Account Executive, USA, Headout
New York
$90-120k
Total compensation package also includes variable component and early equity via our ESOP program
2-3 days a week in office (155, Wooster St)
Travel experiences marketplace
Open for applications
Travel experiences marketplace
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$90-120k
Total compensation package also includes variable component and early equity via our ESOP program
2-3 days a week in office (155, Wooster St)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Headout is on a mission to make travelling more fun & spontaneous.
Role
Who you are
- Native English speaker - based in New York
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in business development, preferably in travel-related products
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communications skills
- Global mindset and comfortable working with people from different cultural backgrounds & time zones
- A start-up attitude – highly collaborative with an entrepreneurial mindset and not afraid to roll up your sleeves
- Experience working with a CRM; eager to learn and use new tools
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Account Executive - USA (East Coast) to join our North American Business Team
- Reporting to the General Manager - North America, the AE will lead our commercial efforts and expansion on the East Coast
- You will be the face and voice of Headout to our Supply Partners in the region
- Build. You’ll have your fingerprints all over Headout. You’ll do whatever it takes to launch quickly, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new
- This means everything from high-level strategy to nitty-gritty operational details - Launch new cities by identifying, reaching-out and onboarding new Supply Partners & distribution-side partnerships on the East Coast
- Nurture. Continuously nurture relationships with our existing Supply Partners in order to leverage them for additional growth
- Collaborate. Liaise between internal stakeholders (Operations, Tech, Marketing, etc) and your accounts in order to ensure smooth execution of the partnerships and growth of bookings
- Analyze. Identify market trends and provide market & competitor analysis to optimize business strategies
Our take
Over 25 million people from over 105 different cities have purchased a ticket for something on Headout, the mobile-first travel experience and activity platform. It’s a digital marketplace where users can browse tickets to leisure activities in their area, and providers can in turn get help filling last-minute slots.
Unlike some travel and hospitality businesses, Headout has already bounced back and surpassed its pre-pandemic revenue (3.1 Yx oY) and growth (3.2 x YoY) levels. The key was to focus on domestic travel, a new vertical it intends to expand in future with new funding on the table. It’s also looking to aggressively grow its footprint to add hundreds of new cities over the coming years, having doubled its business team in 2023.
Headout is in a very comfortable position to do so: every transaction it carries out is profitable, and there’s plenty of runway on its current funding. This means the team can focus on building out new features for both users and providers. The quality of its product will be its key advantage over Airbnb, which has for a while now been developing a competing marketplace.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2022
$30m
SERIES B
Sep 2021
$12m
SERIES B
Total funding: $65.7m
Company benefits
- Unlimited mental wellness leaves
- No ceiling general leave
- Every quarterly 1-1 includes a `vacation time` item on the agenda to ensure everyone takes breaks proactively
- 50% off fitness class memberships
- Wellness programs once a month
- Online health platform(s) subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Program. We've got your back
- $500 `Headout Credits` to, you guessed it, head out to any of our experiences around the world
- Unlimited `Learning Credits` for paid courses and sessions to aid your learning & growth
- Access to conferences and meet-ups
- Community Lunches twice a week across all offices
- Travel across our 6 global offices if your role demands it
- If your role requires you to move countries, we will do whatever it takes to take care of you. We are not limited by any policies when it comes to getting great talent to join us
- ESOPS: We follow the standard 1-year cliff and 4-year vesting schedule. You can exercise your ESOPs anytime up to 2 years post-termination. For employees who have been at Headout for a continuous period of 2 years or longer, the exercise period will automatically extend to the life of the option i.e. **10 years**.
- Outside of teams that are remote-first, everyone else will be expected to spend **50% of their time in the office**. 50% doesn't mean spending 2.5 days a week at the office. It is entirely up to the individual and the team to configure what works best for them
- Non-remote teams will have complete flexibility to **work from anywhere** for extended durations multiple times a year. Longing to work from a beach for a couple of weeks, no problem
- You can access any of our hub offices at any time
- Everyone gets a one-time allowance of up to **$250** to set up a productive work environment for themselves outside of the office
Company values
- 👉 Headout > I
- 👉 Move fast, learn faster
- 👉 High standards
- 👉 Together is better
- 👉 Take ownership and initiative
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
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Leadership
Varun Khona
(CEO)Previously founded and served as CEO of travel company Trippy.
Vikram Jit Singh
(CTO)Previously a senior member of the technical staff at Oracle.
Suren Sultania
(COO)Worked a spell as a consultant at PTOLEMUS Consulting Group.
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