Join Strella as a Mid-Market Account Executive and drive sales in a rapidly growing AI-driven market research company.
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The Mid-Market Account Executive at Strella is responsible for managing the entire sales cycle, from generating leads to closing deals with new clients. This role requires expertise in SaaS, martech, or market research, along with a proven track record of self-sourcing deals and exceeding sales quotas. Ideal candidates are those who thrive in fast-paced environments, possess strong relationship-building skills, and are adept at navigating complex sales processes. Strella is experiencing significant growth and offers a collaborative culture focused on innovation in market research.
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We’re looking for a Mid-Market Account Executive to join us at a pivotal moment in our growth journey. You’ll own the full sales cycle: generating pipeline, moving deals through the funnel, and landing new logos that become long-term customers.
Explosive Growth: We’ve more than quadrupled our annual recurring revenue over the past year, demonstrating strong demand for a fundamentally better way to conduct research.
Run outbound: Develop creative campaigns, test messaging and run multi-channel outreach (email, LinkedIn, calls)
Own your pipeline: Build, maintain, and nurture your pipeline and target account list
Qualify rigorously: Qualify inbound and outbound leads so your time goes to the highest-value deals
Build genuine relationships: Be a trusted advisor to prospects navigating a fast-changing research landscape, someone they turn to for guidance and honest advice
Lead discovery and demos: Uncover the prospect’s goals, pain points, and decision process; Tailor demos to each prospect’s use cases and team
Move deals with urgency: Manage a high volume of opportunities at once and keep each one moving toward a decision
Run successful pilots: Define clear success criteria upfront and partner with Customer Success to drive each pilot to a confident buying decision
Make the business case: Build ROI cases tied to the buyer’s key KPIs and goals
Forecast accurately: Call deal likelihood, contract value, and close dates with accuracy
Negotiate and close: Structure contracts that are fair, scalable, and set accounts up for long-term growth
Set customers up to succeed: Partner with Customer Success on smooth handoffs and scope upgrades that set accounts up to expand
Partner with leadership: Work closely with the Head of Growth on strategy, messaging, pricing, and sales ops
Close the loop with product: Bring back customer learnings to keep improving our product and offering
Shape the playbook: Help define what great looks like, how we scale, and how we improve funnel conversion
Know the market: Stay on top of competitor moves and market trends to sharpen messaging and objection handling
You’ve consistently hit or exceeded quota selling to Enterprises, ideally to insights or marketing teams
You’ve sold SaaS, martech, or market research
You’ve self-sourced deals and built your own pipeline
You thrive juggling many deals at once without letting details slip
You’re naturally curious, great at discovery, and deeply customer-centric
You’re hungry to own a number and for hunting new business and deals
You’re a good listener who builds genuine relationships
You’re a creative problem solver who thinks on your feet
Huge greenfield market and early traction with top logos
An AI-native product that customers rave about
Massive impact: join early and help shape the company
Competitive salary, early equity, healthcare, flexible PTO, and a 401(k)
Hybrid culture with high trust and low ego
Opportunities to travel to conferences and meet key customers
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