ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM

Are you a strategic sales professional ready to drive growth in a high-impact category? The Venue Account Executive is responsible for hitting monthly sales goals by engaging with wedding professionals in our Venue and Catering categories across the United States. Using a high-volume cold calling approach and a consultative sales process, you will build rapport with business owners to advise them on industry trends and how to scale their brands through The Knot and WeddingWire’s premium advertising platforms.

The Venue category requires a high level of sales maturity and the ability to navigate a longer, more complex sales cycle. Because high-impact outreach and client consultations happen when wedding professionals are most active, success in this role requires a dedicated 40-hour-per-week commitment during our standard business hours of 9:00 am – 6:00 pm EST. We are looking for professionals who understand that consistent presence is the key to managing a successful pipeline.

The expected salary for this job requisition is $50,000-$60,000. The salary is just one component of TKWW's total rewards package for employees. The role is eligible for other total rewards such as health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, and paid parental leave. This role is also eligible for variable compensation and/or performance bonuses.

Applications for this role are being accepted on a rolling basis.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute High-Volume Outreach: Drive daily activity expectations through consistent, high-volume sales calls to identify and engage decision-makers.

• Manage Complex Pipelines: Successfully navigate a diverse and longer sales process from initial prospect identification to close.

• Consultative Value Building: Build and maintain strong phone rapport to uncover prospect needs and deliver crisp, on-point presentations that highlight our platforms' ROI.

• Drive Revenue: Consistently meet and exceed monthly revenue quotas by closing new business deals.

• Persistence & Negotiation: Proactively follow up with potential clients to negotiate contracts and maximize profit margins.

• Strategic Time Management: Organize your workday efficiently, ensuring all interactions and opportunities are meticulously tracked and updated in Salesforce.

• Team Collaboration: Work independently to hit personal targets while remaining a collaborative contributor to the broader team’s success.

SUCCESSFUL VENUE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES HAVE:

• B2B Experience: At least 2 years of full sales cycle B2B experience (Inside phone sales is strongly preferred).

• Analytical Mindset: Strong skills in identifying trends, understanding challenges, and proposing data-backed solutions.

• Persuasive Communication: Confidence and enthusiasm when presenting to decision-makers, backed by excellent verbal and written skills.

• Problem-Solving Prowess: A proven ability to deliver client-focused solutions and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving, and competitive environment.

• Organizational Mastery: The ability to work independently and manage a structured 40-hour work week effectively.

• Tech Savvy: Experience with Salesforce.com or another CRM system; a Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

WORK MODEL:
This role is fully remote and not tied to any specific office location. While there are no regular in-office requirements, we encourage our remote team members to gather intentionally for key company and team events to stay connected and engaged.

#LI-Remote  #professional-track

• A minimum of 1 year of hands-on Data Science experience is required.
• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field is required.
• Proficient with one or more programming languages (Java, C++, Python, R, etc.)
• Proficient in Agile Development and Git operations 
• A Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility is required 
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements

• Familiarity with DoD
• Master’s degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, or related fields. 

ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:

Are you looking for a role where you can build, grow, and earn while helping small businesses thrive? As an Account Executive at The Knot Worldwide (TKWW), you will hit monthly sales goals by engaging with wedding professionals nationwide. Using a consultative approach, you’ll build rapport with business owners, advising them on industry trends and how to scale their brands using The Knot and WeddingWire advertising platforms.

Our team is independent, highly motivated, and thrives on creating meaningful partnerships. Because high-impact outreach happens when our clients are most active, success in this role requires a dedicated 40-hour-per-week commitment during our standard business hours of 9:00 am – 6:00 pm EST. We are looking for professionals who are ready to drive results during these peak hours.

The expected salary for this job requisition is $42,000-$53,000. The salary is just one component of TKWW's total rewards package for employees. The role is eligible for other total rewards such as health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, and paid parental leave. This role is also eligible for variable compensation and/or performance bonuses.

Applications for this role are being accepted on a rolling basis.

• Drive Revenue: Consistently meet and exceed monthly quotas and daily activity expectations.
• Manage the Cycle: Successfully navigate a sales pipeline from initial outreach to closing.
• High-Volume Engagement: Make a high volume of daily sales calls to identify and connect with decision-makers.
• Consultative Selling: Build strong phone rapport to uncover prospect needs and deliver crisp, persuasive presentations.
• Persistence & Negotiation: Consistently follow up with potential clients to negotiate and close agreements.
• Operational Excellence: Organize your workday proactively, manage your time effectively, and maintain meticulous notes within Salesforce.
• Collaborate: Partner with team members across departments to share best practices and hit collective goals.

SUCCESSFUL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, PRIMARY CANDIDATES HAVE:

• Excellent Phone Presence: You are comfortable making high-volume calls and have a natural ability to engage others.
• Goal-Oriented: You are extremely organized with a proven track record of exceeding performance targets.
• Persuasive Communicator: You bring confidence and enthusiasm when presenting to decision-makers.
• Competitive Spirit: You thrive in a fast-paced environment and bring high energy to every transaction.
• Growth Mindset: You are naturally curious, passionate, and have a strong desire to learn and evolve.

IT'S A BONUS IF:

• You have 6+ months of B2B inside sales experience.
• You have a background in media or advertising sales.
• You are proficient with Salesforce.com or similar CRM systems.

WORK MODEL:
This role is fully remote and not tied to any specific office location. While there are no regular in-office requirements, we encourage our remote team members to gather intentionally for key company and team events to stay connected and engaged.

#LI-Remote  #professional-track #tampa

ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:

As a Senior Account Executive on our Venue team, you will hit and overachieve monthly sales goals by engaging with wedding professionals in our Venue and Catering categories across a variety of regions in the United States. Through high-volume cold calling and using a consultative sales process, you will build rapport with business owners to advise them on best practices and how to stay ahead of technology and industry trends through The Knot and The WeddingWire’s advertising platforms. Our Account Executives are independent, highly-motivated, and can successfully overachieve monthly sales goals. They excel in creating connections, building rapport with business owners and decision makers, and understanding their goals and needs. 

The Senior Account Executive, Venue role requires sales experience with the ability to manage a 3-week+ sales cycle and effectively manage a pipeline.

The expected salary for this job requisition is $70,000. The salary is just one component of TKWW's total rewards package for employees. The role is eligible for other total rewards such as health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, flexible paid personal time off, and paid parental leave. This role is also eligible for variable compensation and/or performance bonuses.

Applications for this role are being accepted on a rolling basis.
 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and manage pipelines from start to finish with high outbound activity efforts (75 dials/day), including working with cold accounts and warm marketing leads.
• Consistently overachieve monthly revenue quotas as well as daily, weekly, monthly activity expectations.
• Manage a diverse pipeline, including navigating short and longer, multi-decision maker sales processes.
• Build and maintain strong rapport over the phone with potential clients to uncover prospect needs and give a strong, crisp and on-point presentation.
• Hold meetings with stakeholders, sell with curiosity, perform great discovery on their business needs, pain points and solution impact, and close new deals.
• Consistently follow up with potential clients to negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximize profits.
• Track notes on all interactions and keep opportunities in your pipeline up-to-date in Salesforce.
• Proactively identify and make recommendations for improvement in the areas of processes, efficiency and productivity.
• Act as an ambassador of the TKWW culture and values by being passionate about serving our couples and vendors.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES HAVE:

• 3+ years of demonstrated success in B2B sales, selling to SMB, Mid-Market or Enterprise clients.
• Demonstrated track record of consistent monthly quota attainment.
• High-volume inside B2B cold calling phone sales experience is required.
• Ability to organize work days and be proactive with time management.
• Proven success in a fast-paced, constantly evolving and competitive team environment.
• Ability to work independently, as well as be a collaborative team member.
• Knowledge of different sales methodologies and a curiosity to be proactive and creative in new and different methods to reach success.
• Strong analytical skills to identify trends, understand challenges, propose solutions and evaluate results.
• Possesses grit and drive to improve one’s own sales efficiency and performance.
• Coachable and receptive to feedback.
• Salesforce proficiency, experience with Gong preferred. 
• Customer-facing experience; tradeshows and events preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and rapidly prioritize and adapt to changing initiatives.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, written and listening communication skills with ability to engage and persuade.
• Experience delivering client-focused solutions to customer needs.
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills. 
• Proactive culture keeper- sharing successes and uplifting others around them. 
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent work experience.

WORK MODEL:
This role is fully remote and not tied to any specific office location. While there are no regular in-office requirements, we encourage our remote team members to gather intentionally for key company and team events to stay connected and engaged.

#LI-Remote  #professional-track #tampa

About Upshop: 

Upshop is the foremost provider of a SaaS platform designed to streamline forecasting, ordering, production, and inventory optimization processes for food retailers. Its unified platform simplifies and enhances associate tasks, promoting smarter and more interconnected operations across Fresh, Center, DSD, and eCommerce departments. With over 450+ retailers and 50,000+ stores relying on its mission-critical operations platform globally, customers have witnessed substantial enhancements in sales, shrinkage reduction, food safety, and sustainability throughout their stores.  

At Upshop, we believe that great businesses are built by great people. Our People function is at the heart of our company’s growth, ensuring we attract, develop, and retain A Players who drive our mission forward.  

Our Values:

• Extremely Accountable
• Customer Obsessed
• Always Innovating
• Demand Excellence
• Biased for Action

Data Engineering Manager

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineering Manager to lead the technical evolution of our Databricks Lakehouse. You will be responsible for the architecture, scaling, and reliability of our data products, ensuring that the platform provides high-quality, actionable data for retail and supply chain analytics. This is a leadership role that requires a balance of advanced systems design and hands-on operational rigor.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Architecture & Platform Ownership

• Lakehouse Strategy: Own the end-to-end design and optimization of the Databricks Lakehouse architecture, leveraging Unity Catalog and Delta Lake for multi-tenant isolation.
• Scalable Ingestion: Drive multi-tenant ingestion strategies from Azure Table Storage, Cosmos DB, and APIs, focusing on watermark logic and idempotent pipelines.
• Framework Development: Lead the evolution of in-house PySpark-based ETL frameworks to support complex transformations and downstream consumption.

🔹 Operational Excellence & Data Observability

• Data Quality Validation: Implement comprehensive data validation frameworks and automated checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency across the Lakehouse.
• Observability & Monitoring: Drive the strategy for end-to-end data observability, using monitoring and alerting to proactively identify pipeline drifts or failures before they impact stakeholders.
• FinOps & Performance: Improve cost transparency through DBU tracking and compute profiling (Serverless vs. Classic); drive performance tuning via clustering and partitioning strategies.

🔹 DevOps & Technical Governance

• Deployment Integrity: Oversee CI/CD pipelines and Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) to maintain parity between UAT and Production environments.
• Governance Standards: Implement version control, rollback strategies, and deployment governance to ensure a stable and auditable production environment.

🔹 Cross-Functional Leadership

• Strategic Partner: Partner with BI, Data Science, and Product teams to bridge business requirements into scalable, production-grade data solutions.
• Team Growth: Mentor and lead a distributed team of engineers, focusing on high-velocity delivery and technical excellence.
• Tenant Logic: Support customer onboarding by designing tenant-specific transformation logic that scales without increasing architectural complexity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Engineering; 3+ years in a leadership/management role.
• Expert in Workflows, Unity Catalog, and Delta Lake.
• Deep proficiency in PySpark, SQL, and Azure Data ecosystem (Storage, Cosmos DB).
• Proven experience managing multi-tenant or enterprise-scale platforms.
• Strong background in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and Data Modeling.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with retail or supply chain data forecasting.
• Expertise in optimizing serverless compute environments.
• Experience maintaining production SLAs for customer-facing data dependencies.