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Account Executive – Quora
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- Salary
- USD 57,231–107,954 / yr
- Department
- Sales
- Employment
- Full Time
- Experience
- Director
- Published
- Apply before
- 29 Oct 2026
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- 57
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- 2
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The role, at a glance.
Quora is hiring a remote Account Executive to acquire and onboard advertising partners for its Quora Ads platform. The role owns the full sales cycle, from prospecting and media proposals through contract negotiation, activation, and post-sales support. Success depends on digital-media sales experience, performance-marketing fluency, consultative communication with senior client stakeholders, and the ability to exceed quarterly revenue targets. The position operates on a global remote-first team but requires availability during Pacific Time coordination hours. It is a hands-on role in an evolving advertising platform, requiring resourcefulness and comfort with manual processes.
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I would define priority verticals and ideal customer profiles, use account research to identify relevant marketers and agencies, and create outreach tied to each prospect's acquisition or awareness goals. I would maintain disciplined Salesforce activity and stage management, test messaging by segment, and review conversion data regularly to improve pipeline quality.
I would first clarify the client's objective, conversion event, target audience, attribution approach, and acceptable CPA or ROAS. I would then connect campaign setup, targeting, creative testing, and measurement to those outcomes, using available data to recommend an initial test plan and clear optimization checkpoints.
I set transparent expectations with prospects, document recurring objections and workflow gaps, and distinguish between confirmed capabilities and items requiring internal validation. I stay proactive with cross-functional partners, create repeatable playbooks where possible, and feed structured market insights back to product and operations teams.
I prepare by understanding the buyer's priorities, decision process, budget, and non-negotiables before discussing terms. I focus on the mutual business outcome, present options when appropriate, communicate constraints clearly, and ensure all commitments are documented so implementation begins with trust and alignment.
I would listen carefully to understand the concern, validate the underlying business objective, and use relevant audience, performance, and measurement data to address it. If the original approach is not the best fit, I would respectfully recommend an alternative test structure with success criteria, rather than defending the proposal without evidence.
About this role.
[Quora is a privately held, “remote-first” company. This position can be performed remotely from multiple countries around the world. Please visit careers.quora.com/eligible-countries for details regarding employment eligibility by country.]
About Quora:
Quora’s mission is to grow the world’s collective intelligence. To do so, we have two platforms:
Quora: a global knowledge sharing platform with millions of monthly unique visitors, bringing people together to share insights on various topics and providing a unique platform to learn and connect with others.
Poe: a cloud workspace where millions of users run multiple AI agents on shared context and tools. One subscription, every frontier model, and the collaboration layer that makes them work together.
Behind these products are passionate, collaborative, and high-performing global teams. We have a culture rooted in transparency, idea-sharing, and experimentation that allows us to celebrate success and grow together through meaningful work. Join us on this journey to create a positive impact and make a significant change in the world.
This role will be working on our Quora product.
About the Team and Role:
The Quora Ads Partnerships team is responsible for building strong relationships with advertising partners across the globe. Specifically, we aim to connect brands and agencies to our millions of monthly unique visitors in a way that delivers meaningful business outcomes. The team is laser-focused on providing exceptional customer service and building the foundation for long-term partnerships between brands and Quora. We’re building a world-class sales organization, and the road ahead is going to be very exciting. If this sounds like fun, we’d love to hear from you!
As an Account Executive at Quora, you’ll be responsible for identifying and activating new advertising partners across our ads platform. You will serve as the main onboarding point of contact for key advertisers and agencies. You’ll also be responsible for providing market feedback to cross-functional peers to drive ads product development and business marketing activities. The ideal candidate will have high emotional intelligence, be self-motivated and resourceful, and have strong analytical skills.
Responsibilities:
Source and close new business by presenting our advertising solution both online and in-person to leading marketers / agencies
Deliver compelling media proposals that both educate and drive new business activation to exceed quarterly revenue targets
Develop and execute sales strategy in a dynamic, small team environment
Leverage data, insights, and measurement to help advertisers achieve their marketing objectives
Lead activities that accelerate business growth with partners focusing on performance advertising KPIs (CPA / CPL / ROAS)
Increase the effectiveness of the team by recognizing and communicating opportunities for new approaches
Manage the full sales-cycle including prospecting, contract negotiation, project management, and post-sales support
Minimum Requirements:
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora’s “coordination hours” (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
2+ years of industry experience, including 2 years of recent digital media sales experience
Demonstrated understanding of the fundamentals of digital marketing and the broader advertising ecosystem
Exemplary verbal, written and listening communication skills with clients up to the C-level, along with the confidence and tact to respectfully challenge clients on strategic decisions
Bias for action with an ability to overcome barriers and work collaboratively in a fast-paced, challenging environment
Self-driven, detail-oriented, and open to the manual processing required in early advertising platform development
Preferred Requirements:
Passion for Quora’s mission and goals
Comfortable working with a new product and serving as the point of contact during the onboarding phase
Previously sold digital advertising to clients in one of the following industries: B2B, Financial Services, Technology, Professional Services, Health or Entertainment
Experience working with a self-serve ads platform and partnering with performance marketers
Previous experience using Salesforce.com for opportunity management and sales forecasting
At Quora, we value diversity and inclusivity and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including marginalized or underrepresented groups in tech, to apply for our job openings. We encourage all candidates who share a passion for growing the world’s knowledge, even those who may not strictly meet all the preferred requirements, to apply, as we know that a diverse range of perspectives can have a significant impact on our products and our culture.
Additional Information:
We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis. This role is a backfill for an existing vacancy.
Quora offers a wide range of benefits including medical/dental/vision coverage, equity refreshers, remote work reimbursement, paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more. Benefits are country-specific and may vary.
There are many factors that will determine the starting compensation, including but not limited to experience, location, education, and business needs.
US candidates only: For US based applicants, the base salary range is $57,231 – $107,954 USD + equity + benefits. The on-target earnings (OTE) range is $81,759 – $154,220 USD + equity + benefits.
Canada candidates only: For Toronto and Vancouver based applicants, the base salary range is $73,486 – $110,892 CAD + equity + benefits. The on-target earnings (OTE) range is $104,980 – $158,417 CAD + equity + benefits. For all other locations in Canada, the base salary range is $68,587 – $103,499 CAD + equity + benefits. The on-target earnings (OTE) range is $97,981 – $147,856 CAD + equity + benefits.
In equity-eligible countries, we currently also offer a flexible equity program where a portion of equity compensation may be taken as cash.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
AI technology may assist in sorting applications and recording interview notes, but all decisions are made by a member of our team.
To ensure a secure hiring process, all final candidates will undergo identity verification and a comprehensive background check prior to onboarding.
Job Applicant Privacy Notice: https://www.careers.quora.com/pages/quora-global-job-applicant-privacy-notice
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