Sr. Enterprise Account Executive, Financial Services
Neo4j
Neo4j is the leader in Graph Database & Analytics, helping organizations uncover hidden patterns and relationships across billions of data connections deeply, easily, and quickly. Customers use Neo4j to gain a deeper understanding of their business and reveal new ways of solving their most pressing problems. Over 84% of Fortune 100 companies use Neo4j, along with a vibrant community of 250,000+ developers, data scientists, and architects across the globe.
At Neo4j, we’re proud to build the technology that powers breakthrough solutions for our customers. These solutions have helped NASA get to Mars two years earlier, broke the Panama Papers for the ICIJ, and are helping Transport for London to cut congestion by 10% and save $750M a year. Some of our other notable customers include Intuit, Lockheed Martin, Novartis, UBS, and Walmart.
Neo4j experienced rapid growth this year as organizations looking to deploy generative AI (GenAI) recognized graph databases as essential for improving its accuracy, transparency, and explainability. Growth was further fueled by enterprise demand for Neo4j’s cloud offering and partnerships with leading cloud hyperscalers and ecosystem leaders. Learn more at neo4j.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.
As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.
We are seeking a driven, high-energy individual who is passionate about new business acquisition and enterprise sales within the New York City Financial Services sector. As a Senior Enterprise Account Executive, you will be responsible for executing a strategic sales plan targeting Tier-1 Banking and Global Capital Markets customers in NYC. You will focus on revenue growth and new customer acquisition, working closely with cross-functional teams to solve high-stakes challenges in fraud detection, anti-money laundering (AML), and real-time risk management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a strategic territory plan targeting large New York City banking institutions, focusing on mission-critical use cases to build a robust pipeline and achieve sales objectives.
- Become an expert in our product offerings and industry solutions, delivering compelling demos and proposals that articulate business value for complex financial ecosystems.
- Leverage deep knowledge of the NYC financial market to position our solutions as the best fit for customer needs, highlighting advantages over legacy relational databases and competing technologies.
- Lead complex sales cycles with a solution-based approach, employing strategic selling tactics, including the Land & Expand model, to grow high-value banking accounts.
- Manage the full sales process from prospecting to closing, consistently securing new logos and expanding within the world's largest financial organizations.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to SDRs and Field Marketing to align on banking-specific target accounts and support pipeline development.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date information within the CRM system, ensuring data integrity and adhering to rigorous forecasting guidelines.
- Develop strong partnerships with public cloud providers (AWS, Google, Microsoft Azure) and leverage these relationships to drive growth within cloud-first banking initiatives.
What You Bring to the Role:
- 7+ years of proven success in enterprise software sales with a consistent track record of exceeding targets within the Financial Services Industry (FSI).
- Demonstrated experience managing complex sales processes within NYC enterprise markets, specifically focusing on Data Warehousing, AI/ML, or Fraud/Risk Management.
- Proven ability to independently develop close relationships with C-level stakeholders at major banks while managing long-term business engagements.
- Deep understanding of commercial open-source business models, including selling on-premise and secure cloud/SaaS hybrid solutions for regulated environments.
- Ability to craft and execute sales strategies tailored to the Banking and Securities industry, leveraging partner and Go-to-Market knowledge.
- Strong presentation, communication, and organizational skills with a knack for building strong business champions.
- Familiarity with sales methodologies such as MEDDIC, SPIN, or Challenger Sales, and experience working in a fast-paced, competitive market.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver on customer expectations, including Pre-Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Field Engineering resources.
- Proven ability to build and nurture relationships with key decision-makers, including CTOs, IT leaders, and technical end users, while collaborating with Solution Architects, Professional Services, and Channel Partners.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience selling complex technical solutions into enterprise markets, with a focus on subscription-based models and cloud deployments.
- Knowledge of graph technology, data management tools, or other advanced data-driven technologies.
- A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and proficiency in standard corporate productivity tools (Google Docs, Salesforce, MS Office).
The annual on target earnings range for this position based in the United States is listed below. This range is an estimate, and the actual on target earnings may vary based on Neo4j’s compensation practices, job related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and trainings, in addition to geographic location. Based on the factors above, Neo4j utilizes the full width of the range.
In addition to the range below, US employees are eligible for a stock option grant and certain roles are eligible for an annual bonus. Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), paid time off, and certain leaves of absence.
Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph database in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.
- Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years.
- Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world-class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history.
- 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others.
- Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.
- Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
- A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.
- Neo4j was named as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems among 19 other recognized global DBMS vendors. Neo4j was also ranked as a Strong Performer among 14 top vendors in The Forrester Wave™: Vector Databases, Q3 2024.
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One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.
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