--- title: "Client Services Lead, Finance" company: "Mercor" company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/mercor" url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/mercor-client-services-lead-finance-3dbce6fe-e111-4a21-9d58-df38b0768ce6" apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/b1cb822f-9a71-436b-aba4-d5ef75378291" workplace: onsite location: "San Francisco" employment_type: full-time seniority: lead role: customer-support region: united-states salary: "$160,000–$180,000 per year" date_posted: 2026-09-23T01:08:10.480Z first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-23T01:09:25.872Z --- # Client Services Lead, Finance **Mercor** · San Francisco Salary: $160,000–$180,000 per year Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/b1cb822f-9a71-436b-aba4-d5ef75378291 ## About Mercor Mercor is organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy. We are powering frontier research, AI benchmarks, and AI agent training at scale for the top AI labs and enterprises. ## About the role ### About Mercor Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents. Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices. Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You'll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices. **About the Role **As Client Services Lead, you will own Mercor's relationships with financial services clients and partners — banks, asset managers, fintechs, and financial data institutions — from first contact through long-term account growth. You'll sit at the intersection of client management, data strategy, contracting, and stakeholder alignment, ensuring finance-sector clients get maximum value from Mercor's data products. This role is highly autonomous and intentionally scrappy: you'll be trusted to build the finance client function largely from scratch. **What You'll Do** *Build the Finance Client Function (0 → 1)* - Identify, engage, and onboard financial services clients and partners - Test and iterate on service models tailored to finance-sector needs (compliance, data sensitivity, procurement cycles) - Create early playbooks for how Mercor serves finance clients*Account Ownership & Growth* - Lead client conversations end-to-end, from scoping through renewal and expansion - Qualify client needs, define mutual value, and drive engagements to close - Structure commercial terms suited to financial institutions' procurement and compliance norms*Contracting & Negotiation* - Own negotiations on pricing, scope, timelines, and obligations with finance clients - Work closely with Legal and Finance to move quickly without sacrificing rigor - Navigate data rights, compliance, and security requirements specific to financial services*Stakeholder Management* - Act as the primary point of contact for finance-sector clients and senior stakeholders - Manage complex, multi-party relationships (compliance, procurement, technical teams) with clarity and credibility - Align internal teams (Product, Research, Ops, Legal) around finance client priorities*Operate Scrappily, Then Systematize* - Start hands-on: build client lists, run outreach, draft docs, close deals yourself - Identify patterns and convert them into repeatable processes as the finance book of business scales**What We're Looking For** *Experience* - 5+ years in Client Service, Account Management, or Commercial roles, serving financial services clients - Proven experience negotiating and closing contracts - Track record managing high-stakes external stakeholders, including compliance/procurement functions - Direct experience working with data products*Mindset & Skills* - Builder mentality: excited by ambiguity and 0→1 problems - Scrappy, resourceful, comfortable with unglamorous work early on - Strong commercial instincts and negotiation skills - Clear, concise communicator with executive presence - Able to operate independently while partnering closely with internal teams*Nice to Have* - Experience in fintech, banking, asset management, or financial data platforms - Exposure to data-driven products, AI, or technical stakeholders - Background working cross-functionally with legal and finance teams - Familiarity with financial services compliance and data rights (e.g., SOC 2, GLBA)**Benefits** - Bi-annual performance bonus structure - Generous equity grant vested over 4 years - Up to $15k relocation bonus - $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office) - $1.5K monthly stipend for meals - Free Equinox membership - $200 monthly laundry reimbursement - $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement - Health, Dental, Vision insurance --- Source: Mercor's own career page, read by RemJobs. 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