cross‑functional collaboration with product, measurement, and finance to shape roadmaps and investment priorities.