Account Executive, Motion
$180-220k
OTE
$90-110k
BASE
Plus equity and commission
More information about location
AI-driven time management platform
Open for applications
AI-driven time management platform
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$180-220k
OTE
$90-110k
BASE
Plus equity and commission
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
Motion's mission is to solve the problem of focus and deep work through its AI-driven time management platform.
Role
Who you are
- You are ambitious and always looking for ways to improve. For most employees, this role will give you the most responsibilities you’ve ever had, while holding you to higher standards than other companies you’ve worked at. Don’t rest on your past achievements — expect to work your hardest and do the best work of your career at Motion. You will receive lots of coaching and feedback that you should seek to grow from
- You can take ownership of projects and lead them to completion while dealing with ambiguity and finding the right balance between speed and quality. You don’t need every detail and edge case spelled out for you because you can figure out the goals of the project and fill in the blanks
- You are a fast learner and can quickly familiarize yourself with new tools and processes
- You aren’t afraid to tackle any part of the stack or learn a new unfamiliar technology
- You are comfortable with the fact that working in a startup means if you don’t do the work then it just won’t get done
- You have a strong understanding of how you can create the most impact, and don’t get lost in the weeds in details that don’t matter
- You’re excited to work on whatever solves the biggest customer problems, not just whatever is most comfortable for you
- You can collaborate effectively with other talented employees and work well in an environment where the best ideas win. You should expect your ideas to get challenged and to learn a lot from your coworkers
What the job involves
- Hiring an Account Executive who thrives in a fast-paced, highly autonomous environment alongside a team of high-performers
- As one of our early sales hires, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how we sell, to whom we sell, and the strategies we use to scale
- We’ve built an incredible product that our customers love, and now it’s time to bring it to more teams
- The goal for someone who crushes it in this role: within 3 months, you’ll own a full sales pipeline and close deals independently
- Within a year, you’ll be helping to define our sales playbook and mentoring new team members as we scale
- If you’re scrappy, love solving problems, and are ready to build something big, this is the role for you
- We work hard to ensure Motion’s team is one of the highest talent-density teams in the world
- We have accomplished in weeks or months what it would take larger teams years to do
Our take
Today's fast-paced digital world can make time management feel overwhelming, leading many smartphones to be filled with applications for to-do lists, calendars, and project management tools. The fragmented nature of these apps makes them time-consuming and frustrating to navigate, ultimately making them unsuitable for usage within professional workforces.
Motion provides an all-in-one AI-driven time management platform for businesses, facilitating the automation of daily task planning, task prioritization, and long-term scheduling. The AI technology also automates frustrating maintenance tasks normally associated with productivity apps such as the rescheduling of unfinished work, adding exceptions for weekends or time off, and recognizing when a user is falling behind on their schedule.
Whilst businesses have a plethora of productivity platforms at their disposal, Motion has been smart to apply AI to its software to reduce the amount of time users must spend manually using it. Through this approach, the company aims to bring the benefits of time-management platforms without their pitfalls, ultimately helping to keep workers on track and minimize missed deadlines, without requiring constant manual planning time.
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back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2024
$36.5m
LATE VC
May 2023
$14m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $63.6m
Company benefits
- Motion offers a competitive salary and equity compensation, medical, dental, and vision health insurance
Company values
- Take ownership and be accountable - We can rely on each member of the team to get their work done. When we say we'll do something - we get it done without anyone checking in on us
- Straightforward communication - We communicate in a direct manner. If there is something you disagree with or are unhappy about, let the team know. We don’t tolerate passive-aggressiveness or company politics
- Disagree and commit - We can disagree and commit. Not all of our ideas will be implemented, and sometimes the group will decide to do something one of us disagrees with. Even if we disagree with the decision, we commit to getting it done
- Raw hours make a difference - Working too many hours doesn't guarantee success; but not working hard enough will guarantee failure. We expect everyone to put in their sincere best effort, but we generally don't expect you to work late evenings or on weekends
- Take risks - We are not afraid of taking risks. We should not over-index on failures. A lot of features we build and strategies we try will fail - that is expected
- Operational excellence and attention to detail - We are a small team with a user base and revenue that are exploding. Every mistake we make has a direct revenue impact
- Making tradeoffs - We often have to sacrifice quality for speed to validate new ideas. It is important to know the balance between the two and to find good tradeoffs
- Be versatile and open to new ideas - We are an early-stage startup. Our product, roadmap, strategy, and goals constantly change. We should not be scared of a rapidly changing work environment
- Look for opportunities to grow - We are looking for team members who aren't just checking off tasks, but are thinking about how to push the business forward and increase their impact. We want you to look for new opportunities that we aren't taking advantage of, and go for it!
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Articles
Leadership
Harry Qi
(CEO and Co-founder)Experience as Quantitative Trader at Optiver from 2017 to 2019. LP Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund since 2020.
Ethan Yu
(COO and Co-founder)Experience as Software Engineer Intern for Whatsapp and Facebook. Quantitative Trader for Citadel from 2016 to 2018 and for DRW since 2019.
Omid Rooholfada
(Co-founder)President of Code Haven from 2016 to 2018. Experience as Software Engineer Intern for Facebook and Optimizely.
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