Founding Account Executive
Founding Account Executive at Nowadays — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Nowadays
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 80000–240000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
☀️ About Nowadays
We’re building the future of in-person connection—from intimate exec offsites to conference-scale company retreats.
Nowadays is the first AI-powered platform for planning corporate events. Our software handles everything from venue sourcing to vendor negotiations, making it dramatically faster and easier for teams to meet IRL.
We’ve planned events around the world for companies like Google, Amazon, and Quantstamp—and we’re just getting started.
Our mission is simple: make it easier for teams to create meaningful moments together.
👥 Who We Are
We’re a sister-founded team based in San Francisco. We move fast, care deeply, and genuinely love bringing people together—whether it’s a strategic offsite or a Friendsgiving in our Nowadays home.
We believe the best teams:
Take ownership
Stay scrappy
Celebrate wins (big and small)
Actually enjoy working and hanging out together
Some of our favorite team moments so far:
Flying trapeze
Steak-offs at home
Hauling a Christmas tree up to the office
Post-launch spa days
Racing an Ironman Relay
💼 What You’ll Do (Founding AE)
Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close for customers hosting retreats and meetings
Run discovery calls, demos, and pricing conversations with confidence
Shape the product by bringing customer feedback directly into product decisions
Partner closely with the founders to refine messaging, pricing, and positioning
Become a product expert who can speak fluently about our AI agents, capabilities, and integrations
Sell into meetings & events teams, people teams, executive assistants, and agencies across mid-market and enterprise organizations
Build and refine our sales playbook, pipeline, and CRM workflows
Help define what great sales looks like at Nowadays from day one
🥇 What We’re Looking For
Experience closing deals in a B2B SaaS environment (ideally SMB → mid-market)
Comfort managing a high-velocity outbound motion (70–100 client touchpoints per day)
Ability to sell a product that’s still evolving
Strong product intuition and the ability to tailor messaging by persona
A scrappy, proactive mindset—you’re not afraid of ambiguity
Genuine enjoyment in building relationships and helping customers succeed
✨ Bonus Points
Experience selling to event, marketing, HR, or operations teams
Proven top-10% performance; President’s Club experience is a plus
Zero-to-one startup sales experience
Comfort with pricing conversations and negotiation
Experience working closely with product and engineering teams
📝 The Details
Comp: $80K – $120K base ($160K – $240K OTE) + 0.1% – 0.5% equity (flexible based on experience)
Location: In-person, San Francisco
Perks:
Free lunch + dinner
Quarterly team offsites (yes, we went to the White Lotus S3 hotel in Thailand)
Monthly fitness stipend
Health insurance
12 weeks paid parental leave
Generous PTO + required time off to recharge
High ownership, autonomy, and direct access to founders
Access to top venues, events, and travel experiences