Account Executive (SF)

Sphere

$110K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in B2B SaaS sales targeting SMB and mid-market segments
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas
  • Experience in early-stage startup environments
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Familiarity with tax compliance processes (a plus)

Responsibilities

  • Conduct full-cycle sales from outbound outreach to closing deals
  • Manage both high-velocity SMB and complex mid-market sales cycles
  • Develop go-to-market playbooks and sales assets with the Founder
  • Expand and shape the sales team as it grows

Benefits

  • Working in an innovative, fast-paced startup environment
  • Opportunity to build and influence the sales strategy from the ground up
  • Engagement in ground-breaking technology with AI-driven tax solutions
  • Access to a network of influential tech companies and founders
  • Collaborative work atmosphere focused on immediate results
Full Job Description
THE ROLE

Sphere is looking for a Founding Account Executive based in Europe to work closely with the Founder to not only help target European mid-market and enterprise businesses, but also build out our broader EMEA-based GTM function.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Full-cycle sales: run outbound, close new logos, and expand existing accounts.
  • Flex across segments: high-velocity SMB cycles and complex mid-market sales.
  • Build GTM playbooks, assets, and revops stack with the Founder.
  • Help shape and scale our global sales team.


REQUIREMENTS
  • Proven experience selling B2B SaaS into SMB and mid-market segments.
  • Early-stage startup experience (building processes from scratch).


NICE TO HAVES
  • Experience selling to the CFO / Finance roles in Europe


WHO YOU ARE

You'll thrive here if:
  • You're a Dog. You've been underestimated, gone through struggle, and never stopped running. You have a chip on your shoulder and enormous drive. You look at Stripe, Deel, and Flexport all punting on compliance and think: good, that means the opportunity is ours. Hunger beats pedigree.
  • Early stage is in your bones. You've built things where there's no playbook and nobody handing you the answer. You define the problem instead of waiting for instructions.
  • You own it end to end. Give you a goal and you figure out your own path. Small team, global surface area - everyone owns a domain that would be a full team at a larger company. No one tells you how.
  • You believe speed and accuracy are both possible. We're building a complex product that requires robustness and 100% uptime, and we have to build at our customers' pace. Move fast. Don't break things. Both.
  • Being in the room is a feature, not a cost. Five days in SF isn't a policy, it's how the work gets done. The speed and density of collaboration we need doesn't survive over video.


This won't be a fit if:
  • You need structure handed to you or ambiguity feels draining rather than motivating
  • You want to manage people more than own hard problems (we're a flat, experienced team - everyone builds)
  • You're used to "good enough" shipping (small errors have outsized impact here)
  • Being in the room five days a week feels like a cost instead of a benefit

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