Growth
Company: Column
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
About Column For companies building financial technology and
transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck
to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and
infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers
founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, Meta, Blend, and
Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and
developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating
API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its
core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and
often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech,
BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve. At
Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a
software company built from the ground up, offering builders and
developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the
hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers.
This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking
supply chain. Come build with us! The opportunity Column's Growth
team is focused on managing our highly strategic customer
relationships. As one of the first members of the Growth team,
you’ll be responsible for building and overseeing all aspects of
our customer management while acting as a trusted partner, advisor
and advocate for a wide variety of customers. You will also be in
charge of designing and implementing the strategy, processes, and
content needed to help us scale this key function. Column's Growth
team is not your typical Customer Success or Account Management
team in that Column is a critical, often existential, partner for
our customers, our customer relationships are deeply collaborative
and complex, and each customer contributes meaningfully to our
revenue. We're therefore looking for team members who are
analytical, demonstrate great critical thinking, and have
experience managing very strategic relationships. This role is
highly cross-functional and collaborative, partnering closely with
Column’s Executive, Solutions Engineering, Sales, Compliance, and
Product teams to ensure customers are onboarded smoothly, that we
can anticipate and address both issues and opportunities for
growth, and that these relationships are healthy and mutually
beneficial. You’ll also represent the voice of the customer to help
inform Column's strategy, including the product roadmap,
go-to-market motions and more. Success in this role also means
having a desire to become an expert on the Financial Technology
space and on how companies partner with Column (our customers
include many key industry players such as Brex and Carta). This
role reports to the Head of Go-To-Market and is an in-person role,
where you’ll be expected to work out of our San Francisco
Presidio-based office 3 days a week. What you’ll do Help establish
our customer-facing strategy, processes, playbooks, systems and
best practices. Identify patterns and build repeatability at every
step Manage all aspects of a customer’s relationship with Column,
from onboarding and implementation to ongoing management and
expansion of the account Build and nurture relationships across
various functions within a customer's organization, identifying and
creating advocates wherever you go, and helping find new use cases
for partnering with Column Proactively identify challenges and
opportunities for growth, and collaborate with internal and
external stakeholders to find solutions in order to move the
relationship forward Share key findings and recommendations on
market feedback and trends to inform Column’s growth strategy and
product roadmap Perform day-to-day activities consistent with safe
and sound business practices and regulatory requirements What
you’ll need to be successful 5 years of relevant work experience
strong preference for a mix of Consulting, Private Equity,
Investment Banking, VC or an equivalent role plus operating
experience in an early stage company and/or selling a new line of
business A desire to become very knowledgeable on the financial
technology and payments space. Prior experience in financial
services can be helpful but certainly not required. A growth and
critical thinking mindset: You’re comfortable navigating ambiguous
environments and are energized by the prospect of helping build
processes with little guidance Excellent project management: You’re
organized, can manage all aspects of partnering with customers, and
effectively work with other internal teams. Ability to turn
naysayers into champions: You’re a persuasive communicator and
understand the importance of being helpful, responsive, and
solutions-oriented. Curiosity: You know what questions to ask to
uncover and understand customer needs and proactively learn more
about the industry, competitive landscape, and product offerings to
better support your customers Insatiable hunger for improvement:
you’re a naturally curious person, enjoy digging into the data, and
regularly solicit feedback What you’ll get from us Comprehensive
health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100%
covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!
Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via
partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000
in qualified expenses Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy
for employees living within 2 miles of Column’s office FSA and HSA
account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and
dependent care expenses 401k plan, including self-directed
brokerage options Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that
you want and need to relax and recharge 100% paid parental leave,
including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary
caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers Up to $4,500 in
annual reimbursements for backup childcare ? Catered lunches and
dinners for SF employees Commuter benefits, including paid
transportation to-and-from the office Regular team building events,
including annual offsite Pay transparency Compensation packages at
Column include base salary, equity, and benefits. New hire offers
are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic
location, and internal pay equity relative to peers. The annual
base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $250,000 equity.
We look forward to hearing from you Column is committed to working
with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool
possible. We value bringing together a team with different
perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and
believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best
solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If
you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the
application and recruiting process, please reach out to
accommodations@column.com. We participate in the E-Verify program
in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the
E-Verify program here .
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