Account Executive - North America
At a glance
Mid-level Account Executive role at speakup. Remote, United States · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $87,500–$180,000 across the United States.
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What you'll do
- Respond quickly to inbound requests, qualify prospects, and lead discovery and demo calls around their buying trigger
- Send proposals promptly, align buyers on next steps, and guide each deal through contract signing and launch
- Compete with established ethics and compliance providers by demonstrating ease of use, service, and AI capabilities
- Negotiate within the pricing tiers, coordinate with legal on security and contracts, and keep HubSpot current for forecasting
- Pass clear customer notes to Customer Success and relay market feedback to product and marketing
What you bring
- Two to four years of B2B SaaS sales, including independent SMB or commercial deal-closing experience or strong BDR/SDR results
- A record of performance against sales targets that you can explain with quota, ranking, or meeting-to-revenue results
- You can manage many fast-moving deals, run effective discovery and demos, and handle pricing and objections
- You write clear proposals and follow-up emails, and maintain daily CRM records using HubSpot or Salesforce
Who this fits
This mid-level role suits a BDR or SDR ready to own a quota, or an SMB or commercial AE seeking a broader opportunity. You must be based in the Americas and work a schedule covering US business hours.
From the employer
About SpeakUp
Every employee deserves a safe way to raise concerns. For more than 20 years, compliance, HR, and legal teams have relied on SpeakUp to make that happen, with anonymous reporting, case management, and AI-powered intake in one place. Our mission: protect people and give them a voice. Doing right, made easy.
The role
You'll own new business for small and mid-sized organizations (up to 3,000 employees) across the Americas. It's a new seat, built to move fast: most of your deals start with an inbound demo or pricing request, run on a tight cycle, and close in weeks, not quarters.
Your buyers are compliance officers, HR leaders, general counsel, and CFOs who need a whistleblowing channel that works, often because a regulation, an audit, or growth just made it urgent. Many are replacing a legacy provider they've outgrown. You'll help them see what better looks like and make their decision to buy from SpeakUp simple.
What you'll do
- Respond to inbound demo, pricing, and contact requests the same day, and qualify them quickly.
- Run combined discovery and demo calls: understand the trigger, confirm the decision maker, and show only what matters to them.
- Send proposals the same day and agree on a simple mutual action plan through signature and go-live.
- Win competitive deals against established ethics and compliance vendors by leading with ease of use, service, and modern AI features.
- Negotiate pricing and terms within our tiered model, and work with legal on security reviews and contract questions.
- Keep HubSpot accurate and current so your forecast is reliable.
- Hand new customers to Customer Success with clean notes, and share what you hear from the market with product and marketing.
What you'll bring
We're hiring at mid-level. You might be a BDR or SDR who's ready to carry a quota, or an SMB or commercial AE who wants a bigger stage.
- 2 to 4 years in B2B SaaS sales, including at least one of: 12+ months as an SMB or commercial AE closing your own deals, or 18+ months as a top-performing BDR/SDR with demo or closing exposure.
- A track record against a number: quota attainment, stack ranking, or meetings-to-revenue you can walk us through.
- Comfort running a high volume of short-cycle deals at the same time without dropping follow-ups.
- Strong discovery skills: you listen more than you talk and get to "why now" fast.
- Confidence leading a demo and handling pricing and objection conversations.
- Daily CRM discipline (HubSpot preferred; Salesforce is fine).
- Clear, concise writing for proposals and follow-up emails.
- Based in the Americas with a schedule that covers US business hours.
Bonus points
These help you ramp faster, so we weight them heavily:
- Experience selling ethics and compliance, whistleblowing, GRC, legal tech, HR tech, or EHS software, especially to compliance, HR, or legal buyers.
- Experience competing against or working for vendors in our space, such as NAVEX (EthicsPoint), EQS (IntegrityLine), or similar.
- Familiarity with drivers like SOX, the Dodd-Frank whistleblower program, the EU Whistleblowing Directive, or state and federal anti-retaliation requirements.
- Experience selling to the public sector, education, or nonprofits.
What success looks like
First 30 Days
- Develop a strong understanding of the product, pricing tiers, and competitive positioning.
- Shadow sales calls and gradually take ownership of your first discovery and demo calls.
First 90 Days
- Take ownership of the inbound lead queue for your segment.
- Ensure timely follow-up on every lead within one business day.
- Successfully close your first deals.
First 6 Months
- Achieve full sales quota.
- Maintain a healthy sales pipeline, ensuring there are no stalled deals.
- Successfully secure at least one competitive displacement deal.
What we offer
- Competitive base salary plus uncapped commission.
- A steady flow of inbound leads and a short, proven sales motion, so you can ramp fast.
- A product buyers are actively switching to, with AI features like the Sienna AI Voice Agent and SpeakUp Paths.
- A close-knit, international sales team that celebrates every win.
- Great benefits and a healthy work-life balance.
- [Benefits, PTO, and remote or hybrid details to confirm].
Ready to help organizations do right? Apply and start the conversation.