Account Executive - Dallas

Slang.ai

$85K — $110K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of sales experience with a track record of exceeding targets.
  • Self-starter with traits of curiosity, resourcefulness, and resilience.
  • Solid business acumen to address industry-specific challenges and act as a consultant.
  • Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Strong adaptability with a coachable mindset and innovative approach.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with high emotional intelligence.
  • Experience in SaaS or hospitality (e.g., hotels or restaurants) preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively prospect and close new business opportunities.
  • Uncover business impact through value-based discovery and demos.
  • Strategically expand both existing and new market segments.
  • Manage the sales pipeline to ensure multi-threading with stakeholders and drive urgency.
  • Leverage AI technologies to innovate processes and achieve business objectives.
  • Collaborate with Implementation and Customer Success teams for smooth onboarding and account expansion.
  • Consistently achieve and surpass monthly sales quotas and top-of-funnel metrics.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with various rewards and benefits.
  • Equity included in the offer package.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth aligned with personal goals.
  • Supportive company culture enhancing personal well-being.
Full Job Description
What your experience will be

As an Account Executive at Slang.ai, you will play a pivotal role in driving our business forward. Collaborating closely with the Head of Sales and your manager, you will be integral to our rapid growth phase. You will work within the Sales department, engaging with various internal teams, such as Product and Customer Experience, to ensure a cohesive customer journey. This role is based in the field so you can focus on visiting prospects. Occasional travel may be required for attending conferences or company offsite meetings. Additionally, you will leverage sales technology to enhance productivity and connectivity with prospects and with your teammates.

What Success Looks Like

  • Hunting and Closing: Proactively prospecting and closing new business opportunities.
  • Value Based Discovery and Demos: Actively listening to expertly uncover business impact, quantify value, and position Slang as uniquely qualified to deliver those outcomes.
  • Growing Key Markets: Expanding both existing and new market segments strategically.
  • Pipeline Management: Managing your sales pipeline to ensure quality multi-threading with key stakeholders, driving urgency of purchase, and navigating the buying process to ensure a predictable and steady flow of closed deals.
  • Leverage AI to innovate and drive process efficiency and achieve business objectives.
  • Collaborative Support: Working closely with the Implementation and Customer Success teams to ensure smooth customer onboarding and expansion of existing accounts you have worked with.
  • Exceeding Targets: Consistently achieving and surpassing monthly sales quotas and weekly top-of-funnel metrics.

What You Will Bring

  • Experience: 3+ years of sales experience with a proven track record of exceeding targets.
  • Traits and Behaviors: Described by others as a self starter, hunter, closer, curious, resourceful, and resilient. You possess a growth mindset and hustle to achieve your very best.
  • Business Acumen: The ability to speak directly to a prospect's business problems, understand the industry, and act as a consultant.
  • Grit: You give your very best in everything you do and take ownership of the outcomes. Adversity and challenges don't deter you from your commitment to driving results.
  • Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced and ever-evolving startup environment and excels under pressure.
  • Coachability: Open to feedback, self-motivated, and innovative in your approach.
  • Communication Skills: Strong in both written and verbal communication, a good listener, assertive, persistent, and persuasive, with a high EQ.
  • Preferred Experience: Experience in SaaS or hospitality (Hotels or restaurants) is a plus.

How Work effects my Life

At Slang, your role as an Account Executive will not only shape your professional trajectory but also enhance your personal well-being. We offer competitive compensation, including various rewards and benefits, to reflect your value to the company. By joining Slang.ai, you'll find your work meaningful and aligned with your personal goals, shaping a positive worldview and reinforcing your sense of worth by helping businesses more efficiently serve their customers and alleviate pain for their staff while developing your business and hospitality ai acumen and skills.

Compensation & Location

Compensation for this role is location-based and benchmarked against local market data aligned to the employee's primary work location. Total compensation includes a mix of cash and equity and may vary by location, role level, and experience. Our range is therefore wide and not meant as a negotiation range.

Work Type: Remote, local to Dallas

Base Compensation: $85,000 - $110,000

Variable Compensation: 50/50 split ($85,000-$110,000)

On-Target Earnings (OTE): $170,000 - $220,000

Equity: Included in offer package

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