VP, Financial Services

Location: US

Company

Nscale builds AI infrastructure for algorithmic trading, risk modeling, quantitative analysis, and generative AI integrations.

What you will do

• Develop a comprehensive vertical strategy to penetrate the regulated Financial Services sector, tailoring messaging for quantitative research teams vs. central IT and procurement.
• Lead early FinServ deal execution as the commercial architect, navigating security audits, compliance reviews (including SOC2 and sovereign data requirements), and procurement hurdles.
• Translate compute, liquid-cooled density, and low-latency networking into ROI models that resonate with bank CIOs, risk officers, and trading desk CTOs.
• Partner with Legal and Security to ensure infrastructure and contracting processes meet financial-sector requirements and turn compliance into a competitive advantage.
• Represent Nscale in the quantitative finance community by attending elite industry conferences and building relationships with key financial technology integrators.

Requirements

• 12+ years of enterprise tech sales, business development, or GTM leadership focused exclusively on the Financial Services industry.
• Experience selling infrastructure, cloud, or high-performance computing solutions to banks, hedge funds, and/or trading firms.
• Deep technical understanding of how quantitative hedge funds, HFT firms, and large retail banks procure and use massive compute clusters.
• Strong network of C-level executives (including Chief Risk Officers) and IT/Infrastructure contacts at major global financial institutions and trading firms.
• Proven ability to build and communicate complex financial models and navigate multi-stakeholder, highly rigid corporate structures.
• Familiarity with financial compliance standards, data sovereignty requirements, and common security objections when selling cloud services to banks.

Culture & Benefits

• Highly competitive package (base + equity).
• Work in a fast-growing tech startup environment focused on cutting-edge AI.
• Flexible workplace with autonomy to shape the workday around personal life moments.
• Dynamic progression plan tailored to ambitions.

Hiring process

• Interviews and evaluation focused on Financial Services GTM leadership, technical deal execution, and compliance/security understanding.