Phonely

Founding Account Executive

New
160000 –250000 USD / yearUSARemote
Phonely

Founding Account Executive

New
160000 –250000 USD / yearUSARemotepipeline managementoutbound salesenterprise salesaccount management

Responsible for owning revenue end-to-end and leveraging a network of buyers in call center related sectors to drive sales of conversational voice AI agents.

Responsibilities

  • Own a quota and full-cycle deals from first meeting through close
  • Source pipeline through your network plus targeted outbound, with a focus on call center heavy operators
  • Lead discovery around call flows, booking rules, transfers, QA, compliance constraints, and success metrics
  • Build champions and multi-thread across Ops, Rev, CX, and technical stakeholders
  • Drive a structured deal process: mutual action plans, evaluation criteria, ROI, security, and procurement
  • Partner with Solutions and Customer Success to scope pilots and align on success criteria before signature
  • Maintain accurate pipeline hygiene and forecasting
  • Capture product feedback and market intel and loop it back to leadership

Requirements

  • Five or more years of closing experience (mid-market and or enterprise)
  • A demonstrable book of business: relationships with operators and executives at organizations that run or heavily use call centers
  • Experience selling into at least one of: insurance, home services, pay per call, BPOs, lead gen, or other high volume phone driven businesses
  • Strong discovery and executive communication, you can speak outcomes, not features
  • Comfortable with technical topics at a practical level (integrations, CRMs, call routing, data flows) without needing to be an engineer
  • High ownership, strong follow-up, and consistent deal control

Nice to have

  • Existing relationships with call center leaders, heads of CX, heads of sales ops, lead gen owners, or BPO leadership
  • Experience with Twilio, Ringba, Five9, Genesys, NICE, Talkdesk, Dialpad, Aircall, ServiceTitan, Salesforce, HubSpot
  • Prior experience selling call center services, telecom, CCaaS, dialers, QA, WFM, or lead gen products

Conditions

  • Small team, high standards, direct access to leadership, and a product that is already proven in production. You will have real ownership over revenue and meaningful input into go-to-market.

How to apply

  • Ten minute chat to confirm fit and network
  • Deep dive interview focused on deal motion and your buyer relationships
  • Short practical: run a mock discovery and outline a pilot plan

Other

  • At some point in the future, every business will answer their phone with voice AI. We are building the platform that lets them optimize these AI agents for performance.
  • Phonely builds conversational voice AI agents for high volume phone workflows. Our customers use us to qualify leads, book appointments, route calls, and resolve real customer conversations in production.
  • We’re hiring an Account Executive who can own revenue end-to-end and bring a meaningful network of buyers who run or rely on call centers.
  • This role is for an AE with a real book of business. You have relationships with decision makers at companies that use call centers (in-house or outsourced), especially where calls drive revenue: lead qualification, appointment booking, inbound sales, and customer operations.
  • You do not need to have sold this exact product category before. You do need to know the people, understand how these teams buy, and be able to run a tight enterprise sales process.