Gusto

Expansion Account Executive

Gusto$95K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in consultative sales or account management focused on expansion
  • Experience in a high-velocity sales environment managing multiple customer interactions
  • Familiar with Salesforce and modern sales engagement tools
  • Strong communication, negotiation, and time-management skills
  • Daily integration of AI into workflows with demonstrated impact on tools and processes

Responsibilities

  • Execute multi-touch outreach through calls and emails to engage customers
  • Respond quickly to inbound leads while proactively prospecting outbound opportunities
  • Conduct at least 60 consultative calls per day to identify upsell and cross-sell possibilities
  • Showcase the value of the platform based on expert knowledge
  • Document interactions in Salesforce and collaborate with internal teams to refine messaging
  • Own and achieve monthly ARR quota through effective upselling and cross-selling
  • Utilize AI to streamline sales processes and improve efficiency

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work options with hybrid office expectations in major cities
  • Access to collaborative and engaging workplace culture
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Involvement in cutting-edge technology and sales strategies
  • Inclusive and supportive team environment focused on customer success
Full Job Description
About the Role:

As a Expansion Sales Account Executive at Gusto, you will be a platform advisor to drive expansion revenue by engaging customers through both inbound and outbound outreach. Using a structured, multi-touch cadence, you will secure quality connects and generate incremental ARR growth.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Execute a multi-touch outreach cadence (calls + emails) to connect with customers
  • Fast responsiveness to inbound opportunities combined with smart outbound prospecting into our customer base
  • Conduct at least 60 consultative calls daily to uncover upsell and cross-sell opportunities.
  • Leverage your deep knowledge of the People Platform to demonstrate additional product value.
  • Update Salesforce with detailed notes and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Sales, Product, Marketing) to optimize messaging.
  • Ownership of a monthly ARR quota achieved via upsell and cross-sells
  • Use AI-powered workflows as a core part of how you sell: running assigned tools daily, surfacing friction and inefficiencies as you find them, and collaborating with your team to influence what gets built or improved next.

About the Team:

The Platform Sales team is dedicated to supporting our existing customers as their businesses evolve, ensuring their needs are met at every stage of growth. Through proactive outreach during key lifecycle moments, we drive greater product adoption, enhance customer engagement, and extend customer lifetime value with Gusto.

Here's what you'll do day-to-day:
  • Daily Outreach:
    • Make approximately 60 dial attempts per day (targeting 6 quality connects; ~10 call attempts per connect).
    • Send personalized follow-up emails per dial attempt/connect and leverage additional touchpoints as needed.
  • Consultative Engagement:
    • Conduct a minimum of 6 consultative calls each day-balancing inbound scheduled calls with targeted outbound efforts.
  • Pipeline & Collaboration:
    • Update Salesforce with detailed call notes, track opportunities, and plan follow-up actions.
    • Participate in daily huddles with your PE to review priorities and discuss top-priority opportunities.
  • Feedback:
    • Collect insights from customer conversations to help refine outreach strategies and product messaging.
  • Results
    • Contribute to achieving monthly incremental ARR targets of approximately $109,000

Here's what we're looking for:
  • 3+ years in consultative sales or account management focused on expansion.
  • Proven success in a high-velocity sales environment managing numerous customer interactions.
  • Proficiency in Salesforce and modern sales engagement tools.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and time-management skills.
  • Proven, day-to-day experience integrating AI into how you work - across writing, research, prep, and summarization as a core part of your workflow, with a track record of giving clear, useful feedback that helps improve your tools and processes.

Our cash compensation range for this role is $95,000 to $120,000 OTE in Denver, Atlanta and Phoenix. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.

About Gusto

Gusto is a cloud-based human resources software platform that provides payroll, benefits, and HR management services to small businesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Gusto's platform automates many of the administrative tasks associated with HR, such as payroll processing, tax filings, and benefits administration. The company also offers a range of HR services, including compliance support, employee onboarding, and time tracking. Gusto is committed to helping small businesses succeed by providing them with the tools and resources they need to manage their HR operations more efficiently.
Learn more about Gusto
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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