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Associate Account Executive - PEO

remotecom Remote-Canada • Remote-United States


No Relocation

Posted: April 20, 2026

Job Description

What this job can offer you

  • Build understanding of the US PEO landscape (compliance, co-employment, use cases)
  • Support more consultative, multi-stakeholder deals vs Payroll
  • Mirror Payroll best practices while adapting to PEO-specific sales cycles
  • Educate prospects on PEO value for workforce management and compliance

What you bring

  • Experience in sales, business development, SDR, or related SaaS/HR environment
  • Strong interest in HR, PEO, or global employment solutions (PEO experience is a must)
  • High level of integrity and strong work ethic
  • Coachable and able to apply feedback quickly
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
  • Ability to support sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders
  • Comfortable engaging prospects via outbound channels (calls, email, LinkedIn)
  • Ability to build trust and credibility with clients
  • Strong communication skills (verbal and written English)
  • Experience with CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce) preferred
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently and as part of a team
  • Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities.
  • Writes and speaks fluent English.
  • It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.
  • Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities

Key Responsibilities 

  • Support the PEO sales team in building and progressing pipeline across the US market
  • Generate and qualify new opportunities through outbound prospecting and inbound follow-up
  • Partner with senior AEs on deal execution, including discovery, demos, and follow-ups
  • Maintain accurate CRM data and pipeline tracking
  • Assist in managing high-velocity opportunities and timely follow-up
  • Develop a strong understanding of Remote’s PEO offering and market positioning
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to support customer experience and deal progression
  • Contribute to messaging, outreach strategies, and sales process improvements
  • Meet and exceed activity and pipeline generation targets
  • Continuously develop toward a Senior AE role

Practicals

  • You'll report to:  Manager, Sales (Global Payroll and PEO)
  • Team: AMER Sales (PEO)
  • Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; USA
  • Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

Roughly 2.5 hours across 3 weeks

  1. Interview with recruiter
  2. Async Video Exercise
  3. Interview with with future manager
  4. Interview with an executive
  5. Bar Raiser Interview
  6. Prior employment verification check 

Additional Content

What this job can offer you

  • Build understanding of the US PEO landscape (compliance, co-employment, use cases)
  • Support more consultative, multi-stakeholder deals vs Payroll
  • Mirror Payroll best practices while adapting to PEO-specific sales cycles
  • Educate prospects on PEO value for workforce management and compliance

What you bring

  • Experience in sales, business development, SDR, or related SaaS/HR environment
  • Strong interest in HR, PEO, or global employment solutions (PEO experience is a must)
  • High level of integrity and strong work ethic
  • Coachable and able to apply feedback quickly
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
  • Ability to support sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders
  • Comfortable engaging prospects via outbound channels (calls, email, LinkedIn)
  • Ability to build trust and credibility with clients
  • Strong communication skills (verbal and written English)
  • Experience with CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce) preferred
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently and as part of a team
  • Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities.
  • Writes and speaks fluent English.
  • It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.
  • Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities

Key Responsibilities 

  • Support the PEO sales team in building and progressing pipeline across the US market
  • Generate and qualify new opportunities through outbound prospecting and inbound follow-up
  • Partner with senior AEs on deal execution, including discovery, demos, and follow-ups
  • Maintain accurate CRM data and pipeline tracking
  • Assist in managing high-velocity opportunities and timely follow-up
  • Develop a strong understanding of Remote’s PEO offering and market positioning
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to support customer experience and deal progression
  • Contribute to messaging, outreach strategies, and sales process improvements
  • Meet and exceed activity and pipeline generation targets
  • Continuously develop toward a Senior AE role

Practicals

  • You'll report to:  Manager, Sales (Global Payroll and PEO)
  • Team: AMER Sales (PEO)
  • Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; USA
  • Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

Roughly 2.5 hours across 3 weeks

  1. Interview with recruiter
  2. Async Video Exercise
  3. Interview with with future manager
  4. Interview with an executive
  5. Bar Raiser Interview
  6. Prior employment verification check