Founding Account Executive

Internal Role | Build & Close from Day One
Cape Town Full-time, Remote
We're hiring a Founding Account Executive to join The Sales People internal team. This is an in-house role, not a client placement.
You will build pipeline, close new business, and help lay the foundations of our sales function from day one. This is not a first sales job. You must already be comfortable with cold calling, outbound prospecting, and owning deals end to end.
As you perform, you'll have the opportunity to shape our sales processes, tooling, and eventually support and mentor new hires.
About The Sales People
The Sales People is a launchpad for ambitious sales careers.
We help businesses of all sizes build high-performing sales teams. After years of hiring and scaling sales teams across unicorns and fast-growing companies, we know what real sales talent looks like — and we back ability, drive, and work ethic over polished CVs.
We train, support, and grow our people in real commerc...