Vooma

Automation platform for logistics

Account Executive

$150 - $250
Location
San Francisco, CA, US / Chicago, IL, US
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
3+ years
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Jesse Buckingham
Jesse Buckingham
Founder

About the role

TLDR: early business hire, unlimited growth potential, opportunity to join a strong founding teams (ex Stanford) with extremely strong signal of PMF

About Vooma

Vooma is a high growth freight-tech startup building the best AI agents for the logistics industry. Our mission is to improve the efficiency and resiliency of US supply chains. Vooma is backed by top tier investors, founded by operators with experience from the industry, and at an inflection point in growth.

We work with leading logistics players like Arrive Logistics, Echo Global Logistics, MoLo / Arcbest, MODE Global, NFI Logistics, Evans Transportation, and Sunset Transportation.

Vooma is founded by Jesse Buckingham and Mike Carter. Mike built self driving trucks as a founding engineer at Kodiak Robotics (raised $250M) where he established and led their motion planning and safety teams. Jesse was previously CEO at a private equity backed logistics software company that sold to brokers and truckers which he grew from $2M to $20M+ ARR.

Vooma is backed by top-tier investors including Index Ventures, Y-Combinator and CEOs, founders and executives from Nolan, Arrive, Ryder, MoLo, NFI, Convoy, Uber Freight, Motive, Loop, OTR Capital, Project44, Trucker Tools and more.

About the role

This is a rare opportunity to join a talented and experienced team at the ground level to build a transformational company for a critical industry. If you've ever thought about working at an early stage startup, and are ready to hunt for new business, this is an ideal opportunity to learn a ton and grow.

You will join our team as our first Account Executive. You'll be working closely with the whole team - founders, product engineers, operations, customer success - to establish and execute our sales playbook. You'll be the driving force behind our revenue growth, building relationships with logistics companies and closing deals.

Objective of the role

  • Own the entire sales cycle from prospecting to close for assigned territories, including outbound prospecting, discovery calls, demos, negotiations, and closing deals
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities through both inbound and outbound efforts
  • Establish Vooma as a trusted partner in the logistics industry
  • Help develop and improve our lead generation and sales playbooks
  • Champion a culture of excellence in the company
  • Work closely with the Customer Success team to ensure seamless handoff of new customers
  • Provide market feedback to product and engineering
  • Do whatever it takes to help our customers and Vooma succeed

Your responsibilities will include:

  • You will own the entire sales process, from prospecting to closing deals with brokers, carriers and shippers
  • You'll be the primary driver of revenue growth for the business
  • You will develop and improve our sales playbook, including messaging, pricing strategies, and competitive positioning
  • You will analyze your own performance to increase win rates and decrease sales cycle length
  • You'll have opportunities to pick up miscellaneous growth work: representing Vooma at industry events, creating case studies, developing partnership opportunities, and contributing to overall go-to-market strategy

You’re a good fit if you have:

  • Hunter mentality with a track record of consistently exceeding quota
  • Strategic mindset with ability to run complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles
  • Growth mindset, constantly looking for ways to improve
  • Professional, warm communicator with excellent presentation skills
  • Extremely organized with strong pipeline management skills
  • Thrive in ambiguity. We're a startup. Many things change, pretty dramatically, very quickly
  • 3+ years of B2B software sales experience, preferably in logistics, supply chain, or related industries

Experience in logistics technology, supply chain software, or enterprise SaaS sales is highly valued.

Compensation

  • The rare opportunity to join a formidable team to build an enduring company, in person, as a first 15 employee
  • Competitive compensation
  • Equity upside
  • Medical / dental / vision / 401k

This role is based in person in San Francisco, CA or Chicago, IL (not remote).

About Vooma

We're building the AI Agent for logistics

The first "skill" we built for the Vooma Agent automates order entry from shippers, which is the process of reading emails and keying in details about a load. It's a ubiquitous and expensive pain point for brokers and carriers, and the perfect wedge for building our broader platform.

The second skill we launched automates quoting. For every truckload that our customers move, they quote on many more, often by email. By embedding in a user's email inbox, Vooma is able to automate most of the quoting process, and surface critical funnel data that has historically been hidden in thousands of emails.

We've raised our seed round from Tier 1 investors and leading industry angels. We have enterprise contracts with leading logistics companies. Our team is made up of top talent from AI research and autonomous vehicles.

Our team

Vooma is founded by Jesse Buckingham and Mike Carter. Mike built self driving trucks as a founding engineer at Kodiak Robotics (raised $250M) where he established and led their motion planning and safety teams. Jesse was previously CEO at a private equity backed logistics software company that sold to brokers and truckers which he grew from $2M to $20M+ ARR.

Our values

  • Aim High
  • Action Over Thinking
  • Full Force, Sharp Arrow
  • Long Term Games, With Long Term People
  • Tag, You’re It
  • Embrace Candor
  • Float Like A Butterfly
  • Get Your Hands Dirty
  • We’re A Business
  • All-Star Team
Vooma
Founded:2022
Team Size:3
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Jesse Buckingham
Jesse Buckingham
Founder
Mike Carter
Mike Carter
Founder