Senior Account Executive

Populus is a mission-driven company that is shaping the future of cities. Our platform empowers cities to manage their streets and curbs — with access to mobility data from shared scooters, cars, and delivery services — to deliver a safer, more sustainable transportation future. Today, we serve over 100 cities around the world on 4 continents, as the trusted digital platform to manage the future of mobility.

Populus is rapidly expanding our suite of offerings to cities.  You will be a core member of our sales team and will play a key role in establishing new and supporting  existing relationships  with cities.  You’ll actively sell, negotiate, and close new business for our curb and parking insights platform with government customers. 

This role requires a good understanding of the public sector, strong listening skills to bring together market data and customer needs to deliver scalable products for cities. The candidate will be a highly determined, self-motivated individual who fosters strong relationships and can navigate bureaucracy to close contracts with public sector customers.

• 7+ years working in enterprise SaaS sales
• Experience with CRM software and pipeline management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Desire to work in a collaborative, results-oriented environment
• Proven top performer (consistently exceeds targets)
• Strong passion and interest in transportation
• Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to take on new challenges
• Experience in start-up, high-growth companies and/or clearly articulated passion for entrepreneurial environments

• 5+ years working in public sector SaaS and/or parking sales
• Existing or previous working relationships with the public sector, specifically within parking and transportation departments
• Prior experience selling products or services related to parking and understanding sophisticated and highly technical software and/or data products

Complete the application attaching your resume and an optional cover letter explaining in a few words why you're the right person for this role and why you're excited to help us solve big transportation problems.

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Populus’ salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position across all US locations; however, Populus has an office first philosophy and reserves the higher end of the range for employees that are based in the Bay Area and commuting to the office on a regular basis. Unless stated otherwise, Populus will prioritize hires who are able to work in the San Francisco office three days per week. 

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