Sales Associate

Mento; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped commission

Direct coaching

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Mento is seeking a results-driven BDR to fuel pipeline and drive attendance for our executive dinners. You'll own outbound prospecting across email, LinkedIn, and phone, invite CHROs/CPOs to events, and qualify inbound leads while keeping HubSpot up to date.

Based in Los Angeles, this hybrid role requires 1–2 years of startup sales experience, and comfort representing Mento at events with senior executives.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of BDR/SDR or similar sales experience.
• Experience in outbound and inbound lead qualification.
• Familiarity with HubSpot or similar CRM is required.
• Comfort representing the company at events with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Outbound pipeline development across email, LinkedIn, and phone to book meetings and drive attendance.
• Invite CHROs/CPOs to dinners and experiences in target markets.
• Qualify inbound leads into qualified meetings.
• Maintain CRM hygiene with daily HubSpot updates.

Skills

Outbound prospecting

Event invitations

Inbound qualification

CRM hygiene

HubSpot familiarity

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

AI tools usage

High achievement

Tools

HubSpot

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Job description

Mento is a performance coaching platform on a mission to increase human potential at a global scale and make people—and companies—more successful. We believe coaching is among the most effective tools to unlock transformational growth and continuous improvement. And, we believe the future of coaching is human+ai.

We are at an inflection point on track to double revenue for a third consecutive year, and we're doing it with a client roster that includes some of the most recognizable names in business: OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, Databricks, Airbnb, DoorDash, Lyft, and Disney. When the fastest-growing companies in the US need to develop their leaders and top talent, they choose Mento.

We're remote-first with a home base in Los Angeles. Our team is highly ambitious, motivated, and believes we have the potential to make a real impact. We also like to have fun :)

About the Role

This is a pipeline generation-focused role, first and foremost. Most of your time will go to generating pipeline: outbound prospecting, driving attendance for our executive dinner series, and qualifying inbound leads.

Closing is a real growth path here, but it's earned, not day one. Once you've held 25 cumulative qualified outbound meetings — roughly six months at strong performance — you unlock full closing responsibility on your own SMB accounts.

The role is based in our Culver City office 1–3 days/week (lunch's on us on office days), remote the rest of the week. You should also expect to travel 1-2 times per quarter for events.

What You'll Own

• Outbound pipeline — cold outreach across email, LinkedIn, and phone to book meetings and drive event attendance


• Event invitations — personally inviting CHROs/CPOs to dinners and experiences in target markets; a high-converting channel when done well


• Inbound qualification — converting inbound leads into qualified meetings


• CRM hygiene — logging all activity in HubSpot same day, every day

A Day In The Life

• Morning: inbound follow-ups, clear anything outstanding


• Mid-morning: outbound push across email/LinkedIn for event attendance and intro calls


• Midday: phone outreach for event invitations


• Afternoon: discovery calls with qualified prospects


• Late afternoon: HubSpot updates and pipeline review

Activity Expectations

• 80+ outbound touches/day across email, LinkedIn, and phone


• 3–5 confirmed prospect meetings per week


• Event guest lists finalized 3+ weeks ahead of each event


• Same-day activity logging, every day


• Every touch should be ICP-qualified and purposeful — this isn't a volume-based motion.

What We Are Looking For

• You are hungry, coachable, curious, and detail-oriented — you catch what others miss and follow through on the small stuff


• You have 1-2 years of BDR/SDR experience, or other sales-relevant experience, ideally at a startup or fast-paced company environment.


• You are based in LA and able to work from Culver City 1–3 days/week.


• You are excited and comfortable to represent Mento at events with senior executives.


• You are familiar with HubSpot (or similar CRM) and LinkedIn Sales Navigator


• You are a high achiever. You have a demonstrated history of high achievement, and pushing yourself at work and/or in life.


• You operate AI-first and are experience using in AI tools and automations
  

What You'll Get

• A path to AE — two consecutive quarters of quota attainment (12–18 months typical) puts you in the AE conversation, in writing before you start


• A Mento Sales coach — your own sales coach, included in your comp package


• Direct coaching — weekly call reviews and joint calls with Mento’s Head of Sales and Co-Founder & Co-CEO


• Uncapped commission — across meetings held, event attendees sourced, and (once unlocked) closed-won revenue


• Competitive Compensation — $105,000 OTE ($75K base / $30K target commission)

Mento is proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We believe diversity of experience, perspective, and background leads to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users.