Account Executive 2
At $100,000/yr, this role pays less than the middle Account Executive opening on the board today ($125k/yr); the usual band for that kind of seat is $81.5k–$319k/yr.
Against the 5,253 open roles on SaaS sales jobs (typical pay $163k/yr, band $119k–$315k/yr), this one's $100,000/yr sits below the middle. How posted pay is measured.
The posting
About us
Sparrow is the first high-tech, high-touch employee leave management solution. Our mission is to make it simple for companies to provide their employees with all kinds of leave (i.e. family, medical, etc.).
Currently, the leave management process is painful and inefficient for everyone. Company leaders struggle to keep up with regulations and processes that change frequently, and the employees going on leave are overwhelmed by bureaucracy at an exceptionally important juncture in their career. Sparrow transforms this ordinarily tedious, error-prone, complex to remain compliant, and time-consuming process into a 30-minute end-to-end experience saving teams time (20 - 40 hours per leave) and money (up to $30K per leave).
Sparrow is headquartered in San Francisco but all employees work remotely across the country. Sparrow is a diverse, highly talented, and supportive team. Together, we are hardworking, collaborative, smart, and humble - after all, we’re solving real problems.
About the role
- Serve as a trusted advisor to HR professionals and channel partners by bringing them an innovative solution to managing leaves. Educate them on how Sparrow’s solution can solve their pain points, needs, and challenges.
- Drive revenue by mastering our value deck presentation and detailed product demo that covers how we help employers and employees with the complicated world of leave administration. Become a subject matter expert by simplifying the process through storytelling and articulating our pillars of value while understanding the competitive landscape.
- Leverage the best sales tech stack that includes Salesforce, Outreach, Gong, LinkedIn Navigator, Chili Piper, and more to accelerate the buying cycle while providing you data to enhance your sales skills. Close business and achieve quota attainment consistently.
- Be the voice of our customers by providing feedback to our cross-functional teams so we can improve our product and offering. Work closely with our implementation and leave specialists to ensure a smooth transition for new customers.
About you
- A top performer. 4+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience, with a track record of consistently exceeding quarterly and annual sales targets. Bonus points for experience selling to HR professionals, working with brokers to drive referral business, and closing complex deal cycles.
- Learner’s mindset. Highly self-directed, adaptable, and up for feedback and implementation in a fast-paced, always changing environment that has high-performance expectations while working collaboratively. You obsess over your metrics and demonstrate a desire to define and optimize our go-to-market for how we win more customers.
- Product-obsessed. Leave management is complicated, meaning that often, our customers have gaps in their understanding. Therefore, it is essential that you can educate the customer on how Sparrow can improve their process through value selling, software demos, and articulating an ROI across multiple stakeholders.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Clear, empathetic communicator able to balance rapport and problem-solving. You are great at communicating through email, chat, phone while displaying active listening skills and having strong follow-through and prioritization of time management.
- Fluency in the modern sales stack. Experience with Salesforce, Salesloft, Outreach,ChatGPT, Claude, Gong, Zoominfo, Sales Navigator and LinkedIn is a plus. What matters most is that you use your tools to work smarter and keep your pipeline accurate. Bonus points for experience working with brokers to drive referral business. ## Compensation This role pays a $100,000 base salary with $200,000 on-target earnings (50/50 split)
Why Sparrow?
Our work at Sparrow is impactful. We help People teams with one of the hardest parts of their job, and we support employees at a time when they need it most. We’re driven by our mission, much like a nonprofit, but with the resources and scale of a fast-growing venture-backed company.
Sparrow is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. While we are united by our excitement for the mission and product, the diversity of our experiences is one of our strengths. The Sparrow team is made up of people with all types of backgrounds, and we have teammates in 40 states and counting. To learn more about the Sparrow team and its benefits, check out our careers page.
Where you can sell from
Fully remote, for people based in United States.
Taken from Sparrow's own posting, last seen live on 4 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details and CV, then 10 questions (4 written).
- 1.Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?Yes or no
- 2.Will you now or in the future require employer sponsorship to work in the United States?Yes or no
- 3.Although we are a fully remote team, Sparrow can only hire employees who will be physically working from within the United States. Will you be physically working from within the United States if hired?Yes or no
- 4.We expect Account Executives to periodically plan and attend relevant events to build networks within their local metros. Which of these metros is a comfortable day trip for you?Pick any (35 options)
- 5.Why are you interested in joining Sparrow? Why this role in particular?Written answer
- 6.We recognize that every Account Executive position is different. To learn more about your experience, please share some additional context - specifically in regard to quota expectations, quota attainment, average deal size, and an average sWritten answer
- 7.Have you worked with Channel Partners in the past?Yes or no
- 8.Is there anything that you would like to share that you feel your resume doesn't cover (optional)?Written answer · optional
- 9.If so, who are typical channel partners? What does that relationship look like?Written answer
- 10.Which best describes your closing (AE) experience selling to HR, People or Benefits leaders?Pick one · optional
From Sparrow's apply page, checked 4 Nov 2026.
About Sparrow
Leave management software with a service team behind it, handling filings, payroll calculations and leave plans for family, medical and other employee leave, sold to HR and people teams directly and through benefits brokers and consultants.
Pay schedule: Full-time exempt roles paid 80% base and 20% commission or variable, with the account manager and channel postings stating the range as OTE.
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