Senior Account Executive

Bazeta; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Unlimited holidays

Enhanced parental leave

Retirement plans

Private healthcare

Well-being initiatives

Learning fund

Job summary

Paddle is hiring a Senior Account Executive in the United States with remote work options based in San Francisco, CA. You will drive revenue by closing complex SaaS deals with CTOs, Heads of Product, and CEOs, while building and managing a robust pipeline.

You will collaborate across Marketing, Product, and Success to refine approaches, mentor newer team members, and continually improve sales techniques in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive closing experience in software/SaaS
• Experience with consultative, value-based selling
• Experience selling highly technical products/services
• Able to engage CTOs, Heads of Product, and CEOs
• Entrepreneurial attitude and self-starter mindset

Responsibilities

• Build pipeline from leads from BDR/Marketing and self-sourced opportunities
• Own a portion of self-generated pipeline
• Manage full sales cycle from prospecting to closing
• Master Paddle’s product and articulate value to technical buyers
• Collaborate with Marketing, Product, and Success teams for opportunities
• Identify product gaps during the sales process to inform roadmap
• Mentor new Account Executives as they ramp

Skills

Closing experience

Consultative selling

Value-based selling

Technical sales

Prospective client liaison

Entrepreneurial mindset

Payments space experience

B2B SaaS sales

Job description

# Senior Account ExecutiveUnited States6 hours agoID 2872514Price on request## DetailsEmployment type: Full-timeRemote: YesCompany: PaddleLevel: Director## DescriptionWhat do we do? Paddle offers digital product companies a completely different approach to their payment infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, we’re a Merchant of Record for our customers. That means we take away 100% of the pain of payment fragmentation. It’s faster, safer, cheaper, and, above all, way better. We’re backed by investors including KKR, FTV Capital, Kindred, Notion, and 83North and serve over 10,000 software sellers in 245 territories globally. The Role: We are looking for a resourceful, ambitious, and autonomous sales specialist, preferably with a strong understanding of SaaS or Payments, eager to contribute to ambitious growth plans in the Americas. This is an exciting time for you to join: based on the size and breadth of our customers, we are growing like never before! As a key member of our Sales team, your primary focus will be to convert qualified leads into delighted Paddle customers. You'll engage directly with a diverse range of companies, from SaaS to AI to app companies to established businesses within these landscapes, as they explore their e-commerce provider needs. Your role is critical in helping us define, drive, and achieve our revenue targets, ultimately bringing us closer to our vision of making Paddle the go-to solution for SaaS, AI, and app businesses worldwide. This is a remote role based in San Francisco, CA. What you'll do: • Build pipeline from leads armed by your Business Development Representative and Marketing counterparts, as well as your own self-sourced opportunities’ • You will be responsible for creating a portion of your own self generated pipeline opportunities • Be responsible for the full sales cycle from prospecting, qualifying, carrying out demo’s through to closing deals • Master Paddle’s product, know the features inside and out, understand the industry and be able to articulate Paddle’s value to CTO’s, Heads of Product and CEO’s alike. • Work with management and across departments (Marketing, Product, Success, etc.) to determine the most effective approach for each sales opportunity. • Identify flaws in both Paddle's and our competitors' product during the sales process, helping to inform our sales techniques and product roadmap. • Learn and refine new sales skills with regular Account Executive sales training sessions and continuously learn and develop yourself as a thought leader in the industry. • Mentor new Account Executives as they ramp and learn the process We'd love to hear from you: • Have extensive closing experience in a software or SaaS business, managing multi-threaded sales processes and enterprise deals • Have experience with consultative, value-based selling and a proven track record of exceeding your quota • Have experience selling highly technical products/services • Are great at liaising with prospective clients in person, over the phone and email. • Have an entrepreneurial attitude which thrives when solving complex challenges and you want to be part of an exceptionally fast-growing company It'd be great if... • You have experience in the payments space or selling B2B SaaS. • Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/software company. • Experience selling to technical persons, (CTO, Head of Product, (Technical) Founders). • You’re familiar with eCommerce providers such as Stripe, Braintree, PayPal, Cleverbridge and subscription based services such as Chargebee, Zuora, Recurly. • Able to operate in an unstructured, self-starting environment. Everyone is welcome at Paddle At Paddle, we’re committed to removing invisible barriers, both for our customers and within our own teams. We recognise and celebrate that every Paddler is unique and we welcome every individual perspective. As an inclusive employer, we don’t care if, or where, you studied, what you look like or where you’re from. We’re more interested in your craft, curiosity, passion for learning and what you’ll add to our culture. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t match every part of the job ad, especially if you’re part of an underrepresented group. Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to better support you through the application process and in the workplace. We will do everything we can to support any accommodations needed. We’re committed to building a diverse team where everyone feels safe to be their authentic self. Let’s grow together. Why you’ll love working at Paddle We’re a diverse, growing group of Paddlers who pride ourselves on our transparent, collaborative and respectful culture. We live and breathe our values, which are: • Paddle Together - “None of us, is as smart as all of us” • Paddle Simply - “Simple can be harder than complex: you have to get your thinking clean to make it simple” • Paddle for others - “We can realise our wildest dreams, so long as we help enough other people to realise theirs” We offer a full suite of benefits, including attractive salaries, stock options, unlimited holidays, enhanced parental leave, retirement plans, private healthcare and well-being initiatives. We invest in learning and will help you with your personal development via constant exposure to new challenges, an annual learning fund, and regular internal and external training. Connecting at Paddle We’re a ‘digital-first’ company , which means our Paddlers always have the freedom to choose where, when and how they work within our hub locations. We recognize that where our Paddlers do their best work is unique to them and we provide trust and autonomy for everyone to work in a way which fits them best. We also value the power of connection and have invested in global hubs which help local communities flourish and bring us together for focused collaboration. Our Paddle hubs:...