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Account Executive

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Recent graduate or early-career professional with 0 to 2 years of experience
  • Demonstrated sales initiative through employment, internships, campus sales roles, SDR experience, or self-directed outreach
  • Experience building sales pipeline or processes from scratch in a startup or small business
  • Interest or experience in HR, finance, or AI is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Manage sales from prospecting and discovery through product demonstrations, negotiation, and close
  • Research target accounts, run outbound campaigns, and build pipeline independently
  • Engage HR leaders, CFOs, and IT procurement teams throughout sales cycles
  • Share customer needs and pain points with product and engineering teams

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Sales
  • Communication
  • Negotiation
  • Teamwork
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Clera Inc.

Staffing & Recruiting

Clera is an AI talent agent that represents job candidates and connects them directly with hiring managers at venture-backed startups. The platform uses artificial intelligence to match professionals with suitable career opportunities and facilitates introductions via email, iMessage, and WhatsApp, bypassing traditional job application processes.

Company details

IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size11-50

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Job description

About the Role

This early-career Account Executive role at an AI-focused HR technology company owns the full sales cycle. You will build pipeline and help shape the company's go-to-market approach, working closely with company leadership and sharing customer insights with product and engineering teams.

What You'll Do

  • Manage sales from prospecting and discovery through product demonstrations, negotiation, and close.

  • Research target accounts, run outbound campaigns, and build pipeline independently.

  • Engage HR leaders, CFOs, and IT procurement teams throughout sales cycles.

  • Work with company leadership to refine the ideal customer profile, test messaging, and develop the sales playbook.

  • Share customer needs and pain points with product and engineering teams.

What We're Looking For

  • A recent graduate or early-career professional with 0 to 2 years of experience.

  • Demonstrated sales initiative through employment, internships, campus sales roles, SDR experience, or self-directed outreach.

  • Experience building sales pipeline or processes from scratch in a startup, small business, or similarly lean environment.

  • A proactive hunter and closer mindset, strong communication skills, and comfort working autonomously in a fast-paced, ambiguous setting.

  • Interest or experience in HR, finance, or AI is a plus. Account executive, direct sales, HR technology, or enterprise deal experience is also beneficial.

  • Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $65,000 to $75,000 annually, with commission in a 50/50 base and variable structure and $140,000 OTE (on-target earnings, base plus variable). Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Remote within the United States.

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Marcus Rivera

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