Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services

Cursor Cursor · Coding AI · Remote · Sales

Strategic Account Executive for Financial Services at Cursor, a company focused on automating coding. The role involves owning enterprise software deals, building relationships with technical buyers and security stakeholders, and driving sales cycles from discovery to deployment within banks, asset managers, and fintech infrastructure companies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own a small portfolio of strategic FS accounts and a net-new target list
  2. Build multi-threaded relationships across Eng/Platform, Security, Risk, and Procurement
  3. Run consultative discovery and build ROI cases tied to developer productivity + risk reduction
  4. Drive evaluations/POVs (SSO/SCIM, auditability, data handling, policy controls)
  5. Navigate vendor risk, legal, and enterprise procurement to close and deploy

Skills

Required

  • Enterprise software sales
  • Financial Services sales
  • Account management
  • Pipeline generation
  • Forecasting
  • Communication

Nice to have

  • Technical buyer engagement
  • Security stakeholder engagement
  • Outbound prospecting

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years closing enterprise software deals with consistent quota attainment
  • Experience selling into Financial Services (or deeply regulated enterprise environments)
  • Comfortable with technical buyers and security stakeholders; you can earn engineering trust
  • You're a true hunter - you proactively build pipeline from scratch through outbound prospecting, creative sourcing, and relentless follow-up, rather than relying on inbound demand
  • Strong outbound + pipeline discipline; accurate forecasting and crisp written communication