Strategic Account Executive

*About Checkr*
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr's innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

We're a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

*About Checkr*
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr's innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

*About The Role*
Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment, income information and asset information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more. We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents and outdated processes, with a better product and intense customer focus. Within Checkr, Truework operates independently, allowing rapid iteration while also being able to leverage the strengths and assets from our core business. Think of it like joining a startup within a startup

As a
Strategic Account Executive
on the Truework team, you'll help scale our impact across large national and regional lenders, with a primary focus on acquiring new clients to Truework Verification services. As automated verification services become a more common practice for lenders in how they run their operation, you'll lead the charge in building and executing a more repeatable playbook to drive new customers who will grow with us for years to come. By deeply understanding their unique company challenges and goals, you will pair them with solutions that will help them reach their business objectives and innovate within their organizations.

This role is ideal for a proven sales professional who:

• has experience selling transformational solutions to customers, where you can quickly identify and pattern map where and how the Truework solution can drive impact in a customer's operation
• has experience identifying and building relationships with decision makers, business and technology influencers and users, closing 6- and 7-figure pursuits
• who thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment— ready to help close the gap between the legacy solutions and processes lending teams are leaning on and their plans and intentions to deliver competitive and streamlined processes for consumers

You will be an important part of an elite, professional, and rapidly growing cross-functional team that succeeds through collaboration, grit, and learning.

*What You'll Do*

• Deliver Sales Excellence:

• Consistently achieve pipeline and revenue targets by applying modern sales techniques and processes to efficiently manage top of funnel engagement tactics and deal strategy and close processes

• Think outside-the-box to cultivate awareness of the Truework vision. Plan and execute targeted campaigns for your territory working with the marketing and partner teams to scale your coverage and build pipeline
• Partner with and guide the efforts of our internal team to support your accounts in pre-sales activities and in the deployment to execute on agreed upon account goals, strategies and tactics for growth

• Leverage analytics, case studies, past performance, and market intelligence to create a territory plan and craft your own target account strategies.

• Manage Account Relationships:

• Have an understanding of the lender's operation and an ability to identify the varying use cases where verification services can drive impact

• Exhibit deep and up-to-date knowledge of our product portfolio in order to communicate the benefits of new features and enhancements

• Show proficiency in navigating buy team personas, with intentional activities for executive bridging and champion building

• Exhibit Industry- & Customer-specific Business Acumen:

• Actively understand each customer's strategic growth plans, technology footprint, and corresponding technology strategy, internal challenges, and competitive landscape.

• Review public information (e.g., new executive appointments, earnings statements, press releases) for the company and its competitors to stay updated on key industry trends and issues impacting the prospect.

• Be equipped to identify and discover centers of value for lenders, and conduct analysis to quantify ROI and impact of our solution on their operation

• Be a good teammate

• Represent both market trends and client needs to the Executive and the Product teams to ensure we are both serving current needs well and evolving our products and portfolio to identify future client needs

• Show unparalleled grit - constantly experiment, be willing to pivot, and have resiliency regardless of the obstacles faced

*What You Bring*

• 5+ years of full-cycle sales experience, selling transformative technology solutions
• Experience closing new business accounts and building pipeline using modern marketing tactics
• Experience selling to EVPs, CXOs and end-users (in the same sales cycle) in both individual and team sales environments
• Ability to navigate large organizations' political landscape to maintain and expand relationships at all levels
• General knowledge in common sales practices like MEDDPICC, Command of the Message (Force Management), Challenger, Power Selling, or others
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - able to simplify complex topics in a friendly and approachable manner, present executive-level business cases
• Ability to juggle and complete multiple priorities and projects (internally and externally) in a fast-paced environment
• You are smart, self-motivated, organized, disciplined, inquisitive, detail-oriented, and process-oriented; you have an ownership mentality within all aspects of your work
• You have a growth mindset that is always learning, growing, and actively seeking feedback
• You have a team-first mentality—you show up for your team and expect the same in return. You enjoy planning, adjusting, executing, winning, and celebrating as a team.

*What You'll Get*

• A very fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

Pay Transparency Disclosure
One of Checkr's core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we've made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see
our website
.
On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)

$258,000—$304,000 USD

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO)

$218,000—$257,000 USD

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Remote)

$199,000—$304,000 USD

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. Starting January 2026, hub-based employees will be expected to work from the office 3 days per week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr
Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the
San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance
.

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