Senior Account Executive, Private Equity

Carta has developed an ownership management platform exclusively for Private Equity Firms and their portfolio company management teams. This includes the first and only Advanced Scenario Modeling tool capable of handling the most complex Private Equity waterfalls, empowering deal teams, valuations teams and management teams to get out of excel and improve accuracy and time to insight for some of their most important strategic decisions. 

Over the past several years we’ve seen considerable success working with Private Equity-backed portfolio companies by partnering with Private Equity firms as a channel partner. We’re now pursuing a new and exciting opportunity working with Private Equity Firms as a customer. As an Enterprise Account Executive, you’ll join a small cross-functional team to strategically navigate Private Equity Firms, evangelize the Carta value proposition and drive revenue directly with these Firms. 

• Communicate the business impact of our product offerings to key decision makers
• Demonstrate ability to influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus-building to identify and sell new opportunities
• Own sales cycles that are 6-18 months
• Understand customer needs and requirements and act as a trusted business advisor
• Drive revenue through strategic outbound prospecting
• Own the entire sales lifecycle, from lead generation to close
• Develop a comprehensive sales strategy and sales plan that ensures consistent achievement of goals over the short and long-term
• Own relationships for Private Equity Firms and be their customer advocate

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 10+ years of account executive experience, or equivalent industry experience in Private Equity, Investment Banking, or Alternative Assets
• Experience selling to professionals from a Private Equity background and proven ability to speak their language 
• Experience closing large deals
• Strategically navigate large and complex organizations with multiple stakeholders
• Proven ability to execute, especially negotiation and closing
• Flexible and resilient
• Interest in being part of a ‘startup within a startup’ 
• Fluency in Private Equity deal team language and back office functions such as portfolio and valuations teams is a nice to have

Carta’s compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and for applicable roles, commissions plans. Our expected cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) range for this role starts at:

• $128,500 base + commission in New York City, NY
• $128,500 base + commission in San Francisco, CA

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.