Account Executive, SMB (Velocity)
Account Executive, SMB (Velocity)
Role Details
- Location: This role is based 2 days per week out of our San Francisco, HQ and is not eligible for full-time remote work.
- Compensation: The annual OTE for this role is $136,000-$151,500 USD in addition to equity and benefits.
About Gem
- Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2025
- Great Place to Work Certified, 2024
- Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023
The Team & Role
What You’ll Do Day-to-Day:
- Bring a positive, team-centric mindset to contribute to making Gem an exceptional place to work
- Research, identify, and engage high growth prospects to build and manage a sales pipeline — this is a full cycle sales role where no task is too small or too large when it comes to closing your opportunities
- Prospect into warm and cold accounts to create new business opportunities with SMB companies
- Close new SMB business with a high velocity
- Identify and close up-sell/cross-sell/expansion opportunities
- Customer centric approach focused on building and maintaining value-driven relationships with key customers, from senior leaders to individual contributors
- Gather and distribute product feedback from customers and prospects to the sales and product teams to help us continually enhance our product offerings.
About You:
- 1-3 years experience in a sales, renewal, or business development experience
- Ideally 1+ years of closing experience
- Experience selling software to startups or selling recruiting or HR technology solutions is preferred but not required
- You’re a curious listener with a clear verbal and written communication style
- You have a strong understanding of business value and the ability to explain concepts in simple terms
- Demonstrated ability to generate sales pipeline and exceed sales targets in an inside sales setting
- Willingness to work in a true startup environment and take on new and unexpected challenges with positivity and creativity
- Exceptionally organized and have experience leveraging Salesforce as a workflow accelerator
Benefits:
- Highly competitive salary & equity
- 10-year window to exercise your stock options
- Supportive Flexible Time Off program
- 16 paid holidays, including regular company-wide wellness days
- Best-in-class medical, dental & vision insurance
- $1,200 annual stipend for learning and development opportunities
- 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- New Parent Perks totaling $1,500 and flexibility upon return to work