Senior Account Executive - APAC
At a glance
Senior Account Executive role at Flagright. Singapore, Singapore · full-time.
Pay not stated
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Take mid-market fintech and financial-institution opportunities from first discovery through signature
- Create pipeline through inbound, outbound, and direct activity across the APAC market
- Run credible product demonstrations and explain the platform against incumbent and newer competitors
- Represent the company at regional events and customer meetings while building relevant industry relationships
- Coach junior AEs and BDRs, review deals, and improve messaging, objections, and sales playbooks
What you bring
- At least four years selling B2B enterprise SaaS with personal responsibility for closing
- Prior startup or scale-up experience, plus knowledge of fintech, payments, banking, compliance, risk, or financial infrastructure
- A professional network across relevant industries in Singapore, Hong Kong, or Australia
- Clear, structured communication and confidence managing mid-market deals through completion
- Willingness and ability to spend up to sixty percent of your time traveling
Who this fits
You'll suit an autonomous individual-contributor role with ownership of new business, expansions, and revenue across APAC. The job is based onsite in Singapore and includes coaching junior salespeople. It fits someone comfortable with changing priorities, direct feedback, ambitious targets, and a travel-heavy schedule.
From the employer
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:
Our Sales team drives customer growth globally and owns the customer journey end-to-end. We are looking for a Senior Account Executive to help expand Flagright’s footprint across APAC, targeting a variety of APAC based fintech and financial institutions.
This is a high-ownership individual contributor role focused on winning new customers and driving revenue growth. You will manage deals from discovery through close, develop strong industry expertise, and build relationships with financial crime leaders across Asia’s fintech ecosystem.
You will operate with autonomy in a fast-moving environment, build pipeline proactively, and represent Flagright at customer meetings and industry events across APAC.
People who thrive at Flagright:
Have been knocked down before and gotten back up
Are resourceful — figure it out with whatever tools exist
Have strong opinions, defend them, and drop them when proven wrong
Would rather own targets than a task list
Run toward ambiguity, not away from it
Want to work with no-BS people
People who struggle here:
Confuse ambitious goals with unreasonable ones
Want 9-to-6 and a predictable week
Need priorities to hold still for a quarter
Take blunt feedback or lost deals personally
Say — or think — “that’s not my job”
Key responsibilities:
Revenue Ownership
Own the full sales cycle end-to-end across all deal sizes
Close deals with mid-market fintechs and financial institutions
Maintain a disciplined, conversion-focused pipeline
Drive expansions, upsells, and long-term account growth
Pipeline & Market Development
Build pipeline through a mix of inbound, outbound, and proactive market activity
Travel across APAC to represent Flagright at conferences, industry events, and customer meetings
Build and leverage relationships within the regional fintech, banking, and compliance ecosystem
Product & Industry Mastery
Develop deep expertise in Flagright’s platform and core FCC use cases
Understand how AML/FCC teams operate in practice across different institution sizes
Run high-credibility product demos independently
Clearly position Flagright against incumbents and modern competitors
Player / Coach Responsibilities
Set the standard for deal quality, discovery depth, and demo execution
Coach and elevate junior AEs and BDRs through deal reviews and direct feedback
Contribute to improving sales messaging, objection handling, and internal playbooks
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams during evaluations and POCs
Provide structured market and customer feedback to influence product direction
Who we are looking for:
4+ years of B2B enterprise SaaS sales experience with direct closing responsibility
Startup or scale-up experience required
Relevant industry knowledge in fintech, payments, banking, compliance, risk, or financial infrastructure, gained directly or through closely related roles
Existing professional network within relevant industries in Singapore, Hong Kong, or Australia
Comfortable owning mid-market deals end-to-end
Strong written and verbal communication with a clear, structured style
Willing and able to travel up to 60% of the time
What we offer:
One number, real ownership, no artificial segmentation
Direct exposure to leadership and influence on sales and product direction
Product with clear, real-world differentiation
High-bar environment focused on execution, learning, and continuous improvement
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Work alongside a highly competent, top-tier team, including professionals from Y Combinator, ex AWS, and Palantir
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