The short & sweet summary

Knoetic has a massively ambitious vision to guide every people & HR decision a company will ever make.

We call our product a “knowledge engine.” Half of it is a super powerful analytics/data platform (Knoetic). The other half is a social network of C-level executives (CPOHQ).

It seems crazy until you see the product in action. Here’s just a small sample of innovative companies that use Knoetic: Ro, Calm, Credit Karma, Dollar Shave Club, Curology, Amobee, Snyk

We’re backed by the founders of public companies, thought leaders like NYT bestselling author Adam Grant, and dozens of leading Chief People Officers.

We’re hiring our founding sales team as we transition to full-time sales leaders. You’ll be the unstoppable force that closes (and then builds the foundation to close) our next 1000 customers. We’ll give you as much opportunity as you can handle. This will be a transformational, career-defining choice for you (and for us!) as Knoetic grows.

 

What you’ll do

Within your first week, you will:

• Onboard and learn more about the company’s mission, culture, and values. You’ll write a user manual and a Professional Development Plan outlining exactly how you want to grow professionally over the next 2-3 years.
• Attend training sessions on the Knoetic platform and our upcoming product roadmap, and attend customer and sales calls to learn more about our users.
• Understand CPOHQ and Knoetic’s GTM strategy and how we’ll grow to our first 1000 customers.

Within your first month, you will: 

• Conduct mock sales calls with Knoetic team members as you learn the product and customer profile inside and out.
• Onboard new CPOs to the CPOHQ community as you cultivate trusting relationships and uncover their People Analytics pain points.
• Champion a new feature that Product and Engineering will deliver to help People teams answer their hard questions.

At three months, you’ll be fully ramped! You will: 

• Own the full sales process, running discovery meetings, product demos, and closing new clients to exceed revenue quotas.
• Promote our new features and product roadmap to prospective clients in close collaboration with the Engineering and Product teams.
• Vigorously capture learnings from the market and engage with current Knoetic users to expand awareness, ask for referrals, identify new opportunities, and develop account intelligence.
• Iterate and improve on our sales processes, leveraging your expertise to build and scale a top tier Sales team.

 

Who you are  

• You have 3+ years of sales experience with at least one year in B2B SaaS, closing $25K+ deals
• You are a process machine with a track record of rigorous organization, process execution, and follow-through
• You are an exceptional writer and communicator, and have clarity and concision of thought
• You are adaptable and ambitious, with a demonstrated ability to excel in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
• You have a passion for HR tech or people analytics or are excited to learn the space
• You want to work with the Chief People Officers at the top tech companies around the world

The key attributes we value in teammates: 

• You like to win. You don’t want a trophy for effort, you want it for first place.
• You’re high IQ, intellectually curious, and intellectually humble. You’re not afraid to say, “I don’t know - but I’ll figure it out, fast.”
• You never say, “that’s not my job” - you take full ownership and responsibility over outcomes. You’re a force of nature that gets the job done no matter what it takes.
• You make everyone else on the team better. Your presence, positivity, and drive inspires others to step up their game. You put the company above your own wants.
• You’re known for your work ethic. You pride yourself on being one of the hardest-working person most people know.
• You’re constantly improving. You know there’s no such thing as perfection, and you’re always pushing yourself (and our company) to be better than you were yesterday.
• You’re just good: You’re honest, principled, smart, open to giving/receiving feedback, and focused on doing right for the company and doing right for the customer

 

Why Knoetic?

• You’re incredibly ambitious and want to build the #1 company in this space, without exception.
• You make excellent use of GIFs!
• The standard stuff: competitive salary and benefits (including fun perks for lifelong learners, like a $2,500 learning budget!)
• Knoetic’s cultural values resonate deeply with you (see below)

Knoetic’s cultural values

Written by our founder in 2020.

Intellectual curiosity: I want to surround myself with people who are endlessly curious, who are always asking questions, who are fascinated with understanding others and the world around them. We’re the kids who grew up always asking “Why?”

Intellectual humility: I want to work with people who embrace the scientific method, who go into conversations with an open mind and ear, who are looking for ways to sharpen their thinking, who are delighted to find out when they’re wrong rather than invested in defending why they’re right.

Relentless resourcefulness: Our company should be full of people who will run through walls to get to their goals, who will bring more solutions than problems to others, who will figure out a way to succeed no matter what.

Winning: We are ambitious, and we want to win. We don’t want a trophy for effort or for “good enough” - we want it for first place

Positive impact on others: There are people, who by the very virtue of their presence, make everyone else around them a better person. It could be because they have unwaveringly high standards. Or are incredible givers that inspire generosity. Or are teachers of their peers. However they do it, they push others upwards. They are culture accretive; their very presence makes everyone else step up their game.

Positivity. You know it when you see it - can-do, optimistic. That doesn’t mean everyone doesn’t have down moments - it just means on balance, you walk away from your interactions with them energized and charged up to do more with your life.

Continuous improvement: We’re always making ourselves better. Stasis is the enemy… if you’re not going forwards, you’re going backwards. Everything is a work-in-progress in perpetuity - yourself included.

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Note - even if you don’t check every box in the job description, we still encourage you to apply!

Knoetic is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, and does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, or any legally protected status. If you’re missing a few qualifications or don’t have the exact experience listed above, you may still be the next right candidate for this role or another role we have open at Knoetic!

In compliance with New York City Pay Transparency Law, the base salary range for this role, adjusted for level, is between $85,000-$95,000 in New York City. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including level, skillset, experience, job scope, location, and current market data. This range is not inclusive of our competitive equity package.

We look forward to hopefully meeting you soon!