The Director of Strategic Sales for Financial Services & Cloud Infrastructure will lead sales initiatives and build executive relationships with key financial institutions and cloud providers in the New York metropolitan area. This senior role involves crafting new opportunities in underpenetrated accounts, driving adoption of Arm-based technologies across AI, datacenter, and infrastructure environments. The position requires extensive experience in enterprise sales, particularly within highly regulated Financial Services sectors, along with deep expertise in cloud AI and datacenter architectures. Ideal candidates will have a track record of selling sophisticated compute solutions and possess strong cross-functional leadership skills to collaborate effectively with technical teams and executive partners. This role demands proficiency in strategic selling, market trends analysis, and the ability to articulate Arm’s architectural advantages in performance-per-watt, security, and deployment flexibility.
Lead and deliver sales plans for strategic financial services and cloud infrastructure accounts.
Identify new opportunities in underpenetrated markets and build executive-level relationships.
Position Arm’s technology as foundational for AI, datacenter, and secure computing platforms.
Collaborate with internal teams to align customer requirements with Arm solutions and roadmaps.
Maintain accurate forecasts and provide insights into deal progress and competitive dynamics.
What we're looking for
Over 10 years of enterprise or strategic account sales experience in infrastructure, datacenter, cloud, silicon, semiconductors, or sophisticated compute solutions.
Proven history working with Tier-1 banks, capital markets firms, exchanges, insurers, and financial infrastructure providers.
Extensive understanding of cloud AI and datacenter architectures, including hybrid models and modern compute environments.
Experience selling or supporting CPUs, AI accelerators, DPUs, SoCs, platforms, or associated compute technologies.
Proven skill in handling multi-party, multi-year sales cycles involving technical, operational, business, and executive decision-makers.
Remarkable communication, impact, negotiation, and presentation skills for senior executive levels both externally and internally.
Market check
Salary context
This
$170,000–$230,000
range sits above
46%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$169,000–$257,667
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$169,375–$269,575
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 239 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About Arm Holdings
Arm Holdings plc is a leading British semiconductor and software design firm, established in 1990 and recognized for developing energy-efficient processor architectures that power nearly all smartphones and a vast range of IoT and computing devices.
Arm Holdings currently has
34 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$184,500–$249,600
across 34 roles with salary data.
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