Account Executive
Motion$60,000 - $110,000/year
- Full Time
- Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Enterprise Software, SaaSIndustries
Position Overview
- Location Type: Remote
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Salary: Not specified
Linear is a remote-first company building tools for high-impact product teams. We are focused on creating a new standard for software development and empowering companies to build better software. We've experienced rapid growth and are now expanding our sales efforts to bring the magic of Linear to more companies. As an Account Executive, you'll be a product expert, helping customers leverage Linear effectively and contributing to the future of our product.
Requirements
- Experience: 5+ years in a quota-carrying sales role
- Technical Audience: Experience selling to a technical audience (bonus: previous experience with collaboration or developer tools)
- SaaS & Startup: SaaS and startup experience; comfortable in a fast-paced, flexible environment
- Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and product demonstration skills
Responsibilities
- Become a product expert and help customers use Linear effectively.
- Assist prospects through the trial and evaluation phase.
- Generate a strong pipeline and exceed quarterly targets.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders within accounts.
- Be the voice of the customer; advocate for customers by surfacing product or adoption blockers to the product team.
Company Information
- Company: Linear
- Founded: 2019
- Remote Policy: Fully Remote (US/EU timezones)
- Mission: To create a new standard for modern software development.
- Equity: Competitive salary and equity, employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
- Benefits: Paid lunch and coffee during workdays, health, dental, and vision insurance (US), regular team events and offsites, 5 weeks of paid vacation, 4 months of paid parental leave
- Resources:
- A story about our mission: Read Me
- Sequoia Capital Spotlight: Designing for the Developers
- Building our teams: Why and how we do work trials at Linear
- Accel Series B blog post: Building for Quality: Our Investment in Linear
Application Instructions
- We are an equal opportunity employer and remote-only company.
- At this time, we can only support hiring within the US for this role.
- (Details on how to apply are not provided in the text.)
Skills
SaaS
Sales
Communication
Product Demonstration
Pipeline Generation
Stakeholder Management
Technical Sales
Collaboration Tools
Developer Tools
Linear
Software development tool for task management
About Linear
Linear is a software development tool that helps teams build products more efficiently. It provides features for task management, issue tracking, and workflow customization, making it suitable for both startups and large enterprises. The platform simplifies complex tasks by breaking them down into manageable sub-issues, which enhances productivity. It includes automated backlog management to save time by auto-closing and archiving issues. Linear is designed for speed, offering rapid keyboard shortcuts and real-time synchronization. Users can create custom workflows and views to tailor the platform to their needs. A unique feature called "Cycles" helps teams prioritize their work by automatically tracking started issues and rolling over unfinished tasks to the next cycle. Linear's goal is to streamline the software development process, allowing teams to focus on building great products.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$50.8MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
51-200Employees