GTM Director North America - San Francisco Bay Area

About Flagright

Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies, large banks, fintechs, and fast-growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection, automated investigations, and intelligent decisioning, helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime. We operate as a lean, high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership.

Role Overview

The GTM team is central to scaling Flagright. We are looking for a GTM Director North America who can strengthen our positioning, improve win rates, and support complex enterprise opportunities alongside the CEO and sales leadership. In this role, you will define product positioning, messaging frameworks, and segmentation strategy to ensure a clear and consistent narrative across the revenue organization. You will also equip the sales team with playbooks, competitive insights, and enablement needed to succeed in deal cycles. You will play a key role in translating market insights into GTM strategy, refining how Flagright competes, prioritizes segments, and wins in the global financial crime compliance market.

Key Responsibilities

• Positioning and Messaging

• Define product positioning and value propositions

• Create messaging frameworks by vertical, segment, persona, and channel

• Maintain a consistent narrative across the revenue organization

• Segmentation and ICP Strategy

• Define target segments, buyer personas, and priority verticals

• Identify adjacent segments and emerging market opportunities

• Guide BDR targeting and campaign prioritization

• Strategic Deal Support

• Support enterprise opportunities with deal strategy and positioning

• Help structure RFP responses and requirement definitions

• Design competitive minefields that expose competitor weaknesses

• Sales Enablement

• Build sales playbooks, battlecards, and enablement materials

• Train AEs and BDRs on messaging and competitive positioning

• Creative Intelligence

• Track competitors and market dynamics

• Maintain competitor positioning frameworks

• Product Feedback Loop

• Gather insights from prospects, customers, and sales teams

• Translate market feedback into inputs for product development

• Lifecycle Marketing & Events

• Plan and run lifecycle & reactivation campaigns with the marketing & sales teams

• Work closely with Field Marketing and Sales on event planning

Who We Are Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in business development, growth marketing, product marketing, or GTM strategy

• 3+ years of experience in a niche industry such as financial crime, construction, aviation, etc. (we are looking for experience in a limited market operator as opposed to a generalist)

• Ability to translate technical products into clear commercial narratives

• Experience building segmentation frameworks, sales playbooks, and competitive positioning

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

What We Offer

• Relocation support offered

• Housing subsidy for those living within 1 mile of the office

• Leadership position with direct exposure to leadership and influence on GTM strategy

• Product with clear, real-world differentiation

• High-bar environment focused on execution, learning, and continuous improvement

• Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup

• Work alongside a highly competent, top-tier team, including professionals from Y Combinator, ex AWS, and Palantir

• Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment, minimal meetings, and an asynchronous communications culture