Director of Sales, Banking
Notch
New York, NY · $300k–$450k a year · Posted October 17, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $375,000 a year. Across 73 open director of sales listings that state pay, the middle half runs $137,500 to $220,000 and the median is $172,500. That is 117% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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About the job
Job Description
What the Job Entails
About Notch
Notch is the AI operating system built for banking, financial services, and fintechs.
We deploy purpose-built agents that resolve complex, regulated workflows compliantly and at scale - already live with some of the world's largest carriers, lenders, and fintechs, and growing fast. We built an agentic credit workspace that helps bankers underwrite complex loans faster, make better credit decisions, and handle more deals per banker. Our workforce agents automate structured processes end to end, from back-office operations to document ingestion.
Backed by top tier VCs with our most recent funding of $30 million Series A round in March 2026, led by Headline.
The Role
As Director of Sales, Banking, you'll build and lead Notch's US banking vertical. This is a player-coach role: you'll open the market yourself, close our first major US bank deals, and then hire and lead a small team soon after joining.
You'll work closely with Notch leadership and our technical teams to design pilots, shape the banking playbook, and define how we bring a novel product in an emerging category to US banks.
Compensation
$300k – 450$k OTE (depending on experience)
Equity + benefits
ABILITIES & SKILLS
What You'll Do
What You'll Do
Open the US banking market from scratch: build pipeline and run complex enterprise deals end to end
Stand up the banking vertical with the VP of Sales: territory, target accounts, and go-to-market plan
Hire, coach, and lead a small team of banking sellers as the vertical grows
Build trusted relationships with banking, credit, and technology leaders
Guide banks through vendor risk, security, and model risk reviews
Partner with product and technical teams to tailor messaging, demos, and pilots, and feed field learnings back into the product
Represent Notch at banking industry events
Job Requirements
What You’ll Bring
What We're Looking For
10+ years of quota carrying sales experience, including selling software to US banks: core banking, loan origination, credit risk, or similar
Closed six-figure-plus annual deals with banks, ideally $10B+ in assets
Ran long, multi-stakeholder cycles involving business, credit, and technology leaders
Has hired, coached, or led sellers, or is clearly ready to
Self-starter comfortable building a territory and a team from zero at a growth-stage company
An existing network of banking executives
YOUR TEAM
Hiring Manager
Andrew Kashin VP Sales
Bonus Points
The Extras We Love
Sold commercial or specialty lending solutions specifically
Sold AI or GenAI products to banks
Former lender, credit analyst, or banker before moving into sales
Existing relationships with chief credit officers and heads of commercial banking
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