About the Job
Hercules is looking for a technical, inbound, SMB account executive to help us grow our paid SMB customer base.
We receive 100s of inbound leads each month and have 1000s of product qualified leads. The vast majority of leads are qualified. To date we have unfortunately been turning them away. We are only 7 people and haven't had the capacity to do sales. The job is literally shooting fish in a barrel. We just need a dedicate...
Own inbound leads from qualification to close
Required Skills & Abilities
We receive 100s of inbound leads each month and have 1000s of product qualified leads. The vast majority of leads are qualified. To date we have unfortunately been turning them away. We are only 7 people and haven't had the capacity to do sales. The job is literally shooting fish in a barrel. We just need a dedicated person to do it for us!
Research and close product-qualified opportunities
Run customer discovery to understand business needs and desired outcomes
Lead product demos
Navigate security, privacy, and procurement reviews
Build urgency, negotiate terms, and close deals
Proven closing experience: 2+ years closing B2B software deals, with a track record of hitting quota
Technical depth: Understand data models, APIs, permissions, and integrations
Business software fluency: Understand applications/modules within ERPs and CRMs, the business workflows they support
Experience with enterprise buying requirements: Comfortable discussing SOC 2, DPAs, GDPR, security reviews etc
Strong communication: Clear, simple, and audience-specific communication that's tied back to business outcomes
Hercules’ operating principles guide how we make decisions every day. We take them very seriously. Most of the principles can be learned on the job, however, we do specifically filter for the following principles in our hiring process:
We ship. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds up our learning and delights our customers.
We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self-serve. We’re proud of our work.
We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done.
