Account Executive Director, Payments & Lending

About the role

Socure is seeking a high-performing Account Executive Director, Payments & Lending to drive strategic growth across our newest vertical. As an Account Executive, you’ll own a greenfield territory and lead high-impact sales efforts for our AI-powered identity and fraud solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Lead growth across both greenfield opportunities and existing accounts, developing expansion strategies that deepen product adoption and maximize account value.
• Manage full-cycle sales—from prospecting to close—targeting high-value SaaS deals with innovative, fast-growing companies.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline through outbound efforts and executive-level engagement.
• Align complex technical solutions with customer needs in fraud, analytics, and digital identity.
• Work closely with product, engineering, and marketing teams to align on customer needs and influence the product roadmap.
• Deliver accurate pipeline forecasts and support strategic planning.
• Represent Socure at industry events and deepen client relationships through in-person meetings as needed.

What You Bring

• 7–9+ years in enterprise SaaS sales, with a consistent record of closing large, complex deals.
• Experience selling identity verification, fraud prevention, or related risk management solutions.
• Demonstrated success in one or more key verticals: lending, payments & telecommunications.
• Ability to drive value-based conversations and craft tailored solutions for C-level stakeholders.
• Background selling fraud, identity, big data, or security solutions in highly technical environments.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and building scalable processes in high-growth settings.
• Strong network within relevant vertical markets (a bonus point).