The Role
Drive outbound sales growth by researching the private equity landscape, building curated lead lists, running personalized outreach campaigns, managing CRM processes, collaborating with founders and marketing, and progressing into a full-cycle sales role to close deals and generate revenue.
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About us
What You’ll Be Doing
Who You Are
Why Join Keye?
Keye (YC F24) is building the world’s smartest private equity analyst. We are not only focused on speeding up the due diligence process in PE but also helping investors generate alpha in the process. We are the first of a kind in the market and focused on solving the hard problems in due-diligence.
When firms use Keye to analyze deals, they’re tapping into a wealth of diligence knowledge and best practices that are baked into our proprietary analysis engine from over a decade of investor experience. With rapid deal analysis, firms can easily decide which deals are worth spending time on and then rapidly move forward on the best ones.
We are a group of investors and engineers (Ex-Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Vista Equity Partners, McKinsey, multitude of startups). Our founding team has been part of 4 successful acquisitions as early employees, has over 20 total years of experience in M&A investing, and have been previous founders.
Keye is generating revenue and has grown 600% in the past 6 months (some press about our growth here) . We're backed by some of the best investors in Silicon Valley including Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Sorenson Capital, PlugnPlay etc.
Help us grow Keye by getting customers and driving revenue!
You’ll be at the forefront of our sales and growth engine, working directly with the founders to identify and reach the people who need our product. From curating leads to closing deals, you’ll play a key role in driving Keye’s success.
Here’s what your day-to-day will look like:
- Research and Build: Understand the private equity landscape, create curated lead lists, and identify the best opportunities.
- Lead Outbound Campaigns: Design and manage personalized sales outreach campaigns that resonate with prospective customers.
- Collaborate and Strategize: Partner with Marketing and founders to uncover new sales channels and refine our approach.
- Master CRM Systems: Build, maintain, and optimize our customer relationship processes while staying in touch with prospective clients.
- Learn and Grow: Start by generating leads, then grow into a full-cycle sales professional. We believe in giving you opportunities to expand your skills and take on more responsibility.
- Close Deals: Ultimately, help us close deals and make a meaningful impact on our top-line growth.
Who You Are
We’re looking for someone with passion, grit, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Here’s what sets you apart:
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: You’ll be our first non-technical hire, working closely with the founders. You’re bold, willing to experiment, and ready to fail fast and learn faster.
- Experience: You have 1+ year of experience in a sales or growth role and a proven ability to make things happen. Show us how you’ve convinced someone or achieved something others thought wasn’t possible. You don’t just think outside the box—you thrive there.
- Creative + Analytical: You’re equally comfortable brainstorming big ideas and A/B testing ideas quickly.
- You thrive on achieving goals, closing deals, and celebrating wins. ** This is not a 9-5 job!
Why Join Keye?
- Be part of a fast-growing startup backed by top-tier investors.
- Work directly with experienced founders and shape the future of a first-of-its-kind product.
- You will be the first non-technical hire! Stakes and Rewards, both will be high! Take ownership, grow into a full-cycle sales role, and see your impact on our success.
- Join a team of ambitious individuals passionate about solving hard problems and making a difference.
If you’re ready to help build something extraordinary, we’d love to hear from you.
Skills Required
- 1+ year of experience in a sales or growth role
- Entrepreneurial mindset; willing to experiment and learn quickly
- Experience researching and building curated lead lists
- Experience designing and managing personalized outbound sales campaigns
- Proficiency with CRM systems and CRM process optimization
- Comfortable with A/B testing and using analytics to optimize outreach
- Proven goal-orientation with ability to close deals and meet targets
- Willingness to work non-standard hours in a fast-moving startup
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What We Do
Keye gives you access to digital subscriptions on your terms, at the best possible value. Our mission is to empower people by giving them on-demand access to technologies that improve all parts of their lives without having to worry about the inconvenience of subscribing to individual services.
