Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.
In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.
Why join Handshake now:Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions
Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
Handshake is hiring a Senior Manager of Mid-Market Sales reporting to the VP of Mid-Market Sales on the Employer Team. This individual will be responsible for managing a team of people responsible for introducing Handshake’s innovative platform to companies looking to strengthen their early talent strategies, enhance event attendance, improve candidate quality, and elevate brand presence.
You’ll lead a sales team in executing aggressive outbound efforts, driving value-based story telling and sales strategies to increase engagement and pipeline. This role requires a strong focus on outbound sales productivity, clear and compelling product demos, and leading the team to successfully close deals.
This person will be expected to work 3 days out of our SF hub (M/W/Th) and remote the remainder of the time to help facilitate collaboration and get face time with the team.
Manage, coach and develop a growing team of Mid-Market Account Executives
Manage daily and weekly activities, pipelines, forecasts and closed deals to ensure above-quota results based on successful pipeline management
Coordinate and manage weekly one-on-one and team-wide pipeline reviews, meetings, and training sessions to ensure ongoing improvement and best practice sharing
Collaborate closely across the extended Handshake Employer Business to develop sales strategies and monitor, analyze and improve sales performance
Lead aligned SDRs and work with the marketing leadership team to increase lead flow and drive stronger pipeline conversion rates
Help reestablish optimal thresholds for Mid-Market, SMB and self-serve customer segmentation based on historical data and future business goals
Manage, coach and develop a growing team of Mid-Market Account Executives
Manage daily and weekly activities, pipelines, forecasts and closed deals to ensure above-quota results based on successful pipeline management
Coordinate and manage weekly one-on-one and team-wide pipeline reviews, meetings, and training sessions to ensure ongoing improvement and best practice sharing
Collaborate closely across the extended Handshake Employer Business to develop sales strategies and monitor, analyze and improve sales performance
Lead aligned SDRs and work with the marketing leadership team to increase lead flow and drive stronger pipeline conversion rates
Help reestablish optimal thresholds for Mid-Market, SMB and self-serve customer segmentation based on historical data and future business goals
Experience selling into HR/Talent departments
Experience selling into talent acquisition and L&D leaders
Experience leading both Account Executives and Account Managers
Experience in a startup environment
Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported and thrive at work and in life.
The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company
💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses
Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
Skills Required
- Experience managing, coaching, and developing Mid-Market Account Executives
- Experience managing sales activities, pipelines, forecasts, and closed deals to achieve quota
- Experience conducting pipeline reviews, meetings, and training sessions
- Experience collaborating across business teams to develop sales strategies and improve performance
- Experience leading SDRs and partnering with marketing to increase lead flow and pipeline conversion
- Experience optimizing customer segmentation using historical data and business goals
- Experience selling into HR or Talent departments
- Experience selling to talent acquisition and learning and development leaders
- Experience leading both Account Executives and Account Managers
- Experience working in a startup environment
Handshake Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Handshake and has not been reviewed or approved by Handshake.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off practices include flexible/unlimited PTO, companywide recharge weeks in summer and winter, plus additional volunteer and personal holiday time. Feedback suggests sabbaticals and coordinated breaks help people actually use rest time.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as extended for primary and secondary caregivers, and family-oriented policies are highlighted. Fertility and family-support resources are referenced in public materials.
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage spans medical, dental, and vision, with added mental-health resources and wellness programming. Feedback suggests these supports contribute meaningfully to overall wellbeing.
Handshake Insights
What We Do
Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 650,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, and nonprofits. Earlier this year, we announced our $200M Series F funding round. This Series F fundraise and new valuation of $3.5B will fuel Handshake’s next phase of growth and propel our mission to help more people start, restart, and jumpstart their careers.
Why Work With Us
How someone builds their career is foundational. We believe in working with the higher education community to help students build meaningful careers. We are at the nexus of universities, students and employers— and we’re able to connect the very best pieces of each side. We’re proud to create a community where students can be more successful.
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