Senior Account Executive

Coast is re-imagining the trillion-dollar U.S. B2B card payments infrastructure, with a focus on the country’s 500,000 commercial fleets, 40 million commercial vehicles, and many million commercial drivers. The incumbent technologies that cater to these customers are decades old, and drivers and fleets increasingly demand modern digital experiences and affordable and transparent financial services products. Coast's mission is to deliver them at a transformational scale, beginning with the Coast Fleet and Fuel Card built on a cutting-edge spend management platform. 

As one of the very first sales hires at an early-stage startup, you will roll up your sleeves to do the critical work of selling Coast’s product. Coast is built to help businesses with fleets save time and money, and you will identify, develop, and close relationships with prospective clients. At the same time, you’ll bring the voice of the customer to the forefront of our product development, help inform our sales strategy, and build the future of our sales organization.  Your contributions will directly drive revenue for Coast, while enabling the long term success of our future sales colleagues.

Responsibilities:

• Own the entire customer sales cycle from prospect to close for Mid-Market businesses that operate fleets of 100+ vehicles 
• Drive revenue for Coast through consultative, customer-first, selling 
• Work to define structure, culture and playbook of the sales organization 
• Provide significant mentorship to sales colleagues as a peer leader
• Develop a sales pipeline through strategic outbound prospecting and inbound leads
• Articulate the Coast value proposition to qualified decision makers, finance teams, and C-level executives
• Collaborate with marketing to create a holistic customer engagement strategy 
• Share customer feedback with Coast colleagues in product, finance, and risk to improve the user experience
• Achieve and exceed sales targets and projected revenue goals
• Provide input into the sales organization strategy to help us scale exponentially
• Proactively develop recommendations to improve and optimize our sales engine 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four year university
• Minimum of 8+ years experience in B2B sales with 5+ years of full sales cycle experience as an Mid-Market AE
• Familiarity with Fleet and Trade organizations is a bonus
• Background in B2B sales operations strongly preferred (e.g. territory development, incentive plan structure, sales enablement, etc.)
• Outstanding communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to leverage sales tools to maintain organized pipeline and generate significant insights on sales and go-to-market approaches 
• Ability to identify and engage decision makers within a prospective client organization 
• Capable of demonstrating value and handling objections for a financial technology product 
• Comfort performing fast-paced, transactional, outbound and inbound sales
• Proven track record at meeting and exceeding sales quotas
• Strong sales toolkit: you can prospect, qualify, demonstrate, negotiate, and close deals
• Positive attitude with a focus on having a growth mindset

Compensation

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of our total compensation package that also includes benefits, signing bonus, and equity. Pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including scope and qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to other Coast employees. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at Coast to fall healthily within the range based on these factors.

• Salary range: $100,000 - $105,000 annually
• Uncapped performance bonus: $60,000 annually at goal
  • (100% of AEs reached or exceeded quota in 2023, that said, quotas are subject to change in 2024.)
• Signing bonus
• Equity grant: commensurate with level determined at the discretion of the company, with meaningful potential upside given the company’s early stage
• Benefits overview:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off (vacation, personal well-being, paid holidays)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tools to help manage your financial wellness, including webinars, access to an equity tax advisory service, and company-sponsored 401K
  • $400 accessories allowance for home office setup to be spent on a keyboard, mouse, headphones, etc.
  • Free lunch every Friday

Critically, you must be practical and business-minded, smart and creative, and excited about the rewards and volatility of an early-stage venture-backed startup.

Coast is founded and led by Daniel Simon, who previously cofounded Bread (breadpayments.com), a leading payments and credit technology firm backed by some of the world’s top VCs which was acquired for $500MM+ in 2020.

Coast has raised $165M in total funding — our recent $40M Series B equity round was led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Thomvest, and Synchrony. We're also backed by top fintech and mobility venture funds – including Accel, Insight Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Avid Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Foundation Capital, Greycroft, Colle – and premier angel investors – including Max Levchin (Affirm), Josh Abramowitz (Bread), Jason Gardner (Marqeta), William Hockey (Plaid), Ryan Petersen (Flexport), and many others.

Check out the latest podcast interview on Fintech Layer Cake with Coast Founder Daniel Simon! 

Coast is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are building a diverse and inclusive environment, so we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.