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Most of our demand is inbound and we're ready to turn it into signed rooftops, fast. We also have a growing outbound motion that is still being built, and this person will be a thought partner in shaping what it becomes rather than inheriting someone else's playbook. We want someone who brings serious sales craft + serious dog: the person who is last out of the office, makes noise when deals close, and lives for chasing down the next roof.\nPosition Overview\nYou'll be one of the first AEs on the dealer side of the business, working closely with our CEO, Head of Finance/Partnerships, and our engineering and product teams. You'll own deals end-to-end - from first touch to signature - and help refine the playbook as we scale.\nYou'll start with our AI Sales Agent: a 24/7 AI-powered BDC that handles inbound leads across website chat and SMS, qualifies buyers, and reengages propects with rich customer context. It installs on a dealer's existing website with no rip-and-replace, which makes for a low-friction, high-velocity motion with a large warm inbound pipeline behind it.\nFrom there, you'll sell our transaction engine (financing, F&I, titling/registration, KYC, insurance verification, fraud, signatures, and more) into qualified ICP where the fit is right. Because Ekho makes money when dealers transact, our incentives are aligned with theirs: we win the relationship on a product that pays for itself immediately, then monetize on transactions and expanded platform usage as the account grows.\nThe ceiling isn't the velocity motion. The full transaction engine gets sold into enterprises - large dealer groups running dozens of rooftops, and vehicle manufacturers from publicly traded OEMs to newer entrants building their retail model from scratch. You'll shadow those deals early and take on more of them as you earn it. How fast that happens is up to you and your performance.\nThis role is for someone who can sell to real businesses that don't wake up thinking about software, who can clearly articulate ROI to an owner-operator who thinks in units and gross profit, and who can win by being relentless, creative, and in-market.\nLocation: New York City (in-office). Expect frequent travel to dealer visits and industry events.\n What You'll Do\nRun full-cycle dealer sales: inbound qualification → discovery → demo → proposal → close.\n\nConvert a large, warm inbound pipeline into signed rooftops with tight follow-up, urgency, and a clean process.\n\nHunt anyway: while inbound is strong, you'll prospect strategically (calls, texts, emails, LinkedIn, events) and help us build the outbound engine instead of waiting for one.\n\nIdentify which dealers and groups are qualified for which products, and sell the broader platform where it fits.\n\nShadow enterprise transaction engine deals from the start - dealer groups and manufacturers - and take on more of that motion as you scale into the role.\n\nNavigate dealer objections around switching costs, contracts, workflow change, and trust - then get deals over the line.\n\nGet in the field: conferences, dealer visits, dinners, happy hours, and relationship-building that creates momentum. If showing up in person closes the deal, book the flight.\n\nWork directly with engineering and product. Grab an engineer for a technical question mid-deal. Bang the table when something is blocking a deal, and make the case for what should be on the roadmap. Partner on the automations and internal tooling that make the motion faster.\n\nExperiment and measure: test copy, sequences, and channels, set up the tracking to know what actually performed, and kill what didn't.\n\nBe creative in structuring wins: discount one part, trade for another, land-and-expand - whatever gets rooftops live while preserving unit economics.\n\nUse and improve our sales materials: work off templates, but be sharp enough to adjust narrative/slides when the deal warrants it.\n\nKeep CRM hygiene strong (HubSpot), forecast accurately, and collaborate tightly with CS/ops so go-lives actually succeed.\n\n Who You Are\nWe're looking for a rare combo: smart enough to sell a complex platform, hungry enough to run through walls, and opinionated enough to say something when the process is wrong.\n Required Skills & Experience\n2-6 years of high-performing quota-carrying software sales experience (SDR → AE, or AE in a high-velocity environment), or someone coming from a product, strategy, or consulting role who genuinely wants to move into sales and can show us why they'll be great at it.\n\nStrong discovery + demo instincts: can translate Ekho into business value without sounding like software theater.\n\nExperience working closely with engineers and product teams: bringing back structured feedback from the field, participating in roadmap discussions, and getting your customers' problems built.\n\nWillingness to experiment with how you sell. 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