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From the employer's careers site First seen 25 Oct 2026

Strategic Account Executive

Pave San Francisco, CA Hybrid executive full-time

Salary

$300,000 OTE +

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Description

Job Overview

As a Strategic Account Executive at Pave, you'll lead complex sales cycles with strategic prospects, focusing on six-figure deals that expand Pave's compensation network. You'll partner with HR and Finance executives to understand their compensation challenges and demonstrate how Pave can transform their practices.

Responsibilities

  • Drive complex, multi-threaded sales cycles with strategic prospects, focusing on six-figure deals that expand Pave's compensation network
  • Partner with prospects' HR and Finance leadership to understand their compensation challenges and demonstrate how Pave can transform their practices
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to influence roadmap decisions based on enterprise market needs and customer feedback
  • Develop and execute strategic account plans in partnership with SDRs to build a robust pipeline through both inbound and outbound efforts
  • Work cross-functionally with Customer Success to ensure smooth handoffs and drive successful customer outcomes
  • Contribute to building and refining our enterprise sales playbook as we scale our go-to-market motion
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to prospects, helping them envision and implement modern compensation practices across their organizations

Requirements

  • 8+ years of proven sales experience (4+ in SaaS sales & 2+ years in Enterprise preferred) with a track record of consistently exceeding quota
  • Demonstrated success in enterprise sales cycles (6 month+) with 6 figure deals
  • Strong consultative selling skills with the ability to navigate complex organizational structures and multiple stakeholders
  • Experience selling to HR, Finance, or other executive stakeholders in high-growth technology companies
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
  • Excellence in discovery, solution positioning, and building business cases that resonate with executive buyers
  • Track record of contributing beyond the traditional sales role to help build and scale sales organizations

Compensation and Benefits

  • Targeted cash compensation for this role: $300,000 OTE +
  • Meaningful equity
  • Best-in-class medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Region-specific benefits designed around your life , not just your role
  • Flexible PTO and the freedom to work from anywhere in the world for up to a month
  • Lunch and dinner stipends plus fully stocked kitchens
  • Quarterly education stipend to invest in the skills and knowledge that matter most to you
  • Robust parental leave
  • Commuter stipend to support the in-person collaboration

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • HR
  • Finance
  • Executive stakeholders
  • High-growth technology companies

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/paveakatroveinformationtechnologies/jobs/4747361005

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