Location: San Francisco, CA
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, and are able to build relationships and influence quickly, this opportunity might be for you.
This role reports to the Head of Sales & Partnerships and is based in San Francisco or remote, with ~50% travel expected, always dependent on deal needs.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
DEAL EXECUTION
- Run the full sales cycle: discovery, scoping, negotiation, and close across complex, multi-stakeholder organizations; evaluate opportunities to take credit risk alongside our partners.
- Navigate procurement, compliance, legal, and technical stakeholders simultaneously; proactively identify and overcome blockers before they stall deals.
- Partner with Solutions Engineering, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to structure solutions that address novel customer use cases.
MARKET & PRODUCT EXPERTISE
- Develop deep fluency in Column's API suite and how it applies across financial services use cases; position yourself as a credible thought partner for prospects' Product and Compliance teams.
- Maintain a strong pulse on market dynamics, competitive positioning, and regulatory developments affecting Column's target customers.
PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT
- Build and maintain account plans with clear milestones, stakeholder maps, and commercial targets.
- Source and qualify new opportunities through outbound prospecting, industry relationships, and market intelligence — you're building pipeline, not waiting for it.
TEAM & PLAYBOOK BUILDING
- Contribute to the development of Column's sales playbook — deal structures, qualification frameworks, and processes that the broader team can learn from and build on.
- Operate in accordance with safe and sound business practices and applicable regulatory requirements.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
- 8+ years in strategic partnerships, business development, strategic accounts sales, or a commercial-adjacent function, including investors or capital markets professionals who have spent meaningful time sourcing, evaluating, and closing complex deals with sophisticated counterparties.
- Proven ability to run structured, autonomous deal cycles from pipeline generation through close
- Demonstrated ability to navigate large, multi-stakeholder organizations: you know how to find the decision maker and move deals forward when the path isn't obvious
- Subject matter credibility in your space — prospects and partners seek out your perspective
- High agency and a builder's orientation: you're comfortable operating without a fully defined playbook and contribute to building one as you go. You take ownership and adapt on the fly.
- Competitive, curious, and coachable — you solicit feedback, iterate quickly, and hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else would
- (nice to have) Direct experience selling into or partnering with financial services companies; familiarity with embedded finance, APIs, or regulated product environments strongly preferred
A note on fit: This role is built for someone who enjoys betting on themselves. This isn't SaaS, a relationship management role or an inbound motion. If your sales motion has been straightforward, your pipeline has historically been handed to you, or you're looking to maintain accounts rather than build them, this won't be a fit.
WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US:
- 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!
- 🐣 Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses
- 🏡 Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office
- 💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses
- 📈 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options
- 🌴 Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge
- 🧳 Sabbatical Program - reach your 5-year anniversary to take up to 8 weeks of fully paid leave to rest, recharge, and pursue personal interest - with full salary and benefits
- 👶 100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers
- 😇 Up to $4,500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare
- 🍽️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees
- 🚆 Commuter benefits
- 🎉 Regular team building events, including annual offsite
PAY TRANSPARENCY
The annual OTE range for this position is $200,000 - $375,000 + equity.
The range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to accommodations@column.com.
We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here https://e-verify.gov.
Location: San Francisco, CA
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 most important 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.
We win on speed and expertise. If you move fast, love becoming an expert, and are able to build relationships and influence quickly, this opportunity might be for you.
This role reports to the Head of Sales & Partnerships and is based in San Francisco or remote, with ~50% travel expected, always dependent on deal needs.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
DEAL EXECUTION
- Run the full sales cycle: discovery, scoping, negotiation, and close across complex, multi-stakeholder organizations.
- Navigate procurement, compliance, legal, and technical stakeholders simultaneously; proactively identify and overcome blockers before they stall deals.
- Partner with Solutions Engineering, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to structure solutions that address novel customer use cases.
MARKET & PRODUCT EXPERTISE
- Develop deep fluency in Column's API suite and how it applies across financial services use cases; position yourself as a credible thought partner for prospects' Product and Compliance teams.
- Maintain a strong pulse on market dynamics, competitive positioning, and regulatory developments affecting Column's target customers.
PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT
- Build and maintain account plans with clear milestones, stakeholder maps, and commercial targets.
- Source and qualify new opportunities through outbound prospecting, industry relationships, and market intelligence — you're building pipeline, not waiting for it.
TEAM & PLAYBOOK BUILDING
- Contribute to the development of Column's sales playbook — deal structures, qualification frameworks, and processes that the broader team can learn from and build on.
- Operate in accordance with safe and sound business practices and applicable regulatory requirements.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
- 8+ years in strategic partnerships, business development, strategic accounts sales, or a commercial-adjacent function, including investors or capital markets professionals who have spent meaningful time sourcing, evaluating, and closing complex deals with sophisticated counterparties.
- Proven ability to run structured, autonomous deal cycles from pipeline generation through close
- Demonstrated ability to navigate large, multi-stakeholder organizations: you know how to find the decision maker and move deals forward when the path isn't obvious
- Subject matter credibility in your space — prospects and partners seek out your perspective
- High agency and a builder's orientation: you're comfortable operating without a fully defined playbook and contribute to building one as you go. You take ownership and adapt on the fly.
- Competitive, curious, and coachable — you solicit feedback, iterate quickly, and hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else would
- (nice to have) Direct experience selling into or partnering with financial services companies; familiarity with embedded finance, APIs, or regulated product environments strongly preferred
A note on fit: This role is built for someone who enjoys betting on themselves. This isn't SaaS, a relationship management role or an inbound motion. If your sales motion has been straightforward, your pipeline has historically been handed to you, or you're looking to maintain accounts rather than build them, this won't be a fit.
WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US:
- 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!
- 🐣 Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses
- 🏡 Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office
- 💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses
- 📈 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options
- 🌴 Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge
- 🧳 Sabbatical Program - reach your 5-year anniversary to take up to 8 weeks of fully paid leave to rest, recharge, and pursue personal interest - with full salary and benefits
- 👶 100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers
- 😇 Up to $4,500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare
- 🍽️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees
- 🚆 Commuter benefits
- 🎉 Regular team building events, including annual offsite
PAY TRANSPARENCY
The annual OTE range for this position is $200,000 - $325,000 + equity.
The range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to accommodations@column.com.
We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here https://e-verify.gov.
Location: San Francisco, CA
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 looking for a high performing business athlete to join our Customer Risk Strategy team! You don’t need to be an expert in banking or risk on day one - we are seeking a driven candidate ready to disrupt financial services and willing to utilize their highly strategic, operational, and product-oriented mindset to help Column deepen its relationships with its fintech partners. In this role you will manage our forward-thinking, strategic, and highly efficient risk programs (a critical differentiator for Column). This is a unique entry point into a high-growth fintech company, where you’ll command a level of influence that few other roles can offer.
This role is for someone who thrives on taking ownership, blending strategic problem-solving with hands-on execution. Every project you lead will directly influence our ability to grow Column's business relationships so they remain strong and resilient.
This role will report directly to our Head of Regulatory Affairs and will partner closely with leaders across engineering, business, legal, compliance, operations, and go-to-market teams. This role is based in-person at our Presidio office in San Francisco (3-4 days/week).
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Manage oversight of Column’s Fintech Partners: Ensure effective ongoing oversight processes by reviewing key program metrics to identify trends, outliers or key risk indicators that require further investigation.
- Evaluate partnership expansions. Work with our business team to manage fintech partnership expansions, collaborating with internal SMEs to evaluate and document key risk and compliance considerations.
- Architect new processes: Identify inefficiencies and build new, high-velocity processes as our partnership footprint expands.
- Drive intelligence and reporting: Deliver high-impact metrics and briefings to senior leadership and the Board of Directors, providing the data needed to make critical business decisions.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL
- 2+ years of experience in high-growth environments, including management consulting, financial regulatory agency, financial services and/or fintech
- Ability to jump into new situations, master them quickly, and solve problems with minimal friction
- Disciplined approach to to managing complex workstreams and the ability to navigate high-pressure priorities across multiple teams and projects
- Scrappy, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude - we thrive because we work harder, are more creative, and have zero ego when it comes to getting our hands dirty to build a business
- Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
- Familiarity with the banking and fintech industries is preferred, but not required - an interest in finance, risk, and technology, however, is a must
- Excitement about working in a fast-paced, deeply cross-functional space
WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US:
- 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!
- 🐣 Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses
- 🏡 Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office
- 💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses
- 📈 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options
- 🌴 Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge
- 🧳 Sabbatical Program - reach your 5-year anniversary to take up to 8 weeks of fully paid leave to rest, recharge, and pursue personal interest - with full salary and benefits
- 👶 100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers
- 😇 Up to $4,500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare
- 🍽️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees
- 🚆 Commuter benefits, including paid transportation to-and-from the office
- 🎉 Regular team building events, including annual offsite
PAY TRANSPARENCY:
Compensation packages at Column include base salary, equity, and benefits. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
The annual base salary range for this role is $115,000 - $130,000 + equity.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to accommodations@column.com.
We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here https://e-verify.gov.
Location: San Francisco, CA
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
Column's Growth team is focused on managing our highly strategic customer relationships. As a member of the Growth team, you’ll be responsible for building and overseeing all aspects of our customer management while acting as a trusted partner, advisor and advocate for a wide variety of customers. You will also be in charge of designing and implementing the strategy, processes, and content needed to help us scale this key function.
Column's Growth team is not your typical Customer Success or Account Management team in that Column is a critical, often existential, partner for our customers, our customer relationships are deeply collaborative and complex, and each customer contributes meaningfully to our revenue. We're therefore looking for team members who are analytical, demonstrate great critical thinking, and have experience managing very strategic relationships.
This role is highly cross-functional and collaborative, partnering closely with Column’s Executive, Solutions Engineering, Sales, Compliance, and Product teams to ensure customers are onboarded smoothly, that we can anticipate and address both issues and opportunities for growth, and that these relationships are healthy and mutually beneficial. You’ll also represent the voice of the customer to help inform Column's strategy, including the product roadmap, go-to-market motions and more.
Success in this role also means having a desire to become an expert on the Financial Technology space and on how companies partner with Column (our customers include many key industry players such as Brex and Carta). This role reports to the Head of Growth and is an in-person role, where you’ll be expected to work out of our San Francisco Presidio-based office 3+ days a week.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Help establish our customer-facing strategy, processes, playbooks, systems and best practices. Identify patterns and build repeatability at every step
- Manage all aspects of a customer’s relationship with Column, from onboarding and implementation to ongoing management and expansion of the account
- Build and nurture relationships across various functions within a customer's organization, identifying and creating advocates wherever you go, and helping find new use cases for partnering with Column
- Proactively identify challenges and opportunities for growth, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to find solutions in order to move the relationship forward
- Share key findings and recommendations on market feedback and trends to inform Column’s growth strategy and product roadmap
- Perform day-to-day activities consistent with safe and sound business practices and regulatory requirements
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL
- 5+ years of relevant work experience -- strong preference for a mix of Consulting, Private Equity, Investment Banking, VC or an equivalent role plus operating experience in an early stage company and/or selling a new line of business
- A desire to become very knowledgeable on the financial technology and payments space. Prior experience in financial services can be helpful but certainly not required.
- A growth and critical thinking mindset: You’re comfortable navigating ambiguous environments and are energized by the prospect of helping build processes with little guidance
- Excellent project management: You’re organized, can manage all aspects of partnering with customers, and effectively work with other internal teams.
- Ability to turn naysayers into champions: You’re a persuasive communicator and understand the importance of being helpful, responsive, and solutions-oriented.
- Curiosity: You know what questions to ask to uncover and understand customer needs and proactively learn more about the industry, competitive landscape, and product offerings to better support your customers
- Insatiable hunger for improvement: you’re a naturally curious person, enjoy digging into the data, and regularly solicit feedback
WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US
- 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!
- 🐣 Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses
- 🏡 Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office
- 💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses
- 📈 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options
- 🌴 Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge
- 🧳 Sabbatical Program - Reach your 5-year anniversary to take up to 8 weeks of fully paid leave to rest, recharge, and pursue personal interest - with full salary and benefits
- 👶 100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers
- 😇 Up to $4,500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare
- 🍽️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees
- 🚆 Commuter benefits, including paid transportation to-and-from the office
- 🎉 Regular team building events, including annual offsite
PAY TRANSPARENCY
Compensation packages at Column include base salary, equity, and benefits. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
The annual base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $250,000 + equity.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to accommodations@column.com.
We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here https://e-verify.gov.
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