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Founding Account Executive

Arphie

Sales Leader

Arphie is building the next generation platform for collaborative intelligence between go-to-market and product/engineering teams, and backed by top-tier VCs.

As Arphie's first sales hire, you will work closely with the leadership team to shape and execute the strategic direction of our sales initiatives in the US. We are looking for a results-driven leader with a proven track record in B2B SaaS sales who will help lay the foundations of our sales strategy & organization. The ideal candidate will come in, learn how we've done founder-led sales and achieved rapid ARR growth, and build upon our existing sales playbook to develop a repeatable sales motion from sourcing pipeline outbound, to first call, to closed won. They will also be a key contributor in defining what our sales organization will look like as we continue to grow and expand.

This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the fast-growing AI collaboration intelligence market.

What You'll Do

  • Acquire new logos and develop and implement innovative sales strategies to surpass revenue targets
  • Build pipeline via outbound, inbound, conferences, etc.
  • Run sales cycles from first meeting to close with an annual quota
  • Evaluate market landscape, trends, and dynamics to translate overarching plans into focused sales initiatives, partnerships, and campaigns.
  • Work closely with founders, product & engineering to ensure feedback loop between what we're hearing in the field and our development team is tight
  • Continuously enhance the sales methodology by integrating insights into playbooks, templates, and best practices. Identify process enhancements to streamline sales productivity and ensure consistency

Qualifications

  • 2-5 years of AE experience closing mid-market deals in B2B SaaS
  • 1-2 years of BDR/SDR (outbound) experience in B2B SaaS
  • Strong focus on growing accounts and net new business development opportunities
  • Proven track record of quota achievement in a fast-paced environment

Key Characteristics

  • Sales Aptitude - Track record of sales success, with high slope
  • Hunger to Source - While a portion of the opportunities you develop will be from a healthy pipeline of inbound leads, the expectation is self-sourcing is a portion of your pipeline as well
  • Curiosity & Willingness to Wear Multiple Hats Excitement and willingness to absorb and learn, with strong intellectual curiosity
  • Aligned with Arphie's core values

Logistics

Hybrid. We're excited about candidates who want to contribute to our in-office culture 3+ days a week. Desire for full-time in-person is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Our total compensation package is a blend of salary, quota-based compensation, equity & benefits.

We are committed to paying fairly and aim for these three elements collectively to be highly competitive with market rates. Equity - on top of the position's compensation, equity will be a major component of the total compensation. We aim to offer higher-than-average equity compensation for a company of our size and communicate equity amounts at the time of offer issuance.

Arphie
Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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