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Account Executive, UserVolley

Centercode · Mission Viejo, CA, USA ·

Pay:
$75,000-$90,000/yr
Job type:
Full Time

Douglas Adams once said, "Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet." Funny, because it's true. So much so that it sparked our unrelenting mission to increase the positive impact of technology on people's lives.

From robot vacuums and voice assistants to banking apps, smart toys, and backyard grills, Centercode has helped shape countless products in virtually every household, and chances are good we've impacted your life already. We're full of people who take pride in striving toward our goals and having a blast while doing it. We're always on the lookout for enthusiastic, like-minded people to join us in making everyday life better through technology.

As an Account Executive on the UserVolley founding team, you'll help bring our new product validation platform to new customers. You'll learn how product, research, and customer experience leaders make decisions, connect their needs to UserVolley, and own the buyer relationship from first conversation to signature. A Solutions Consultant will join from the beginning to lead technical discovery, demonstrations, and solution design.

We're still writing the UserVolley sales playbook. In this role, you'll help write it, but you won't be starting from scratch. You'll have Centercode's 25 years of customer relationships and validation expertise behind you. Leadership and collaborators in Sales, Product, and Marketing will help you learn the product, work through deals, and test ideas. You'll bring the initiative to develop your own outreach, follow through on introductions, and keep new conversations coming.

What you'll get:
ownership in a new product launch; product training and regular deal reviews; our leadership, Solutions Consultants, and Sales Operations alongside you from the first buyer conversation; and a commission plan that rewards new business.

What you'll do as an Account Executive
Pipeline and first conversations

Workinbound leads from Marketing and introductions from our Advocates and Braintrust programs

Respond quickly to every new lead

Research a focused list of potential buyers and test relevant outreach, introductions, and other ways to start conversations

Consistently sharpen your approach by noticing what works, dropping what doesn't, and adjusting quickly

Earn face time with buyers through in-person visits, events, and creative invitations

Find the event behind the deal (a rough launch, a new product leader, a new market)

Qualify honestly, including when we're not the right fit

Running the deal
Own business discovery and the buyer relationship

Prepare the Solutions Consultant for each conversation and partner with them on technical discovery, demos, and solution design

Build a mutual action plan with your buyer and keep every stakeholder moving

Present proposals, create urgency honestly, and keep deals from stalling

Negotiate pricing and terms with buyers, backed by leadership and SalesOperations

Close UserVolley deals end to end, and partner with leadership on larger enterprise deals(you keep the credit)

Update every HubSpot deal the same day something changes: next step, date, and who owns it

Come to your weekly deal review with the full story on every active opportunity

Accurately and frequently forecast your pipeline

Meet quarterly and annual new-logo bookings goals

Learning and building
Build product and buyer knowledge while working with leadership and the Solutions Consultant

Be proficient at deal management processes and strategies, and develop new ways to create conversations

Write down what works (talk tracks, objection handling, email templates) to learn quickly

Put AI agents to work on account research, call prep, and follow-ups, reviewing what they produce

Represent the target market's voice to Product and Marketing

What you need to do the job
Experience and skills

Customer-facing experience where you personally won business, developed opportunities, or advanced buying decisions

Real examples of what you owned, what support you had, and how you made progress when the process was incomplete

Evidence of something you started or improved yourself: how you chose the next step, what happened, and what you changed after feedback or failure

Ability to write clearly and professionally at speed; an email to a VP of product is part of the job

Confidence in conversations with director and VP level buyers

Experience with a CRM such as HubSpot or Salesforce, or proof that you pick up new tools quickly

Hands-on skill with AI and other tools for account research, preparation, and follow-up, with output you can verify and explain

Mindsets and traits

Coachable and quick to turn feedback into action

Reliable in follow-through without being chased

Curious about how products get built, tested, and launched

Comfortable hearing no, and asking a better question next time

Accountable for your results, the good ones and the bad ones

What'll give you an edge
Time as an SDR or BDR at a B2B SaaS company, booking meetings with director and VP level buyers

A background in product management, UX research, QA, or beta testing

A real interest in consumer electronics, connected hardware, or how great products ship

Military service or another background where you led under pressure

Established AI agents or workflows you've built yourself

Experience helping sell a new product or developing an approach before a complete sales playbook existed

The nitty-gritty

Compensation: $75k - $90k base + commission ($125k - $150k OTE), with accelerators above plan

This is a full-time, hybrid position

Candidate must live within commuting distance of our HQ office (Mission Viejo, California)

Candidate must be willing and able to travel up to 25% for on-site customer visits

We require a satisfactory background check following offer acceptance

More about us
We're an innovative tech company, and we're always evolving. Our weird and wonderful work culture is unified by geeking out hard over tech: the old, the new, and the yet-to-exist. We value adaptability over perfectionism and productivity over long hours. Also, towels. They're very important to us.

You'll fit right in if

You love emerging tech: using it, talking about it, tinkering with it

You're obsessed with using AI to amplify your productivity

You're not afraid to ask (or answer) stupid questions

You're a strong communicator but your an even better listener

You were triggered by the grammar in that last bullet

Your coworkers speak highly of you and your work

You know your biggest weakness, and it isn't that you're a perfectionist

You're a builder with a track record to prove it

You're willing to admit when you screw up (it happens to the best of us)

You know the answer to the Ultimate Question

The typical perks you'd expect

Medical + FSA

Voluntary Dental + Vision

3 weeks of PTO annually (plus more the longer you're with the company)

401(k) matching

Plus a few pleasant surprises

We pay for your phone (unlimited data!)

We pay for your home internet (unlimited cat videos!)

$1,000 budget to turn your at-home workspace into a temple of productivity

Raise and bonus opportunities every year (treat yo self)

Stock options

Discounts on fitness, electronics, entertainment, and more

IRL team-building events and parties in sunny Southern California

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