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Strategic Account Executive

Handshake · Remote (USA) · Remote

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About Handshake

Decentralized certificate authority and naming. Backed by Greylock and Sequoia.

About the role

We’re hiring a Strategic Account Executive to join our Strategic New Business team, focused on landing net new Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 employers that do not yet partner with Handshake. This is a pure hunter role, built for a seller who thrives in high-visibility deal cycles, creates pipeline through proactive outreach, and can close complex six-figure partnerships with senior HR and business leaders. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 4+ years of SaaS closing experience, including 2+ years selling into enterprise or strategic customers
  • Proven track record of net new logo acquisition and consistent quota attainment (President’s Club strongly preferred)
  • Experience closing complex six-figure deals with multiple stakeholders and longer sales cycles
  • Strong outbound and account planning skills, with comfort owning a defined book and building pipeline proactively
  • Ability to lead executive-level conversations, position value, and run a disciplined sales process end to end
  • High ownership and scrappiness, with comfort creating your own materials and running your own demos without heavy support
More about this role

Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.

In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.

Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel

Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions

Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders

Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

We’re hiring a Strategic Account Executive to join our Strategic New Business team, focused on landing net new Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 employers that do not yet partner with Handshake. This is a pure hunter role, built for a...

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