About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Sales.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Position overview

Confidential Client is seeking an Associate Account Executive, SMB Engaged in Seattle, WA. This is an early-career, growth-focused sales role that trains you to become a full-cycle seller using AI-enabled sales tools and data-driven territory strategies. The role emphasizes high-volume prospecting, pipeline generation, and close partnership with account teams.

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What You’ll Do

• Partner closely with Account Teams to learn target industries, accounts, and buyer personas across your assigned territory.
• Lead top-of-funnel activity: perform account research, source net-new contacts, and execute high-volume outbound prospecting.
• Drive net-new customer acquisition via one-to-one and one-to-many outbound campaigns and qualify inbound marketing or partner leads.
• Support account planning to expand product/service consumption within existing customers.
• Deliver against activity and output metrics (contacts sourced, leads qualified, calls completed, meetings scheduled, opportunities created).
• Use AI-powered sales intelligence, predictive analytics, and automation (including Salesforce) to prioritize outreach and optimize pipeline development.
• Test and iterate on next‑generation engagement strategies (generative AI, advanced personalization) to reach unengaged accounts.
• Share best practices with teammates and contribute to continuous team learning.

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Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience in sales, business development, lead generation, or customer-facing roles (internships and non-traditional experience count).

Preferred qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in technology sales, SaaS, or cloud services.
• Experience with outbound prospecting (cold calling, social selling, email sequencing).
• Experience with or strong interest in using AI tools to scale sales research and outreach.

We encourage applicants who are curious, coachable, and eager to learn — you don’t need to check every box to apply.

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Salary & benefits

• Pay range (hourly): $31.39 - $54.90 USD per hour (Seattle, WA). Final pay will be determined by experience, qualifications, and location.
• Total compensation may include sign-on payments, equity or restricted awards, and sales incentives.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, retirement matching, paid time off, parental leave, and employee assistance programs — details provided by the hiring organization.

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Why Join

• Structured early-career training and mentorship designed to accelerate progression into full-cycle sales roles.
• Hands-on use of industry-leading AI-enabled sales tools and data to drive scalable pipeline generation.
• Collaborative, inclusive team culture with employee-led affinity groups and career development opportunities.
• Focus on work-life harmony and reasonable flexibility.

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About the team

This role is an entry point into a larger North American sales organization. You’ll be paired with mentors and a development plan that supports rapid growth into higher-impact selling roles.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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