Agentic Account Executive - Central

Eightfold • Minneapolis, MN

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Eightfold AI is seeking a founding sales team member for a product that redefines talent acquisition by offering transformative AI technology. This role involves selling AI-native hiring solutions that fundamentally change how companies evaluate talent, moving beyond legacy recruiting tools. The position is ideal for individuals passionate about the AI revolution in enterprise software and selling innovative technology.

Eightfold AI, founded with a vision to solve employment challenges, utilizes artificial intelligence to transform how skills, capabilities, and career decisions are made. The company's AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform helps organizations plan, hire, develop, and retain a diverse workforce. With significant funding and a high valuation, Eightfold AI is at the forefront of addressing fundamental societal challenges in employment.

Requirements

• Genuine excitement about AI, following AI developments, and understanding its potential.
• Natural curiosity, asking great questions, and digging into how things work.
• Strong communication skills, able to translate technical concepts into business value.
• Competitive drive, motivated by targets, and a desire to build a career in tech sales.
• Comfort with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
• Intellectual agility to shift between technical and business conversations.
• Resilience and grit to handle objections and educate the market.
• Experience with Salesforce.
• Experience with a defined sales methodology.

Nice To Haves

• Experience selling AI solutions.
• Experience in talent acquisition or HR technology.

Responsibilities

• Evangelize AI-native hiring to HR and talent acquisition leaders.
• Prospect and qualify leads through outbound calling, email campaigns, and social selling.
• Conduct live AI demonstrations showcasing the technology's capabilities.
• Articulate the AI advantage, explaining deep learning models, natural language processing, and adaptive algorithms.
• Manage the full sales cycle from initial contact through close for small to mid-market accounts.
• Partner with Account Executives on enterprise deals, positioning AI Interviewer.
• Meet and exceed monthly and quarterly sales targets while building pipeline.
• Become an AI expert, understanding models, generative AI trends, and AI capabilities.
• Gather market intelligence and feed insights back to product and marketing teams.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline management in Salesforce using the sales methodology.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (base salary plus uncapped commission with accelerators).
• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k), vision and dental coverage.
• Equity in a $2B+ company.
• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commissions.
• World-class training (AI fundamentals, product deep-dives, sales methodology).
• Accelerated career growth opportunities with internal promotion.
• Meaningful mission to solve employment challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed