Account executive, enterprise

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London, Greater London, England
Senior level
Enterprise Web • Greentech • Software
The Role
The Account Executive role at Watershed entails selling the company’s software platform designed for climate programs, managing the complete sales lifecycle, shaping the go-to-market strategy, and influencing product development based on customer feedback. This involves engaging with large enterprise customers, educating them on climate initiatives, and building a sales team.
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About Watershed

Watershed is the enterprise sustainability platform. Companies like Airbnb, Carlyle Group, FedEx, Visa, and Dr. Martens use Watershed to manage climate and ESG data, produce audit-ready metrics for voluntary and regulatory reporting including CSRD, and drive real decarbonization. We are looking for team members who love product-building, want to work hard at a mission-oriented startup, and will collaborate with us in shaping the culture of a growing team.

We have offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Sydney, and remote team members across the US and Europe. We hope that you'll be interested in joining us!

The role

We’re looking for early sales hires to bring Watershed to more companies. We’re at an inflection point: every large company is launching a climate program as pressure for action builds every day. You’ll do whatever it takes to get those companies on Watershed and help them be effective. As a founding member of our go-to-market organisation, you’ll help build the sales playbook, shape Watershed’s product and help us build a stellar team.

You will:

  • Sell Watershed. Find your way to the right people at leading companies, educate them about effective climate programs, and help them succeed with Watershed. 
  • You’ll own the full lifecycle, from first outbound to contract signature.
  • Shape Watershed’s GTM strategy and help Watershed break into new market segments.
  • Influence Watershed’s product strategy by sharing feedback from customers on the front line.
  • Become an expert in climate, and educate companies on how they should navigate the world of carbon reduction targets, clean energy, carbon removal, and decarbonising their supply chain.
  • Help build the sales team.

You might be a fit if you have:

  • 5+ years of relevant quota carrying experience in a SaaS organization
  • A track record of sales excellence, especially with enterprise customers (2,000 - 10,000 employees) at an executive level. 
  • Have experience prospecting new business in a new territory.
  • Are excited to lead from zero to one. You love to build things from scratch—new playbooks for navigating organizations and ways to tell the Watershed story.
  • Are an excellent consultative seller. You listen deeply to customers and excel by helping them solve their problems.
  • Love going deep on new domains. You’ve sold products in complex or technical fields, and relish becoming an expert on your subject matter. You’re voraciously curious. You’re excited to learn everything about climate and help companies navigate this space.
  • Are an exceptional communicator.
  • Have a track record of doing whatever it takes to get things done. You’ve accomplished things that others thought were impossible. You’re relentlessly resourceful.
  • Want to join a startup, take responsibility for the fate of the company, and move fast.

* Major emphasis on candidates who are bilingual in French, German and/ or Spanish

 FAQ

Where does Watershed work?

We have hub offices in San Francisco, New York and London, and some remote team members in the US and EU. Most of our jobs need to be in San Francisco / New York / London, but certain jobs are open to being remote and will be specifically noted on the jobs page and in the job description.

What’s the interview process like?

It starts the same for every candidate: getting to know the team members through 1 to 2 conversations about Watershed, your experience, and your interests. Next steps can vary by role, but usual next steps are a skill or experience screen (e.g. a coding interview for an engineer, a portfolio review for a designer, deeper experience call for other roles) which leads to a virtual or in person interview panel after that if the screens go well. We prioritize transparency and lack of surprise throughout the process.

The Company
San Francisco, CA
200 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Watershed is the enterprise climate platform. Leading companies like Walmart, Stripe, Spotify, Klarna, and Twitter use Watershed's software to measure, reduce, and report their carbon emissions. With its state-of-the-art carbon data engine, in-house climate experts, and marketplace of high-quality decarbonization initiatives, Watershed provides audit-grade emissions data to power business value creation, regulatory compliance, and global climate impact. Watershed’s advisors and investors include Mark Carney, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Sequoia, and Kleiner Perkins. Watershed is based in San Francisco, Calif., and London, U.K.

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