VP Sales (AI/Fintech)

Location: New York, NY, United States; in-office role. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to New York.

Base compensation: $150,000–$250,000 annually; OTE: $300,000–$500,000 annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global builds AI agents for financial institutions that automate banking workflows including onboarding, lending, applications, servicing, transaction queries, and card support, with human handoff when needed.

What you will do

• Lead 2 account executives and 1 sales engineer initially, expanding the team to 5 account executives by year-end.
• Sell alongside the CEO to mid-size US banks and lenders, engaging retail banking, lending, product, data, and operations executives.
• Define the ideal customer profile and qualification criteria based on proven results at Byline Bank and iLending.
• Design proof-of-value pilots with clear conversion metrics, fixed timelines, and paths to signed contracts.
• Build inbound, outbound, referral, case-study, and reference-driven pipeline sources beyond the CEO’s network.
• Report the North America sales number and plan to the CEO and board.

Requirements

• Experience managing a small AE team while carrying an individual sales pipeline in a player-coach role.
• Experience building an early-stage sales motion, including ICP definition and proof-of-value or pilot processes.
• Experience selling into regulated or complex environments such as financial services, banking, or lending.
• Ability to qualify and quantify customer urgency on the first call and sell through competitive differentiation rather than price.
• Must be based in or willing to relocate to New York; this is an in-office role.

Nice to have

• Experience in founder-led, fast-moving organizations.
• Experience selling AI or agentic products and translating technical products into economic value for non-technical buyers.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an early-stage company backed by Team8.
• Join a company that has raised $30 million and is doubling in size every six months.
• Receive equity in addition to base compensation and OTE.

Hiring process

• Complete an initial screen and a deeper go-to-market strategy discussion.
• Meet with the CEO and participate in a technical/product session with the CTO.
• Present how you would build the North America business in the final round.