[Hiring] Key Account Executive @Rithum LinkedIn Board

Role Description

As a Key Account Executive, you are a highly strategic Hunter on our Core Sales team for our Brands products, responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding Rithum’s presence across global commerce ecosystems. This role is designed for a disciplined, high-energy sales professional who thrives on prospecting, creating pipeline, and winning new logos.

• Build meaningful relationships with Core Sales (mid-market & enterprise) brands and retailers.
• Position Rithum as the operational backbone enabling scalable marketplace and commerce growth.
• Generate your own pipeline, execute structured outreach, and maintain a consistent cadence of prospecting activity.
• Demonstrate consistent creation of high-quality pipeline and acquisition of strategic new logos.
• Engage with C-suite & executive buyers and run complex, value-based mid-market & enterprise sales cycles.

Responsibilities

• New Logo Acquisition:
  • Prospect and acquire net-new key clients across priority verticals and strategic accounts.
  • Build and manage a robust pipeline through disciplined outbound activity and self-generated opportunities.
  • Drive the full sales cycle from initial outreach through close in complex mid-market & enterprise environments.
• Pipeline Creation & Prospecting Discipline:
  • Maintain a consistent cadence of outbound prospecting including calls, emails, outreach, and targeted account engagement.
  • Own weekly pipeline generation targets and activity metrics.
  • Conduct discovery conversations that uncover business problems tied to commerce growth and operational efficiency.
• Value Based Selling:
  • Position Rithum’s platform as the central infrastructure enabling brands and retailers to scale marketplace and digital commerce operations.
  • Adopt the Rithum Way of Selling model.
  • Engage executive stakeholders and decision makers with clear value articulation.
  • Lead complex sales motions involving cross-functional stakeholders and long sales cycles.
• Strategic Account Targeting:
  • Identify and pursue high-value mid-market & enterprise prospects aligned to Rithum’s ideal client profile.
  • Build account strategies that leverage marketplace expansion, channel orchestration, and data intelligence capabilities.
• Deal Execution:
  • Manage opportunities through a disciplined sales methodology and deal inspection cadence.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders including sales engineering, product, services, and leadership to advance opportunities.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline visibility and forecast integrity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B SaaS or technology field sales experience in a closing role, focused on new logo acquisition with national key accounts ($50M–$1B+ revenue).
• Proven success managing 6+ month sales cycles, including procurement, legal, and compliance processes.
• Documented history of closing $100K+ ACV deals, including multi-year contracts.
• Consistent recent quota attainment (100%+ for 4+ consecutive quarters) in a competitive, metrics-driven environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build pipeline through self-generated outbound prospecting, with measurable activity standards (e.g., 40–60+ daily touchpoints, 10+ qualified meetings per month).
• Strong hunter mindset, with resilience and persistence in competitive environments and accountability for pipeline creation.
• Mastery of structured sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, Challenger, SPIN, Miller Heiman, Solution Selling) with evidence of pipeline progression and forecast accuracy.
• Proven ability to sell complex platforms or solution offerings in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Experience engaging C-suite and senior executive stakeholders to build consensus and close complex new-logo deals.
• Strong deal strategy and negotiation skills, including pricing, ROI justification, and defending business cases with executives.
• Ability to manage 10+ concurrent opportunities while balancing prospecting, deal progression, and strategic follow-up.
• Exceptional executive communication and presence, including clear, persuasive verbal and written communication.
• Disciplined use of CRM and sales tools (Salesforce preferred) and sales engagement platforms (e.g., Outreach, Salesloft, HubSpot, LinkedIn Navigator, ZoomInfo) for pipeline, activity, and conversion tracking.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, Client Success, and Solutions Engineering to close new business.
• Must be located in Pacific or Mountain US time zones.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• Experience selling into commerce, retail technology, marketplaces, or digital ecosystem platforms.
• Experience selling into multi-division or decentralized buying environments.
• Familiarity with partner- or channel-influenced sales motions.
• Experience positioning data-driven or AI-powered solutions.

Travel Required

• Up to 50%

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits: Affordable health care plans and company HSA contributions, starting on Day 1.
• A 6% 401(k) match.
• Competitive time off package with 20 days of Paid Time Off, 9 Company-Paid holidays, 2 paid floating holidays, 7 paid sick days, 2 Wellness days, and 1 Paid Volunteer Day; at 3 years of service PTO increases to 22 days, and at 5 years it increases to 25 days.
• 12 weeks primary caregiver leave & 4 weeks secondary caregiver leave.
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Pet insurance.
• Legal assistance and identity theft insurance plans.
• Life insurance 2x salary.
• Access to the Calm app and the Employee Assistance Program.
• $65/month Remote work stipend for internet.
• Culture and team-building activities.
• Tuition assistance.
• Career development opportunities.
• Charitable contribution match up to $250 per year.