Strategic Account Director, Financial Services — Agentic AI

Sayari; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped commissions

Senior role impact

100% health premiums

Equity

Education stipend

Job summary

Sayari in New York seeks a Strategic Account Director to lead enterprise sales in financial services. You will own full-cycle deals, drive multiyear agreements of $2M+, and expand Sayari’s footprint across accounts with a senior, relationship-led approach.

You will work with forward-deployed engineers and analysts to prove value and scale agentic AI within this vertical. You bring 15+ years insider experience in financial services, a proven track record closing large multi-year deals, executive

Qualifications

• 15+ years with financial services blue-chip segment and C-suite context.
• History of closing multimillion-dollar, multiyear agreements.
• Executive presence to explain data provenance to non-technical stakeholders.
• Skilled at navigating procurement, legal review, and multithreaded account politics.
• Genuine insider within the vertical with an established network in US banking.
• Driven to build and expand a vertical and stand up new products.

Responsibilities

• Own the full cycle for accounts: win new business and sign multiyear agreements (60%+ self-generated pipeline).
• Deepen the playbook by applying domain expertise to agentic AI in this vertical.
• Expand Sayari’s footprint within financial services and move from a single use case to enterprise-wide deployment.
• Map and engage across risk, compliance, and IT to build trusted C-suite relationships.
• Collaborate with Forward-Deployed Engineers and Solutions Engineering to prove value and scale adoption.
• Inform the product roadmap with market intelligence from the sector.

Skills

Financial services domain expert

Enterprise sales

Executive presence

Procurement navigation

Industry domain conversation

Builder mindset

AI interest

Travel readiness

Job description

Sayari in New York seeks a Strategic Account Director to lead enterprise sales in financial services. You will own full-cycle deals, drive multiyear agreements of $2M+, and expand Sayari’s footprint across accounts with a senior, relationship-led approach.

You will work with forward-deployed engineers and analysts to prove value and scale agentic AI within this vertical. You bring 15+ years insider experience in financial services, a proven track record closing large multi-year deals, executive