Strategic Account Executive, Handshake

$300-315k

OTE

+ Equity

Expert level
Remote in US
Handshake

College career network and job board

Open for applications

Handshake

College career network and job board

501-1000 employees

B2CRecruitmentNetworking

Open for applications

$300-315k

OTE

+ Equity

Expert level
Remote in US

501-1000 employees

B2CRecruitmentNetworking

Company mission

To democratize access to opportunity and ensure any student can build a great career no matter who they know, where they live or what school they attend.

Role

Who you are

  • At least 10+ years of sales experience in Enterprise and/or Strategic SaaS and/or HR tech sales, minimum 5 years of Large Enterprise closing experience
  • Experience operating in a high-growth business environment like Handshake
  • Successful in closing large six figure and seven figure deals
  • Excellent customer facing skills
  • Ability to navigate complex contract structures
  • A strong history of quota attainment and excellent performance on a high-reaching team
  • Ability to successfully drive revenue and growth through the development of long-term strategic relationships with existing customers
  • Experience preparing account plans, business value narratives, and
  • Proven ability to collaborate successfully with a go to market team
  • Proven ability to engage with executives at F500 companies

Desirable

  • Knowledge of how online recruiting technology works - and the ability to explain it in ordinary terms
  • Possess relationships with key HR decision makers at national Fortune 100 companies and other top brands

What the job involves

  • We’re looking for a Strategic Account Executive to join our Employer Sales Team - showcasing Handshake as the premier way for top brands to recruit emerging college talent
  • You will be responsible for developing and delivering a stable book of business: prospecting, cultivating, and closing new accounts while growing existing customer relationships and helping Handshake hit growth and attainment targets
  • You will maximize revenue while producing value and brand awareness for hundreds of current and prospective clients across the country
  • Drive revenue growth for Handshake’s F100 customers
  • Generate scalable revenue and hit target quota on a quarterly and annual basis
  • Develop and cultivate deep relationships with senior executives at the Director, VP, and C Suite levels
  • Interact and collaborate across Handshake, engaging with internal Customer Success, Insights, and the Leadership and Executive teams to build and grow our strategic partnerships
  • Actively source and provide valuable market research, including industry-specific information and trends for customers and teammates
  • Build business value narratives that incorporate qualitative and quantitative ROI modeling
  • Command, report and forecast sales performance - from prospecting target accounts and contacts to closing deals and growing existing relationships
  • Create proposals, executive briefings, and seasonal business reviews for HR and business leaders at F100 companies
  • Expand pre-existing and new customer relationships by encouraging adoption and managing annual upsells

Our take

The three founders of Handshake established their company in an attempt to eliminate inequality and make the student hiring landscape fairer. The Handshake platform acts as a LinkedIn for college students, pairing students from every walk of life with more than 650K employers, including the entire Fortune 500, which includes Google and Nike.

The graduate recruitment platform is open to any student with a valid @.edu email address, with more than 12 million active users from thousands of colleges and universities. With a student-first philosophy, the company generates revenue from both universities and employers rather than students.

Valued at $3.5B, Handshake has gained traction in a competitive market, although it has strong competition from recruiting giants LinkedIn and Indeed. It stands out, however, by helping students build new relationships and skills, rather than simply making connections to people they already know.

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Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

2% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Jan 2022

$200m

SERIES F

May 2021

$80m

SERIES E

Total funding: $434m

Company benefits

  • 💰Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
  • 🍼16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents
  • 💝Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support
  • 💻Handshake offers $500/£360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home
  • 📚Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500 stipend for you to grow your skills and career
  • 🏦401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year
  • 🏝 All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 8 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Summer and Winter #ShakeBreak, two one-week periods of Collective Time Off

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Garrett Lord

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Majored in Computer Science at Michigan Technological University. Interned at Palantir Technologies before co-founding Handshake in 2012.

Ben Christensen

(Co-Founder)

Graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Computer Networking & Systems Administration. Interned at Target and worked as a Developer at Up and Running Software. Was part of Arbor Networks' ASERT Security Research team.

Scott Ringwelski

(Co-Founder)

Attained a degree in Computer Software Engineering from Michigan Technological University. Co-founded Handshake in 2012.

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