Account Executive / Senior Account Executive - AMER (Future Talent Opportunity)

Remote; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Account Executive in the Sales Team, where you will drive new business and help clients maximize their experience with a global HR platform. This role offers a unique opportunity to work remotely and contribute to a mission that values diversity and belonging. You will engage with prospective clients, manage sales cycles, and collaborate with various departments to ensure client satisfaction. If you're looking to make a significant impact in the global employment space, this is the perfect opportunity to connect and explore your future with a dynamic team.

Benefits

Budget for local social events

Flexible work schedule

Work-life balance support

Qualifications

• Proven sales experience with a focus on new business development.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Drive net new business and manage the entire sales cycle.
• Maintain a clean pipeline of high-velocity opportunities.
• Collaborate internally to support client processes.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Integrity and work ethic

Self-motivated

Multitasking and time management

Sales processes knowledge

Problem identification and resolution

Cold calling

Client relationship building

Lead generation

Tools

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools

Job description

Remote-United States

About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

This is not an active job opening, but a way for us to connect with talent as we plan for future opportunities. If you’re not interested in interviewing for a role that isn’t currently open, we kindly ask that you wait until an active position aligns with your career goals.

We’re always looking for exceptional talent to join us in our mission to make work accessible for everyone, everywhere. While this specific role isn’t currently open, we’re planning for strategic growth in 2025 and beyond. This posting is part of our Future Opening pipeline initiative, which helps us connect with outstanding professionals early on.

By expressing your interest in this role, you’ll have the opportunity to start a conversation with us about your expertise and learn more about Remote’s vision and goals. Being part of our Evergreen Pipeline means staying top of mind for future roles that align with your skills and experience. It’s also a chance to explore how your career goals might fit into Remote’s exciting journey of global growth. We’ll keep your information on file for 1 year and be in touch if we see a match in that time.

What this job can offer you

Sales helps our prospective customers and active customers to fully experience our Global HR Platform. Sales is the team responding to incoming queries and help customers understand how to maximize Remote’s full suite of products to meet their employment needs. To enable them to embody our value of Transparency, we have a fair price guarantee.

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as an Account Executive, joining our Sales Team. This is a pure hunting role as an Account Executive, driving net new business for Remote.

What you bring

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)
• High level of integrity and work ethic
• Self-motivated and self-directed; able to work independently and as an active member of the team
• Efficient in multitasking, prioritization, and time management
• In-depth understanding of company services and its position in the industry
• In-depth knowledge of sales processes
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and convert prospects, close deals and achieve sales quotas
• Success in qualifying opportunities involving multiple key decision makers
• Strong problem identification and objections resolution skills
• Ability to confidently make cold calls to build pipelines
• Ability to build trust with a client and work as an advisor
• Capable of forecasting sales to achieve targets on a monthly basis
• Experience with customer relationship management (CRM) tools
• Experience in the HR industry a plus
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Create 'Land' opportunity deals that include detailed notes with accurate close dates
• Maintain a clean and current pipeline of volume-based, high-velocity opportunities
• Efficiently present and deliver all information to potential clients
• Proactively answer potential client questions and follow-up call questions in a prompt manner
• Internal collaboration and communication with key departments that support client process, experience and support
• Close sales deals efficiently while kindly guiding clients through process
• Meet and exceed sales quota based on role level and manage the entire sales cycle
• Identify new opportunities and manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting to close
• Understand the communication needs of small and mid-sized business customers, and design solutions to meet those unique business needs.
• Self-generate leads by contacting prospective clients by telephone, cold call premise visits, networking, and industry events.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager, Sales
• Location: US or Canada

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while hiring globally.

The On-Target Earnings for this position is between $149,300 to $251,950 USD. The base salary is 50% Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case-by-case basis.

Application process

• Interview with recruiter
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Feedback

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Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

• Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format.
• We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardized language we use here at Remote.
• If you don’t have an up-to-date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at the interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you choose to.

Voluntary Self-Identification Questions

Voluntary Self-Identification

Remote is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and as such it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Through the below self-identification survey, we invite you to share your demographic information.

This information will be used to ensure that our hiring process is inclusive and that people of all backgrounds are represented in our talent pool.

All answers are anonymous and will not be tied to your job application or candidate profile.
The data will be aggregated and only used internally to inform our hiring strategies and processes to ensure we are actively working toward creating access to opportunities among under-represented groups and increasing our teams’ diversity.

The access to the collected data is limited on a need-to-know basis.
These questions are optional and voluntary, and will not have any impact on hiring outcomes.

Visit the Remote Handbook to read more about how diversity, equity, and inclusion are a way of life at Remote.