Founding Account Executive, AI Talent Placement

Location: Hybrid, three days a week at the New York City headquarters

Salary: $170,000 base salary; $275,000–$300,000 on-target earnings

Company

hirify.global is a social impact organization that builds economic mobility by training adults from low-income backgrounds for high-growth technology careers, including applied AI roles.

What you will do

• Own warm executive introductions from initial discovery through a Builder starting work.
• Lead consultative discovery to identify employer priorities, hiring constraints, team gaps, and unarticulated needs.
• Translate AI-trained talent capabilities into specific roles, use cases, and measurable business outcomes.
• Design commercial structures such as direct hires, multi-hire cohorts, and paid apprenticeships.
• Build and manage the sales funnel, including stages, qualification criteria, pipeline coverage, forecasting, and next steps.
• Use AI for prospecting, account research, personalization, follow-up, workflow automation, and relationship management.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience closing B2B business in sales, business development, strategic partnerships, staffing, recruiting, or professional services.
• Demonstrated performance against quotas, placement targets, revenue goals, or comparable measurable outcomes.
• Experience owning a full sales cycle or leading complex partnership conversations from first contact through close.
• Strong discovery, executive communication, pipeline management, conversion analysis, and forecasting skills.
• Ability to shape flexible offerings around customer needs and operate effectively in ambiguous, entrepreneurial environments.
• Ability to work hybrid three days per week at the New York City HQ.

Nice to have

• Experience selling talent, staffing, recruiting, services, or marketplace offerings.
• Experience opening a new territory, launching a new sales motion, or building a market from scratch.
• Experience in a startup, high-growth company, or other entrepreneurial environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build the commercial infrastructure for AI-native talent placement.
• 401(k) match and comprehensive health benefits.
• Unlimited PTO plus organization-wide summer and winter breaks.
• Catered lunches and a stocked office.
• Dedicated time to experiment with AI and build AI fluency.

Hiring process

• Screening conversation with the CEO or Chief of Staff.
• Working session using a real account from the sales pipeline.
• Final decision within a two-week sprint.