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Channel Account Executive - Benefits Broker

WorkstreamSan Francisco, California, United StatesOnsite

Workstream is a mission-driven company that believes in building premium, modern software solutions for hourly businesses. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers, who make up 80% of the global workforce, but they've been heavily underserved by technology and deserve better. We help local businesses around you hire, manage, and pay qualified workers.
Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors, including Burger King, Carl's Jr./Hardee's, IHOP, KFC, and Culvers. At series B, we are quickly expanding our product portfolio. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund, BOND, and Coatue.

  • Develop and drive forward our sales motion beyond franchised quick-service-restaurants (QSRs) while building our mid-market sales playbook by prospecting into the C-suite of corporate groups of non-franchised restaurant concepts with 30+ locations (eg. Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar, True Food Kitchen, Brio Tuscan Grill, Bubba’s 33, Macaroni Grill) as Workstream extends it’s product reach into additional restaurant segments
  • Establish trusted relationships with executive leadership teams (Chief Human Resource Officers, VP Talent & Recruiting, Chief Operating Officer, VP Innovation) at leading brands to secure MSAs to drive adoption of the Workstream solution, generate outsized value relative to total cost of ownership, and expand the partnership through cross-sell and up-sell
  • Work alongside our exceptional sales team of AEs to prospect into leading restaurant brands through investor, franchisee, trade associations and executive team introductions as well as partner referrals, conferences, calling, email, and LinkedIn messaging
  • Present the Workstream product and value proposition to C-level stakeholders to structure and execute corporate MSAs while ensuring successful implementation and store roll-outs
  • Work closely with marketing, sales, and customer success to ensure BD efforts are accretive to overall company GTM motion, optimizing for incremental ARR growth given constraints on customer acquisition costs, payback period, churn, and product/engineering capabilities
  • Work closely with product and engineering to jointly scope R&D roadmap for mid-market and enterprise implementations, ensuring the requisite balance between organic vs. third-party engineering and business priorities and tradeoffs
  • Support mid-market and enterprise sales motion by attending relevant restaurant conferences, industry trade group shows, and partner marketing events alongside sales and marketing to grow the Workstream brand and drive share of HR SaaS wallet and mindshare among leading corporate-owned restaurant brands

Who You Are:


  • Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in strategic partnerships, enterprise sales, partnership account management, client success, or business development
  • Executive presence and ability to articulate the value proposition of an enterprise software solution, address difficult questions, and drive key stakeholders towards deal close
  • A creative and strategic thinker who has experience opportunity sizing, building business cases for executive leadership, and generating buy-in internally and externally
  • Team first mindset; we are a humble and hungry group sharing one mission
  • Can project manage and work efficiently across departments and LOBs
  • Willing to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty; no job is too big or too small
  • Excels under high pressure in fast-paced environments with competing priorities

Salary Range: In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is $100,000-$130,000 in San Francisco. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

Additional Information 


Workstream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Life at Workstream

Workstream (www.workstream.us) is an automated hiring platform for companies employing hourly workers ? retail, restaurants, cafes, logistic companies, hospitality firms, and on-demand startups. We are more than a B2B applicant tracking software for companies. We cut in half the time that companies take to hire, on-board and train hourly workers via automation, mobile workflows and machine learning. Workstream is a simpler and smarter way to hire a fast-growing modern workforce. We are changing the way that companies hire today by solving the inefficiencies of a service economy that is characterized by unpredictable labor. We are a team from Harvard, MIT, Google, Y Combinator and WeChat, and backed by some of the top angel investors and venture capitalists. Based out of San Francisco Bay Area, we are rapidly growing and grew up in this industry ourselves and feel passionate about transforming this industry. The future of work is changing. People are switching jobs more frequently, more people are becoming independent contractors and many may work for several companies at once. Workstream will be the platform that will power the way the way this modern workforce are hired, screened, and trained.
Thrive Here & What We Value- Missiondriven and value-based company dedicated to empowering deskless workers and local businesses.- Early employee opportunity at a Series B hypergrowth startup with founding team and industry veterans.- Competitive salary and equity.- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision.- Unlimited PTO.- Hybrid Office/WFH schedule.- Equal employment opportunities with antidiscrimination policy.- Remote/WFH schedule with direct bank payments.- Learning/development stipend.- Career fast track, internal mobility, Grow With Us program for performers.- Positive employee experiences and passionate work environment.

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