Key Account Executive, $50 million - $1 billion

Role Overview

• Prospect and acquire net-new key clients across priority verticals and strategic accounts.
• Build and manage a robust pipeline through disciplined outbound activity and self-generated opportunities.
• Drive the full sales cycle from initial outreach through close in complex mid-market & enterprise environments.
• Maintain a consistent cadence of outbound prospecting including calls, emails, outreach, and targeted account engagement.
• Own weekly pipeline generation targets and activity metrics.
• Conduct discovery conversations that uncover business problems tied to commerce growth and operational efficiency.
• Position Rithum’s platform as the central infrastructure enabling brands and retailers to scale marketplace and digital commerce operations.
• Adopt the Rithum Way of Selling model
• Engage executive stakeholders and decision makers with clear value articulation.
• Lead complex sales motions involving cross-functional stakeholders and long sales cycles.
• Identify and pursue high-value mid-market & enterprise prospects aligned to Rithum’s ideal client profile.
• Build account strategies that leverage marketplace expansion, channel orchestration, and data intelligence capabilities.
• Manage opportunities through a disciplined sales methodology and deal inspection cadence.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including sales engineering, product, services, and leadership to advance opportunities.
• Maintain accurate pipeline visibility and forecast integrity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of B2B SaaS or technology field sales experience in a closing role, focused on new logo acquisition with national key accounts ($50M–$1B+ revenue).
• Proven success managing 6+ month sales cycles, including procurement, legal, and compliance processes.
• Documented history of closing $100K+ ACV deals, including multi-year contracts.
• Consistent recent quota attainment (100%+ for 4+ consecutive quarters) in a competitive, metrics-driven environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build pipeline through self-generated outbound prospecting, with measurable activity standards (e.g., 40–60+ daily touchpoints, 10+ qualified meetings per month).
• Strong hunter mindset, with resilience and persistence in competitive environments and accountability for pipeline creation.
• Mastery of structured sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, Challenger, SPIN, Miller Heiman, Solution Selling) with evidence of pipeline progression and forecast accuracy.
• Proven ability to sell complex platforms or solution offerings in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Experience engaging C-suite and senior executive stakeholders to build consensus and close complex new-logo deals.
• Strong deal strategy and negotiation skills, including pricing, ROI justification, and defending business cases with executives.
• Ability to manage 10+ concurrent opportunities while balancing prospecting, deal progression, and strategic follow-up.
• Exceptional executive communication and presence, including clear, persuasive verbal and written communication.
• Disciplined use of CRM and sales tools (Salesforce preferred) and sales engagement platforms (e.g., Outreach, Salesloft, HubSpot, LinkedIn Navigator, ZoomInfo) for pipeline, activity, and conversion tracking.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, Client Success, and Solutions Engineering to close new business.
• Must be located in Central or Eastern US time zones.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits: Affordable health care plans and company HSA contributions, starting on Day 1
• A 6% 401(k) match
• Competitive time off package with 20 days of Paid Time Off, 9 Company-Paid holidays, 2 paid floating holidays, 7 paid sick days, 2 Wellness days, and 1 Paid Volunteer Day; at 3 years of service PTO increases to 22 days, and at 5 years it increases to 25 days
• 12 weeks primary caregiver leave & 4 weeks secondary caregiver leave
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Pet insurance
• Legal assistance and identity theft insurance plans
• Life insurance 2x salary
• Access to the Calm app and the Employee Assistance Program
• $65/month Remote work stipend for internet
• Culture and team-building activities
• Tuition assistance
• Career development opportunities
• Charitable contribution match up to $250 per year