Associate Account Executive

Talentfoot Executive Search; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentfoot Executive Search in Austin, TX is seeking an Associate Account Executive to join a fast-growing AI platform’s sales team. This entry-level role offers hands-on training, direct visibility with founders, and rapid growth as you help bring in new business and expand existing accounts.

You will identify prospects across higher education, healthcare, and life sciences, manage the full sales cycle from outreach to close, and work from the Austin office.

Qualifications

• Track record of success in competitive environments (e.g., athletics or leadership roles).
• Strong communication skills with ability to build rapport quickly.
• Willingness to learn, adapt, and prospect creatively.
• Ability to work full-time from the Austin, TX office.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prospect, and close new accounts across higher education, healthcare, and life sciences, focusing on new business generation.
• Grow and expand relationships within an existing client base to drive account growth.
• Build creative outbound strategies to reach and engage new potential clients.
• Manage the full sales cycle from initial outreach through close, with support and coaching from leadership.
• Maintain fast, clear, and consistent communication with prospects, clients, and internal teams.
• Collaborate with the operations team to ensure a smooth handoff and client experience post sale.
• Represent the company's platform to decision makers across multiple industries with clarity and confidence.
• Track activity and pipeline to support forecasting and decision making.
• Continuously seek feedback and coaching to improve sales technique and performance.

Skills

Communication

Prospecting

Relationship building

Competitive drive

Job description

Our client is a fast growing AI platform reshaping how large organizations deliver training, transforming experiential learning at scale for higher education, healthcare, and life sciences. Founded five years ago by a physician researcher and an AI expert with a background in medical imaging, the company built its entire technology stack in house, giving it a speed and quality advantage that pure software competitors cannot match. With a growing footprint across North America, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and expanding into Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, the company is on a mission to put every person undergoing active professional training onto its platform. To help fuel that growth, they are looking for an Associate Account Executive to join their Austin, Texas sales team.

Position Overview

This is a rare opportunity for an early career professional to build a sales career at the ground floor of a category defining company. As an Associate Account Executive, you will be trained directly by leadership on a proven sales motion targeting upper mid market and lower enterprise accounts, giving you a foundation that most entry level roles cannot offer. You will have direct visibility with the founders, who are actively building out the Austin office and investing in the people who join early. Your work will center on bringing in new business and expanding existing accounts, meaning your results will be visible and will directly shape the trajectory of the company as it scales. For someone who is hungry to learn, competitive by nature, and wants to be part of something being built rather than joining something already built, this role offers uncommon speed of growth and responsibility. This is an entry-level sales role and a recent graduate ready to start their career is the ideal candidate.

Position Responsibilities

• Identify, prospect, and close new accounts across higher education, healthcare, and life sciences organizations, with a primary focus on new business generation
• Grow and expand relationships within an existing client base to drive account growth
• Build creative outbound strategies to reach and engage new potential clients
• Manage the full sales cycle from initial outreach through close, with support and coaching from company leadership
• Maintain fast, clear, and consistent communication with prospects, clients, and internal team members
• Collaborate closely with the operations team to ensure a smooth handoff and client experience post sale
• Represent the company's platform and value proposition clearly and confidently to decision makers across multiple industries
• Track activity and pipeline consistently to support accurate forecasting and decision making
• Continuously seek feedback and coaching to improve sales technique and performance

Required

• A demonstrated track record of success in competitive environments, such as collegiate athletics, campus leadership, or building something of your own
• A high level of energy, work ethic, and drive, with a genuine hunger to learn and grow quickly
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build rapport and trust quickly with new people
• Comfort with creative, resourceful prospecting and a willingness to find nontraditional ways to reach potential clients
• Ability to work full time from the company's Austin, Texas office

Preferred

• Experience in a leadership role during college, such as a team captain, club president, or fraternity or sorority leadership position
• A background in competitive athletics or entrepreneurship, such as starting or running a small business
• Prior involvement in campus organizations that required networking, recruiting, or persuasion
• A combination of education and experience that demonstrates equivalent readiness for a fast paced sales environment

If you are ready to work hard, learn fast, and help build something meaningful from the ground up, we would love to hear from you. You must be able to work in office in Austin. The company offers a strong base salary and benefits - this is not a commission-only sales role.