Strategic Research Associate in United States

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam. The Enterprise Partnerships team at Plaid works with some of the most influential enterprise companies, helping bring Plaid’s solutions to market through high-impact partnerships. In this role, you’ll lead the acquisition of new partners and play a meaningful role in expanding a fast-growing, strategically important part of the business. In this role, you'll be the primary point of contact for Enterprise partners with a specific focus on managing our payment partners looking to leverage Plaid in a number of ways from Pay-by-Bank to account funding to KYC. You own the full partner lifecycle: from technical integration and "first customer live" milestones to scaling volumes and driving product expansion. You are a "corporate athlete" who thrives in ambiguity: you are just as comfortable diving into technical API specifications with an engineer as you are negotiating commercial terms with a C-suite executive. You will act as the internal quarterback, driving cross-functional work streams across Product, Legal, Engineering, and Marketing to align internal resources with partner needs. Successful candidates bring a blend of commercial prowess, high-level business acumen, and a proven track record of infl

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam. Plaid’s Partnerships team unlocks “one to many” relationships and product partnerships with technology platforms to allow more customers and consumers to benefit from Plaid’s solutions. This role will focus specifically on partnerships that unlock new markets and scale new use cases alongside our Credit Team. Our Credit Team is building the future of lending by making cash flow data as ubiquitous and trusted as traditional credit data. Our mission is to expand access to more affordable credit by empowering lenders with real-time financial data that improves risk assessment and decision-making at scale. In this role, you will lead partnerships that make it easier for lenders to adopt cash flow underwriting. The potential partner ecosystem is broad and includes the software platforms, capital providers, and other companies involved throughout the lending lifecycle. You will assess Plaid’s partnership needs, identify and prioritize strategic partners, develop creative commercial structures, and negotiate complex agreements. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders across product, engineering, legal, go-to-market, and other functions to build partnerships that create meaningful valu

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam. Responsibilities: Work directly with leaders across Plaid on the company's most important and least-defined problems, particularly those at the seams of multiple teams or functions Identify unowned, high-leverage opportunities across the business and driving them to clean outcomes Operate across a wide aperture (strategy, GTM, operations, product, etc.) without being boxed into a single lane Lead (directly or indirectly) high performing teams Use AI tools and agents as a default part of how you work — not as an experiment, but as a force multiplier Qualifications: 10+ years of total experience, with meaningful time in consulting as well as direct operating roles (BizOps, Strategy & Ops, Finance, Chief of Staff, etc. A track record of independently identifying problems and driving them to outcomes with limited top-down direction High agency, sense of ownership, and willingness to roll up your sleeves Ability to build relationships at all levels and drive cross-functional teams to action Strong analytical and structured-thinking skills; comfort translating ambiguity into frameworks, plans, and decisions Experience directly managing high-performing teams Familiarity with AI tools and agents to acce

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam. Role Description We are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to serve as a key partner to Plaid’s Engineering and Product organization. This person will own product-level revenue and gross margin forecasting, as well as the analytical frameworks that guide how Plaid deploys capital and allocates resources across these areas. As the Strategic Finance Lead, Product & Engineering, you will lead the finance partnership for a set of critical product areas, working directly with the relevant Product and Engineering leaders. Responsibilities Product-Level Forecasting . Own revenue and gross margin forecasts for your product areas, balancing bottom-up builds with top-down sanity checks to arrive at the most robust point of view. Resource Allocation & Capacity Planning. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders on headcount planning, roadmap-based capacity forecasting, and OpEx discipline, surfacing and supporting the resolution of trade-offs. Performance Visibility . Own the recurring reporting cadence for your product areas, including KPI tracking, variance analysis, and the early identification of risks and opportunities. Cross-Functional Partnership . Serve as the primary finance partner to Produc

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As a Strategic Account Executive for the Southeast region, you'll drive GitLab's enterprise growth by helping some of the area's most influential organizations adopt, implement, and expand their use of our AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You'll focus on strategic enterprise accounts, guiding customers through complex digital and DevSecOps transformations and driving pipeline generation that translates into measurable Net ARR and long-term expansion. In this role, you'll act as a key connector between customer stakeholders and GitLab's field organization so GitLab is seen as a trusted, long-term partner acr

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. Location- San Francisco, California An overview of this role As a Strategic Account Executive for the San Francisco region, you'll drive GitLab's enterprise growth by helping some of the area's most influential organizations, including a concentrated focus on leading AI companies, adopt, implement, and expand their use of our AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You'll focus on enterprise accounts, with particular emphasis on foundation model labs, AI infrastructure providers, and applied AI companies scaling rapidly in the region, guiding customers through complex digital and DevSecOps transformations and driving pipeline genera

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. Location- Seattle, Washington An overview of this role As a Strategic Account Executive for the Seattle area, you'll drive GitLab's enterprise growth by helping some of the area's most influential organizations adopt, implement, and expand their use of our AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You'll focus on enterprise accounts, guiding customers through complex digital and DevSecOps transformations and driving pipeline generation that translates into measurable Net ARR and long-term expansion. In this role, you'll act as a key connector between customer stakeholders and GitLab's field organization so GitLab is seen as a trusted,

Employee Applicant Privacy Notice Who we are: Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world. The role: We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Finance Business Partner to join our growing Strategic Finance team. Strategic Finance shapes SoFi’s capital allocation strategy by assessing investment opportunities, framing key trade-offs, and prioritizing resources against the company’s most important growth objectives. As a key business partner, you will provide financial leadership and strategic insights to two of SoFi's most critical and rapidly growing business lines: SoFi Checking & Savings and SoFi Credit Card. SoFi is an AI-forward organization, and you will be expected to responsibly use our suite of AI tools to build and enhance financial models, accelerate analysis, automate workflows, and improve decision-making. What you’ll do: Own the financial strategy, multi-year plan, annual operating plan, and rolling forecasts for SoFi’s rapidly growing Checking & Savings and Credit Card businesses Serve as a strategic thought partner to Business Unit leaders, translating financial and operational data into insights and recommendations that shape growth strategy and business performance Build and analyze customer and product-level unit economics including LTV, CAC, payback periods, and risk-adjusted returns across cohorts, acquisition channels, products, and member segments D

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. Roblox is seeking a Strategic Financial Analyst, Revenue to own core forecasting models and margin analytics across COGS, tax, and pricing. Reporting to the Finance Manager, Revenue, this role will be responsible for the integrity and evolution of our platform bookings and cost forecasting frameworks. You will operate at the intersection of Finance, Tax, Payments, Accounting, and Data to ensure that pricing, tax exposure, and platform cost dynamics are accurately modeled, reported, and embedded in planning processes. This role provides deep exposure to the full revenue funnel — including Bookings, COGS, and Developer Expense — and contributes to executive and board-level reporting. The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor with strong operational ownership, ensuring financial accuracy while translating complex margin dynamics into clear, actionable insight. You Will: Own the COGS forecast, budget, and platform bookings model, analyzing trends, delivering insights, and strategically partnering with key business teams who drive our provider mix and COGS rate assumptions. Drive pricing initiatives and recommendations, developing comprehensive knowledge of COGS and Tax impact to prici

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. As a Strategic Sourcing Manager you will lead the contract and pricing negotiations of software and tools. In addition, you will work with cross-functional teams to ramp efficiently. You will demonstrate domain expertise in software licensing modeling and contract negotiations. You Will: Assist and support stakeholders with the vendor review process for BATNA purposes and articulating business justification. Demonstrate ability to analyze and interpret spend and cost data, including understanding of Total Cost of Ownership Work collaboratively across Roblox and particularly within the Roblox Corp Eng organization. Work closely with stakeholder teams to forecast the Technology needs for our rapidly growing company Showcase your strong contracting experience and understanding of business risks and address them on legal documents with potential suppliers. Work with our Legal team to manage the review and approval of Master Service Agreements, Terms of Service, NDAs, and End User License Agreements with our vendors prior to business being initiated. Drive price and term negotiation processes to ensure that Roblox’s pricing is best in class and with risks mitigated on contract Drive

Our Strategic Account Executives target and close new business with Datadog’s largest, most strategic customers and prospects. In this role you’ll be focused on uncovering the pain points organizations face as they operate in or migrate to a cloud environment at scale as well as delivering the appropriate Datadog solution. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Prospect into large Fortune 1000 companies while running an efficient sales process Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency Who You Are: Someone with 5+ years closing experience (mix of field selling within mid-market and enterprise) Driven and have met/exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+ and operated with an average deal size of $100k+ Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own Experienced in working for an innovative tech company (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred) Experienced in selling into large Fortune 1000 companies with the ability to win new logos Role requires regular travel to client sites, within your area and other regions, using various modes of transportation (car, train, air), depending on business needs Datadog valu

Our Strategic Account Executives target and close new business with Datadog’s largest, most strategic customers and prospects. In this role you’ll be focused on uncovering the pain points organizations face as they operate in or migrate to a cloud environment at scale as well as delivering the appropriate Datadog solution. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Prospect into large Fortune 1000 companies while running an efficient sales process Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and ROI Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation Identify robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency Who You Are: Someone with 5+ years closing experience (mix of field selling within mid-market and enterprise) Driven and have met/exceeded direct sales goals of 1M+ and operated with an average deal size of $100k+ Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own Experienced in working for an innovative tech company (SaaS, IT infrastructure or similar preferred) Experienced in selling into large Fortune 1000 companies with the ability to win new logos Role requires regular travel to client sites, within your area and other regions, using various modes of transportation (car, train, air), depending on business needs Datadog valu

Our SLED sales team works with a best-of-breed product that solves real problems for our customers. Sellers follow a well-defined methodology that helps them identify the customer's unique needs and clearly convey the value of the Datadog product. Whether you're looking to learn from the best or be the best, the Datadog sales team is dedicated to furthering personal development and team success. We are searching for an experienced SLED Sales Executive that has a real passion for technology and can deliver on bold revenue targets. As we continue to enter into bigger markets, and formalize our support for the Public Sector enterprise segment, this division within Datadog will blaze the path for organizational growth. This is a lucrative opportunity to break into new State, Local, and Education accounts within a rich territory, as well work with accounts who are in a hybrid state and transitioning to the cloud. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Prospect into large State, Local, and Education organizations while running an efficient sales process Maintain, build and own specific relationship maps for your territory including existing relationships and aspirational contacts Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large SLED enterprises by selling value and ROI Handle existing customer expectations while expanding reach and depth into assigned territory Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy easy solution Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation Identify robust set of value drivers behind all opportunities Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency Who You Are: Someone with 5+ years closing expe

The Director of Global Strategic Events is a senior leadership role responsible for the strategy, governance, and execution of MongoDB’s global strategic events portfolio. This is a builder’s role at a pivotal moment, requiring a leader who can define a bold vision for how MongoDB shows up in an AI-native and agentic future, lead a global team to bring that vision to life, and drive measurable pipeline, revenue, and brand impact. Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Marketing, this leader will operate with significant autonomy, influence across functions, and engage regularly with executive stakeholders. This role can be based out of any MongoDB U.S. office or remotely within the United States. What You'll Do Define the sponsorship and partner event strategy. Build MongoDB’s approach to sponsorship packages, exhibitor programs, and partner activations across flagship and third-party events in close partnership with Partner Marketing Lead and develop a global team. Manage, coach, and grow a high-performing, globally distributed events team. Establish clear priorities, operating rhythms, accountability, and consistent standards of excellence across regions and time zones Build with AI. Bring an AI-native approach to how the function operates. Use AI tools and agents to improve workflows, automate reporting, increase team capacity, and personalize attendee journeys. Set the expectation that the team will do the same. This is a core requirement of the role Represent Strategic Events across the business. Partner with leaders across Marketing, Sales, Product, Partner, and Communications. Represent the function in senior planning forums and ensure every program directly supports MongoDB’s company and go-to-market priorities. Expect to travel ~40% of the time to support events Shape the global strategic events vision and portfolio. Set the strategy, priorities, and tiering framework for MongoDB’s flagship user conferences, executive summits, global roadshows, sales

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: The Strategic Sourcing team is part of Airbnb’s Global Procurement organization and plays a key role in enabling Airbnb to operate efficiently and scale sustainably. We partner closely with internal stakeholders to design and deliver sourcing strategies that align with Airbnb’s business priorities while driving innovation, value, and stakeholder success. We are a collaborative, forward-thinking team that embraces an AI-first mindset — leveraging technology, automation, and data to simplify processes and unlock new efficiencies. Guided by Airbnb’s mission to create a world where anyone can belong, we focus on delivering value through curiosity, creativity, and integrity. Key cross-functional partners: Finance, Legal, Business Operations. The Difference You Will Make: As the Sourcing Manager supporting Engineering and Infrastructure, you will partner directly with engineering leaders to shape how Airbnb sources and manages critical technology capabilities. This role sits at the center of major technical investments, from infrastructure platforms to emerging AI technologies. You will design sourcing strategies that balance cost efficiency, engineering velocity, and long-term scalability. You will also play a key role in advancing how sourcing integrates AI and automation into its workflows. Rather than simply executing procurement processes, you will help modernize them by improving how market intelligence, supplier comparisons, and negotiation insights are generated and used in decision-making. Success in this role means helping engineering teams make faster, better technology d