Account Executive, Growth

Linear
Singapore
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward sales professionals with technical acumen and a track record of exceeding targets, comfortable with in-person collaboration and adapting to fast-paced environments

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in quota-carrying sales roles and a background in technical product sales
    — “5+ years in a quota-carrying sales role”
  • Individuals who can bridge technical product knowledge with customer advocacy and sales execution
    — “Be the voice of the customer; advocate for customers by surfacing product or adoption blockers to our product team”
  • Professionals who thrive in a distributed, fast-growing startup environment with a strong product focus
    — “SaaS and startup experience; comfortable working and adapting in a fast-paced and flexible environment”

Things to consider

  • This role requires 2–3 days per week in an office setting in Singapore
    — “office based 2–3 days per week”
  • Candidates should be prepared to adapt to a remote-first company culture with in-person collaboration expectations
    — “While Linear is a remote-first company across the US and Europe”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to quickly understand and articulate product value to technical stakeholders
    — “Highly autonomous with a bias for action. Owner’s mindset to quickly come up to speed on product”
  • Emphasize your experience in selling to technical audiences, especially in SaaS or developer tools
    — “Experience selling to a technical audience; bonus if you have previous experience working with a collaboration or developer tool”
  • Demonstrate how you've helped customers through trial and evaluation phases in prior roles
    — “Become a product expert and help customers use Linear effectively; assist prospects through the trial and evaluation phase”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • generate strong pipeline
  • build relationships with key stakeholders
Typical background
5+ years in quota-carrying sales role

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ExpertiseTechnical SalesSaas SalesCustomer Relationship Management

Preferred

Previous Experience With Collaboration Or Developer Tools

Stack & domain

SalesProduct DemonstrationProduct ManagementCollaboration ToolsSaasStartup ExperienceCommunicationPresentationAutonomyAdaptabilityCustomer AdvocacyProduct DevelopmentSoftware Industry

About the role

Original posting from Linear via Ashby

At Linear, we're building the product development system for teams and agents. AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and we’re shaping the tools this new era requires.

Founded in 2019, Linear has become the platform of choice for more than 25,000 companies (including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp) to plan, build, and ship their products. Today, our team is distributed across North America and Europe, and now expanding across Asia Pacific. What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship.

Over the past few years, Linear has experienced incredible organic growth and has become the default tool of choice for many of the world’s best product teams. We are now layering a product-led sales motion on top of our existing self-serve business to further accelerate our ambitions and bring the magic of Linear to even more and larger companies. As an Account Executive at Linear, you’ll contribute to the future of our product and help high-impact companies build better software.

Location & work mode

While Linear is a remote-first company across the US and Europe, this role in APAC is office based 2–3 days per week, as this role will be closely connected to in-person collaboration with our growing sales presence in the region.

What you'll do

  • Become a product expert and help customers use Linear effectively; assist prospects through the trial and evaluation phase
  • Generate a strong pipeline and exceed quarterly and annual targets
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders within accounts
  • Stay up to date with our product offering, industry trends, competitive landscape, and market trends to continuously adapt sales strategies and approaches for maximum impact
  • Be the voice of the customer; advocate for customers by surfacing product or adoption blockers to our product team

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years in a quota-carrying sales role
  • Experience selling to a technical audience; bonus if you have previous experience working with a collaboration or developer tool
  • SaaS and startup experience; comfortable working and adapting in a fast-paced and flexible environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and product demonstration skills
  • Highly autonomous with a bias for action. Owner’s mindset to quickly come up to speed on product, market, ICP, and unique differentiators

What we offer

We're a small, focused team that cares deeply about the quality of our work and the people we do it with. Here's what you can expect:

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Employee-friendly equity terms
  • Daily meal and coffee stipend on every workday
  • Health coverage (based on country requirements)
  • 5 weeks paid vacation, plus local statutory holidays
  • 4 months paid parental leave
  • Paid month off after 4 years & every 2 years thereafter
  • Regular team events and off-sites

Learn how we think and work

  • A story about our mission: Read Me https://linear.app/readme
  • How we work: Designing remote work at Linear https://linear.app/now/designing-remote-work-at-linear
  • Our CEO and co-founder, Karri at 20VC: How to Grow Capital Efficiently in a World of BS Growth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vqDYkuzbSM
  • Make an Org Chart You Want to Ship — Advice from Linear on How Heirloom Tomatoes Should Inspire Team Design https://review.firstround.com/make-an-org-chart-you-want-to-ship-advice-from-linear-on-how-heirloom-tomatoes-should-inspire-team-design/
  • Building our teams: Why and how we do work trials at Linear https://linear.app/blog/why-and-how-we-do-work-trials-at-linear
  • A video series: Conversations on Quality https://linear.app/quality
  • Read about our recent Series C Fundraise https://linear.app/now/building-our-way and Giving our team liquidity https://linear.app/now/giving-our-team-liquidity-through-linear-s-first-tender-offer

Linear is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Source: Linear careers (Ashby)

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