- Fully remote, anywhere in the U.S. We’re headquartered in Chicago, but your office is wherever you do your best work.
- A four-day workweek. Work-life balance is built into our business, with a full-time, 32-hour week over four days.
- Time to recharge. Generous PTO, paid holidays, and a paid company shutdown from December 24 through January 1.
- Benefits for you and your family. Medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company matching, and 12 weeks of paid new parent leave.
You don’t have to be a scientist to be part of the science. Every job here, from sales and marketing to product and engineering, helps turn that science into better talent insights for our customers.
- Our Mission. To create a world where everyone finds and thrives in their best job.
- Scientific Excellence. We pair nearly 90 years of assessment science with industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology, machine learning, and AI.
- What Our Work Makes Possible. Our tools help HR teams spot great candidates, see who’s most likely to succeed on the job, develop their people, and build stronger teams.
- We Practice What We Sell. We help companies hire and develop the right people, and we use the same approach to build and grow our own team. You’re hired for your potential, and we help you develop it.
Wonderlic is seeking a seasoned sales professional with a knack for transforming client relationships and setting new industry benchmarks. At Wonderlic, we’re on a mission to revolutionize the talent solutions space, and we’re looking for an Account Executive to lead the charge in expanding our client base for Wonderlic Select and Wonderlic Develop. This pivotal role is more than sales—it’s about driving innovation and forging successful partnerships.
Your Impact:As an Account Executive, you will leverage your expertise in new-logo sales to acquire our largest new clients and drive significant revenue growth. Your ability to build strong relationships with key decision-makers and simplify complex concepts will be crucial in winning over new clients and shaping our future sales strategy.
What You’ll Do:- Drive Growth: Proactively identify and target potential clients, understanding their unique needs, and demonstrating how Wonderlic's solutions can help achieve their goals, and exceed your own.
- Strategic Selling: Cultivate customer relationships through strategic conversations to understand organizational business objectives and goals.
- Sales Cycle Management: Manage opportunities through the sales cycle and close new business to increase revenue.
- Customer Transition: Ensure smooth transition of won customers to Customer Success.
- Market Insight: Maintain strong knowledge of new and existing product offerings, industry trends, new developments, and current competitive conditions within the marketplace.
- Leverage Curiosity: Leverage your curiosity about our products, industry, and the marketplace to build and maintain strong knowledge, enabling you to offer strategic insights and solutions to our customers
- Proven Success: Recognized for exceptional sales achievements and consistently exceeding targets – especially in formalized recognition programs like President’s Club
- Consistent Excellence: A strong track record of consistently exceeding quota, ideally in an outside sales or sales leadership position.
- Stability and Growth: Demonstrated ability to achieve long-term success and growth within previous roles.
- HR Tech Expertise: Extensive experience selling B2B, SaaS, HR technology solutions (Recruiting, HCM, LMS, etc).
- Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of the pains felt by our HR, Recruiting, and Employee Development buyers
- Leadership: Recognized as a subject matter expert within your organization with experience coaching or mentoring others.
- Curiosity and Creativity: Naturally curious and creative in your approach to solving problems.
- 5+ years of experience in SaaS subscription-based sales.
- Demonstrated success in quota-carrying sales roles, preferably within the B2B, SaaS, HR Technology sector, ideally in pre-employment assessment, employee development, or disruptive technology.
- Experience selling to SMB, Mid-Market organizations, and Enterprise experience is a plus.
- Proven ability to build your own pipeline by sourcing your own opportunities.
Target Total Compensation: This position offers OTE of $165,000 to $180,000, split between a base salary and uncapped commissions.
Base salary plus commission or variable pay.
Affirmative Action Plan/Equal Employer Opportunity (AAP/EEO) Statement: Research suggests that both the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can make members of some groups (including women, members of the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, and candidates of less traditional age, education, or background) less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. At Wonderlic, we are in the business of identifying potential, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply.
Wonderlic is proud to be an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. Here, diversity is valued and celebrated, and this is what makes us such a successful team. Wonderlic does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military/veteran status, or any other factor protected by law.
In addition, we will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please get in touch with us at [email protected] to request an accommodation.
Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to include a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties and responsibilities may change or be assigned at any time, with or without notice.
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Wonderlic Vernon Hills, Illinois, USA Office
544 Lakeview Pkwy, Vernon Hills, IL, United States, 60061
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