New Verticals Lead

New Verticals Lead at Garage (YC W24)

About Garage

Garage is a marketplace for specialized vehicles and equipment, starting with emergency vehicles. By automating every part of the transaction—including payments, freight, paperwork, warranty, and financing—we reduce what used to take months down to minutes. We're building the modern platform that powers commerce across America’s essential industries.

Our team has worked at top companies (Twitter, Goldman Sachs, Ramp, Whatnot, PayPal, Honey) and is backed by world class investors including Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, and FJ Labs.

In this role, you will:

• Become ingrained in new category communities, becoming our expert on the nuances of products, seller/buyer dynamics, and existing community channels

• Build and execute on pipeline of sellers to ensure strong launch supply in your category

• Devise events and campaigns to generate buzz in your category, acquire new buyers, and ensure healthy demand as the category develops

• Once established, help build out the category team to drive continued growth in the vertical

You may enjoy this role if:

• You're resilient and tenacious in pursuing new business opportunities

• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate value propositions in an effective manner

• Proficient in managing complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders

• You move fast, and have an entrepreneurial mindset

Qualifications

• You have at least 3 years of experience working in a fast-paced, client-facing role, and a track record of working quickly and iteratively

• You are a problem solver with strong project management skills and the ability to fully own strategy and execution on both sides of an emerging marketplace

• You have business acumen, are deeply analytical, and comfortable understanding and manipulating data to gain and take action on business insights

• Experience at a high-growth startup

About the Go-to-Market Team

• The Go-to-Market team at Garage is responsible for the expansion of our category suite and the continued growth of sellers and buyers on the platform. New Verticals is responsible for identifying, launching, and fully owning all sides of new high-potential product verticals.

You could work anywhere, so why Garage?

• We’ve grown revenue 10x in the last year

• We just raised our $13.5M Series A and are well capitalized

• We have a product loved by users– used daily to procure mission-critical equipment across the country

• We’re punching well above our weight– everyone joining at this stage will have outsized impact

• We have talent dense team operating in a high performance culture, in-person in NYC

• We’re backed by world class investors including Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, FJ Labs, and more

As part of our close-knit team, you’ll be one of the first 15 employees to join alongside the founders. You’ll take on meaningful responsibilities and play a key role in our next stages of growth.

More about Garage

Our values

• Growth oriented. We invest in people who grow as the company grows. We all should be constantly learning.

• Humility. Everyone has a lot to give and a lot to learn. We believe in creating an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledging when we are wrong.

• Customer focused. We love our customers. Customer success is our success.

• Hack to success. We move fast and take big swings. We always aim for a solution that addresses 80% of the problem in 20% of the time. We make informed bets, launch quickly, and iterate.

What we offer:

💰 Competitive salary and stock options

🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents

🌮 Enjoy daily catered lunches at our New York City office

🏝 Unlimited paid time off every year

🏋️ $100 / month wellness stipend

🛫 Bi-annual team offsite

We realize applying for jobs can feel daunting at times. We don’t expect you to check all the qualification boxes and encourage you to apply if you have experience in some of the areas.

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $150,000 USD base + equity + benefits. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee’s pay position within the wage range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. This compensation range may also be modified in the future.

As an equal-opportunity employer, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where you can be you. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, natural origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected class.