About the job
Rowspace is hiring a Founding Enterprise Account Executive in New York City. This role involves working directly with senior finance leaders, CIOs, firm heads, and managing directors, at leading private equity firms, credit managers, and institutional allocators. The position covers the full sales cycle, from sourcing leads to closing deals. As part of a small, early-stage team, this person will help shape Rowspace's sales processes and collaborate closely with the founders to build the go-to-market strategy.
What You Will Do
- Own the sales process end-to-end: lead generation, discovery, product demonstrations, and closing new business.
- Refine Rowspace’s Ideal Customer Profile by analyzing prospect behaviors and positioning the company as a trusted partner.
- Lay the groundwork for scalable sales processes and infrastructure.
- Share market insights with product and engineering teams, highlighting customer needs and obstacles to closing deals.
- Work with Deployment Managers to ensure smooth handoffs after sales and support ongoing expansion conversations.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and mentoring of future Account Executives as the team expands.
Qualifications
- At least 2 years in customer-facing roles, ideally with experience closing deals.
- 3 to 7+ years in technology sales, finance, or consulting, with a strong interest in building sales pipelines from scratch.
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently and solve problems without a set playbook.
- Experience navigating complex organizations: mapping stakeholders, building relationships, and finding paths to agreement.
- Intellectual curiosity and the ability to quickly learn about topics like credit underwriting and data security, adapting communication for different audiences.
- Excellent communication skills, including writing persuasive cold emails, delivering engaging product demos, and interacting with senior finance professionals.
- Familiarity with financial services is a plus.

