Account Executive, Commercial

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180K-180K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Big Data Analytics
Hex empowers thousands of people to ask & answer new questions of data, and seamlessly share the results with everyone.
The Role
Drive new business and revenue within a commercial territory by building pipeline, understanding customer challenges, positioning Hex, running discovery and demos with Sales Engineering, managing sales cycles, meeting targets, forecasting accurately, and expanding existing accounts. The role requires full-cycle SaaS sales experience in technical data, data science, machine learning, or analytics software, plus the ability to learn SQL and communicate complex technical concepts.
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About Hex

Hex is growing our team of builders on a mission to make everyone a data person. Our platform solves key pain points with today’s data and analytics tooling, and empowers anyone to explore data using natural language, with or without code, on trusted context. Thousands of customers like Ramp, Figma, Stubhub, Anthropic, and Gamma love Hex for our beautiful UI, agentic superpowers, and boundless flexibility.

Hex has raised over $100M from leading investors like Sequoia, a16z, Snowflake and Amplify. With office hubs in San Francisco and New York, as well as remote team members throughout the US and UK, we’re a high-agency team that ships fast and has fun doing it. Check out our Intro to Hex video and employee handbook to learn more about what it’s like to work at Hex.

About the Role

In August of 2021, Hex began building out its Sales team. Since then our customer base has grown, we have a ton of momentum in the market, and we’re continuing to build a world-class sales organization.

We’re looking for an Account Executive to join our Commercial Sales organization focusing on companies with up to 250 employees. We’ve seen incredible success growing our customer base in this category and intend to double down on this success and make commercial accounts central to our growth strategy.

In this role, you’ll be reporting to our Commercial Sales Leader. Additionally, you’ll be strategizing and executing on closing new business and expanding our footprint with existing customers.

On any given day you might find yourself:

  • Responsible for building new pipeline and driving revenue within your assigned territory

  • Deeply understand your customers' business challenges and how to position Hex as the solution

  • Partner with Sales Engineering to run discovery and demos

  • Manage the sales-cycle including lead generation, qualification and other deliverables for closing deals while consistently meeting and exceeding sales goals

  • Provide input back to engineering, product management and marketing

  • Create and deliver accurate forecasts

About You

To be successful in this role, you:

  • 1+ year of experience in a full cycle SaaS sales role and a track record of achieving targets in a lead-generation role in technical software in the data, DS/ML, or analytics space

  • Understand and be able to teach complex technical concepts.

  • Can speak confidently about the challenges data practitioners encounter in their day-to-day workflows

  • Passionate / curious about the data & analytics space

  • Capable of managing a large pipeline of high-velocity opportunities

  • Capable / willing to learn basic SQL (if you haven't already)

  • Possess an enthusiasm for working as part of a team and an ability to partner successfully with cross-functional peers such as product, engineering, customer success, etc.

  • Be comfortable in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment.

  • Love giving and receiving feedback.

This role will be hybrid (1-2 days per week in office) based out of either our San Francisco or NYC office.

The on-target-earnings (OTE) for this role is: $180,000

In addition to our unique culture, Hex proudly offers a competitive total rewards package, including but not limited to, market-benched salary & equity, comprehensive health benefits, and flexible paid time off.

The salary range shown may be a reflection of additional factors such as geographical location and skill ranges/levels we’re open to. Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process, taking into account factors like leaving room for growth, internal fairness & parity, your demonstrated skills, and the depth of your experience. Our Recruiting team will be able to provide more details during the interview process.

By submitting an application the candidate consents to the use of their personal information in accordance with the Hex Privacy policy: https://learn.hex.tech/docs/trust/privacy-policy.

Skills Required

  • At least 1 year of experience in a full-cycle SaaS sales role
  • Track record of achieving targets in a lead-generation role for technical software
  • Experience in the data, data science, machine learning, or analytics space
  • Ability to understand and teach complex technical concepts
  • Ability to speak confidently about data practitioners' workflow challenges
  • Ability to manage a large pipeline of high-velocity opportunities
  • Capability or willingness to learn basic SQL
  • Ability to collaborate successfully with product, engineering, customer success, and other cross-functional teams
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment
  • Ability to give and receive feedback
  • Hybrid availability in the San Francisco or New York City office 1–2 days per week

Hex Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength — Official materials and benefits profiles consistently reference comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with mental-health support and FSAs also noted. Some listings additionally cite very high employer premium contributions on the base plan.
  • Parental & Family Support — Benefits information highlights fully paid parental leave (e.g., 12 weeks, or 16 for the gestational parent) with flexible return-to-work support. Family-planning benefits such as Carrot with a quoted lifetime allowance are also described.
  • Retirement Support — Multiple profiles note a 401(k) with a company match (commonly cited up to 4%). This retirement support is presented as part of a broader market-benchmarked total-rewards package.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
160 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Hex is changing the way people work with data. Our platform makes analytics workflows more powerful, collaborative, and shareable. Hex solves key pain points with today's data and analytics tooling, and is loved by thousands of users all over the world for the beautiful UI, new superpowers, and boundless flexibility. We are a tight-knit crew of engineers, designers, and data aficionados. Our roadmap is full of big ideas and little details, and we would love your help bringing them to life. Hex has raised over $100m from great VCs and angels, giving us many years of runway and the ability to pay competitive salaries, offer great benefits, and provide meaningful equity.

Why Work With Us

We’re a team of builders. We spend our days designing and developing beautiful products, growing and supporting our user base, and helping each other succeed and learn. To do that, we've developed a culture focused on quality, craft, and speed -- with very few meetings, bias toward action, and taking care of each other through feedback and support.

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Hex Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We have a truly hybrid workforce, with many employees working fully remotely, and others coming into one of our two offices (SF or NYC) 2-3 days per week.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
HQSan Francisco, CA
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