Account Executive - SMB

FreeWill is seeking an SMB Account Executive (internally known as a Grassroots Account Executive) to be a leading force that fuels our mission to provide the FreeWill platform to nonprofits to raise $1T. 

The Account Executive position is responsible for revenue generation through strategic relationships with nonprofits. You will identify net-new opportunities within an assigned territory of accounts. We are a customer-centric sales team where your daily responsibilities will include:

• Prospecting and booking new meetings
• Conducting discovery with new prospects 
• Communicating via phone, email, and teleconference
• Demonstrating thought leadership and platform solutions to advance sales
• Negotiating contract terms and customer pricing during the sale
• Preparing proposals, presentations, and contracts resulting in closed-won deals
• Developing strategic plans to drive sales within your territory

We are looking for proven experience with prospecting that results in 3-5 new meetings per week.  Experience with managing $500K pipeline at all times and closing $100K ARR quarterly while navigating a buying process where C-Suite decisions are the norm.  Candidates should be able to demonstrate actual performance against past quotas.  We expect the responsibilities to sometimes shift, and aim to hire an individual who is comfortable moving quickly in a fast-paced and/or start-up environment. The right candidate will be an energetic person with passion and innate drive to excel at any task.  We are also looking for someone who is able to learn different customer profiles/personas through team collaboration and self-started learning.

FreeWill has set compensation and a non-negotiation policy for fairness reasons (we don't think that an individual's pay should be determined by how comfortable they are negotiating).

As a result, we like to be transparent and up front about the compensation. The offer for this role will be a base salary of $80,000 and potential variable compensation of $55,000 for a total OTE of $135,000.

Please note: We are hiring for the AE role in the US and Canada. Compensation offered for the role may differ based on location and cost of living. We conduct extensive research to ensure compensation is aligned with the experience level of the role, cost of living, and job market. Information shared about compensation in the respective job posting is the compensation being offered for that specific role/location. If you proceed in the interview process and have any questions, you can discuss with the Recruiter.

Responsibilities

• Execute a sales process through discovery, solution, pricing, negotiation, and close
• Participate in brainstorming, team meetings and client meetings, researching and assisting with program development for new prospects
• Collaborate with Sales Development Reps to prospect for new business
• Illustrate the value of products and services to create growth opportunities; compile and analyze data to identify trends
• Become an expert in the FreeWill platform and the broader nonprofit fundraising landscape
• Stay current with changes and developments in the nonprofit industry. This includes gathering competitive information on products and services, and sharing this information with the product development, marketing, customer service, and executive teams
• Manage complex contract negotiations and work with legal counsel as required
• Meet quarterly sales objectives
• Act with FreeWill’s values of focus, joy, kindness, and courage

Qualifications

• 1+ years of successful Account Executive experience in a startup SaaS company with multiple products
• Experience selling to nonprofits is a plus
• Experience leading your own product demos
• Experience handling negotiations and contract signing
• Experience managing your own prospecting
• Ability to make a strategic decision and run with it
• Ability to understand data and make data-driven decisions 
• Smart, tenacious, and kind, with a growth mindset