Head of Sales

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Head of Sales building Slate’s end-to-end sales function for its nationwide commercial cleaning business. Owning lead generation, outbound prospecting, discovery, negotiations, and client handoffs.

Responsibilities:

  • Own and optimize lead generation channels, including digital, referral, and partnership channels
  • Build prospect lists in key verticals and run targeted account-based outbound outreach to decision-makers
  • Respond to inbound inquiries, qualify prospects, and advance suitable opportunities
  • Conduct discovery calls and video walkthroughs to understand prospects' operational needs
  • Scope deliverable engagements in partnership with the NYC operations team for on-site walks
  • Structure proposals, negotiate contracts, and close deals
  • Transition new clients to account management for a strong first ninety days
  • Build the sales function, define processes, track performance metrics, and shape sales strategy
  • Use AI to build internal sales systems
  • Own the sales pipeline end to end, from first touch through signed contract

Requirements:

  • 4+ years of B2B sales experience with full-cycle ownership
  • Experience ideally selling recurring-revenue services such as facilities, cleaning, security, or staffing
  • Ability to prospect, conduct discovery, and manage the pipeline as a team of one
  • Comfort spending significant time speaking with prospects by phone
  • Strong negotiation skills and ability to protect margin while building trust
  • Organized and systems-minded approach to building repeatable sales processes
  • Familiarity with CRM tools and modern outbound tooling
  • Based anywhere in the US
  • Nice to have: experience selling to multi-location businesses in fitness, healthcare, retail, hospitality, or commercial real estate-adjacent services

Benefits:

  • Base salary starts at $1,000/week, with an automatic, formula-based path to $2,000/week
  • Uncapped commission on every account closed, paid monthly for the first 12 months of each contract as the client pays
  • 7% commission on the first $10K of an account's monthly billing
  • 3% commission from $10K–50K/month
  • 1.5% commission above $50K/month
  • Base salary steps up the pay period after hitting milestones, with no annual review or discretion
  • Once earned, base salary never goes back down
  • Six-figure total compensation well within year one for a seller sustaining a healthy close rate
  • No cap above six-figure total compensation