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Founding Account Executive

Location

United States

Posted

7 days ago

Salary

$280K / year

Seniority

Mid Level

No structured requirement data.

Job Description

Founding Account Executive

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Role Description This is the company's second Account Executive and a true founding sales role. You will drive outbound prospecting, generate leads at industry events, and run full sales cycles from opportunity to close, with deal sizes ranging from roughly $144K to $500K per year and 4-5 month cycles. Beyond closing, you will help build the go-to-market function itself. Responsibilities - Drive outbound prospecting, including cold email campaigns and event-based lead generation - Run the full sales process from opportunity through close - Sell into public infrastructure, universities, and health systems with longer enterprise cycles - Collaborate on content, sales decks, and go-to-market processes - Identify and strategize around target markets and customers - Help build the foundations of a scaling go-to-market function Qualifications - 1-2 years of closing experience (strong junior candidates considered) - A gritty startup mentality with willingness to build processes and create collateral - Technical savviness and comfort understanding software concepts such as APIs - Comfort operating in a fast-changing environment with high ownership - Bonus: construction industry background or experience selling into large capital projects Requirements - 1-2 years of closing experience (strong junior candidates considered) - A gritty startup mentality with willingness to build processes and create collateral - Technical savviness and comfort understanding software concepts such as APIs - Comfort operating in a fast-changing environment with high ownership - Bonus: construction industry background or experience selling into large capital projects Benefits - $140K base, $280K OTE (50/50 split, uncapped commission)

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