Full-Time

Account Executive

Updated on 8/22/2026

RoadRunner Recycling

RoadRunner Recycling

501-1,000 employees

Tech-enabled, fully-managed commercial waste and recycling

Compensation Overview

$60k - $65k/yr

+ Uncapped commission + On-target earnings of $115,000–$125,000

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

Must work Eastern or Central time-zone hours. Minimal travel, approximately 5%, is required for team off-sites or strategic meetings; applicants from several listed states and Puerto Rico are not supported.

Bachelor's

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Cold Calling
Salesforce

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Requirements
  • Experience selling long-term committed contracts.
  • Ability to guide prospects through complex sales cycles with a primary focus on results.
  • Sound judgment and strong decision-making skills in ambiguous situations.
  • Ability to facilitate meetings with diverse stakeholders and handle conflicting points of view with poise and influence.
  • Ability to work efficiently in a virtual environment and navigate multiple systems, including Salesforce and Zoom.
Responsibilities
  • Lead video meetings with small and medium-sized business owners across industry sectors.
  • Present cost-saving and process-improvement initiatives to key decision-makers.
  • Source, hunt, and develop new business through consistent prospecting and cold calling.
  • Use Salesforce.com to organize deals and maintain sales strategy.
  • Close 100% net-new business and acquire new customer logos.
  • Manage a dynamic national or regional territory.
  • Collaborate with Inside Sales, Pricing, Operations, and Customer Success to move deals through completion.
Desired Qualifications
  • A bachelor's degree.

RoadRunner Recycling provides tech-enabled, fully-managed commercial waste and recycling services, consolidating programs for businesses by handling day-to-day operations, vendors, and invoicing while tailoring services to each location to save costs and increase recycling. It relies on proprietary technology and data analysis to optimize routing and vendor oversight without owning trucks or landfills. Unlike traditional waste haulers, it uses an asset-light, data-driven approach and centralized management to improve service levels and reduce costs across a client’s portfolio. Its goal is to help clients achieve Zero Waste by boosting recycling and reducing landfill waste while lowering overall waste-management expenses.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$174.1M

Headquarters

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • RoadRunner raised $20 million in November 2022, extending growth runway.
  • Active 2026 hiring and openings signal continued customer acquisition and expansion.
  • Courts kept RoadRunner's 2023 lawsuit alive into November 2024, preserving leverage against RTS.

What critics are saying

  • RoadRunner laid off 10% in March 2023 after a tougher demand environment.
  • Its 2024-2025 trade-secret fight with Recycle Track Systems exposed product defensibility pressure.
  • Heavy competition from RTS and incumbents like Waste Management compresses margins and weakens retention.

What makes RoadRunner Recycling unique

  • RoadRunner uses software, not trucks and landfills, to optimize commercial waste costs.
  • Its Compology acquisition added sensor data, strengthening route and container visibility.
  • The 2026 recruiting push centers on outbound sales, showing a brokerage-led scaling model.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

401(k) Company Match

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

2%
Technical.ly
Mar 24th, 2023
What Roadrunner Recycling And Iralogix Execs Learned From A Challenging Year

Even during hard times, some founders remain optimistic and treat setbacks as learning opportunities. On a rainy morning on the North Side, Innovation Works and EY hosted a panel discussion with RoadRunner Recycling CEO and founder Graham Rihn, iraLogix Chief Strategy Officer and cofounder Joe Hipsky, and BlueTree Venture Fund leading founder Catherine Mott. The speakers looked back at their years in Pittsburgh’s startup scene and shared the highs and lows of running a business in a challenging economy. Economic impact of the pandemic

The Business Journals
Mar 20th, 2023
RoadRunner Recycling inks lease to move headquarters to TechMill 41 in Lawrenceville

RoadRunner Recycling Inc., a startup that's outpaced so many local startups in growth, hiring and venture funding, is moving to Lawrenceville.

FinSMEs
Nov 15th, 2022
Roadrunner Recycling Raises $20M In Series D Extension

RoadRunner Recycling, a Pittsburgh, PA-based sustainable waste management company, raised $20M in Series d funding. The round was led by Fifth Wall

FinSMEs
Jan 10th, 2022
Roadrunner Raises $70M In Series D Funding

RoadRunner Recycling, a Pittsburgh PA-based sustainable waste management company, raised $70M in Series D funding. The round, which brings total funding to date to $129.5m, was led by BeyondNetZero and General Atlantic. The company intends to use the funds to further develop its machine-learning and marketplace technology, grow its enterprise business offering, drive national expansion, and [] The post RoadRunner Raises $70M in Series D Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

VentureBeat
Jan 7th, 2022
Data-driven waste management platform RoadRunner raises $70M

RoadRunner Recycling, a data-driven waste management platform that diverts junk from landfill, has raised $70 million.