Leasing Account Executive

Greater New York City Area SF Bay Area - San Francisco Full Time

Knotel is a network of flexible private offices and workclubs. The Old Sessions House workclub is spread across 5 floors of a Grade II listed building in London, providing our members with a ‘collection of rooms’ that enable flexibility to work, collaborate, network and socialise.

Job Description

Reporting directly to the market Revenue Lead, the Account Executive will be the key point of contact during prospective members’ Knotel experiences. S/he will lead negotiations with C-Level executives and/or brokers, ensuring that they receive excellent customer service and, in so doing, further Knotel’s reputation as an essential disrupter of commercial real estate. Our team embraces curiosity, integrity, hospitality and tenacious problem-solving, and the Account Executive will contribute to this culture while pushing us to innovate and do our best work.

Responsibilities

Lead an end-to-end sales process - working with prospective c-level executives - from first meeting to tour to negotiation and close
Establish partnerships with commercial real estate brokers to generate pipeline
Work cross-functionally with internal teams (Real Estate, Design, Architecture, PM, IT, Legal, etc…) to nurture deal flow
Exceed a clear set of goals, with a specific focus on growing a book of business and maintaining 100% building occupancy
Update and organize internal CRM systems to track pipeline and distill insights from data
Measure sales effectiveness and prepare statistics for weekly and monthly team meetings
Carry Knotel’s culture of being customer-centric yet outcome driven

Requirements

6-10 years of full-cycle closing experience
Corporate Real Estate and/or Commercial Real Estate experience highly preferred
Experience working in a dynamic, high growth business preferred
You have a track record for outperforming KPIs
You leverage data to understand stories behind numbers, and you know how to pivot on a strategy when the time is right
You thrive in an autonomous environment
You are a hunter and strong negotiator. You have a bias to action and know how to execute quickly and effectively. Engaging with business executives across all industries comes naturally to you, and you know how to build a strong rapport, earn trust, and challenge their assumptions.
You’re intellectually curious and captivated by the changing tides of commercial real estate, eager to gain expertise in this exciting industry as quickly as possible.
You’ve cut your teeth in an account management or business development.