Column
Financial Services
StrategicPartnershipsLead,Credit
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“Strategic Partnerships Lead, Credit at Column. Skills: Strategic partnerships, Deal execution, Credit partnerships. Run full sales cycle. Evaluate opportunities to take credit risk”
What You'll Achieve.
Portfolio of trusted partnerships; Consistent track record of closing deals
Industry & Context.
Overcome blockers
~50% travel expected
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years in strategic partnerships, 8+ years in business development, 8+ years in strategic accounts sales, Proven ability to run structured deal cycles, Demonstrated ability to navigate large organizations, Subject matter credibility in your space
Nice to Have
Direct experience selling into financial services, Partnering with financial services, Familiarity with embedded finance, Familiarity with APIs, Familiarity with regulated product environments
What You'll Do.
Evaluate opportunities to take credit risk
Navigate procurement stakeholders
Navigate compliance stakeholders
Navigate legal stakeholders
Navigate technical stakeholders
Proactively identify blockers
Partner to structure solutions
Develop fluency in Column's API suite
Position as credible thought partner
Maintain pulse on market dynamics
Maintain pulse on competitive positioning
Maintain pulse on regulatory developments
Build and maintain account plans
Source new opportunities
Qualify new opportunities
Contribute to sales playbook development
Operate in accordance with business practices
Operate in accordance with regulatory requirements
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with leadership; Broader Business team; Solutions Engineering; Legal; Risk; Compliance
Communication Scope
Articulate value proposition
Process & Methodology
Deal cycles
Full Job Description
ABOUT COLUMN For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, Meta, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve. At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us! THE OPPORTUNITY We're hiring a strategic deals person to own high-value relationship development and deal execution across Column's credit partnerships. You'll drive the full commercial cycle — from identifying and qualifying strategic accounts to structuring and closing agreements with companies building financial products on Column's API infrastructure. Working closely with leadership and the broader Business team, you'll develop a deep understanding of each prospect's product roadmap and articulate Column's value proposition and differentiation at every stage of the deal. Success looks like a portfolio of trusted, long-term partnerships and a consistent track record of closing complex, high-impact deals. For this credit-focused role, you must have a background in credit and lending, capital markets, structured finance or a similar field. We win on speed and expertise. If you move fast, love becoming an expert, a
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