# Senior Account Executive - Issuing at Highnote

> Remote · region unclear · Senior · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Ahighnote%3A7516401003 (read 2026-11-10).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Highnote](https://alderhq.app/companies/highnote)
- Location text: Remote; Remote
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Remote · region unclear (evidence: "Location: Remote; Remote")
- Posted: 2025-11-20 (354 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/highnote/jobs/7516401003

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $130k–$180k per year (from the description)

## Description (the employer's text)

### About Highnote

Founded in 2020 by a team of leaders from Braintree, PayPal, and Lending Club, Highnote is the unified platform for embedded finance, built for modern issuing, acquiring, credit, ledger, and real-time money movement. With an integrated ledger, full program management, and a purpose-built architecture, we help companies design financial products around their customers and launch faster with greater control.

We’ve raised $145M+ and have grown our team to 140+ employees across 25+ US States, with headquarters in San Francisco. Along the way, we’ve built one of the most experienced payments teams in the industry.

We’re fast-moving and hands-on, and we believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. Our values of customer obsession, executional excellence, intentional inclusion, guide how we build the payment products of tomorrow's business needs. We’re looking for people who want to help shape the future of payments.

### Job Description

As an Enterprise Account Executive you will be responsible for driving significant revenue growth by cultivating and managing relationships with large complex Enterprise accounts. You will manage all facets of the sales cycle including initial strategic outreach to successful contract negotiation.

### Some of the things you’ll own and drive

- Own a customer account list and develop plans for winning and expanding business with enterprise companies
- Establish, maintain, expand deep relationships with C level executives
- Develop outbound strategies that create and nurture customer opportunities
- You will identify, qualify, develop, propose, and close customer opportunities
- You will build strong relationships to foster and expand customer trust
- You will define and execute sales strategies that drive profitable growth while delivering meaningful customer value
- Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, product management and product marketing to communicate requirements and opportunities for targeted accounts
### Who you are

We encourage candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply, but we expect a successful candidate will have:

- 10+ years of sales experience with a track record of top performance
- 7+ years of experience selling an API product into Enterprise customers
- Ability to understand complex technical product requirements
- Experience negotiating legal contracts
- Strong presentation skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders
- An entrepreneurial and ‘getting-things-done’ mindset focused on delivering results
- A strategic, collaborative, and inclusive approach
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Ownership mindset - caring about seeing projects through from start to finish
- Lead by example, with empathy and humility
### Why Highnote?

- Build from the ground up. As an early-stage company, we give every employee the chance to shape what we build and how we operate, with impact across the whole organization.
- Payments-obsessed, from every background. Some of us come from fintech and some of us don’t. We value the range of experience and perspective each person brings.
- Small on hierarchy, big on growth. We’re a flat organization, so everyone works directly with our leadership team. We’re looking for builders who thrive in ambiguity.
- Backed by top investors. Our investors include Oak HC/FT, Costanoa Ventures, Adams Street Partners, Westcap, and Pinegrove Venture Partners. Our angel investors include Bill Ready (CEO of Pinterest) and Renaud Laplanche (Co-Founder and CEO of Upgrade).
### Highnote benefits

- Equity in Highnote
### Flexible paid time off

- Health coverage: 100% covered for employees and 75% for dependents
### 401(k) program

### Paid parental leave

- Remote work support: a home office stipend, plus internet and phone reimbursement
### Compensation

Our total rewards approach is built on fair, equitable, location-based pay that reflects both performance and potential. We set our packages using thorough market research, and they combine base salary, equity, and benefits. In line with pay transparency requirements, the annual salary range for this role is $130,000-$180,000.

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