Strategic Account Executive

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About Checkr<br></strong></span>Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.<br><br>We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/" target="_blank">Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List</a> and is a Y Combinator 2024 <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/yc-top-companies-2024">Breakthrough Company</a>.</p></div><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>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 We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents and outdated processes, with a better product and intense customer focus.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!</p> <p>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.&nbsp;</p> <p>This role is ideal for a proven sales professional who:</p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>has experience identifying and building relationships with decision makers, business and technology influencers and users, closing 6- and 7-figure pursuits</li> <li>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&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>You will be an important part of an elite, professional, and rapidly growing cross-functional team that succeeds through collaboration, grit, and learning.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Deliver Sales Excellence:</li> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>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&nbsp;</li> <li>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</li> <li>Leverage analytics, case studies, past performance, and market intelligence to create a territory plan and craft your own target account strategies.</li> </ul> <li>Manage Account Relationships:</li> <ul> <li>Have an understanding of the lender’s operation and an ability to identify the varying use cases where verification services can drive impact&nbsp;</li> <li>Exhibit deep and up-to-date knowledge of our product portfolio in order to communicate the benefits of new features and enhancements</li> <li>Show proficiency in navigating buy team personas, with intentional activities for executive bridging and champion building</li> </ul> <li>Exhibit Industry- &amp; Customer-specific Business Acumen:</li> <ul> <li>Actively understand each customer’s strategic growth plans, technology footprint, and corresponding technology strategy, internal challenges, and competitive landscape.&lt