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# Account Executive at Buildforce

- **Company:** Buildforce
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC
- **Compensation:** $85k–$110k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-23
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/buildforce/5d9cc971-a1c9-49bf-b37a-281a8790db35

## Job description

## Overview

As an Account Executive at Buildforce, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and growing our presence in the North Carolina market. Your primary responsibility will be to build and nurture relationships within the construction industry, leveraging your skills to expand our footprint and drive business growth.

## About Buildforce

Buildforce is a construction technology company changing the way construction staffing happens for both tradesmen and subcontractors, starting with the electrical trade. Since launch in 2019 by founders with combined decades of experience building high-growth tech companies, Buildforce has grown to put tens of millions of dollars into the pockets of thousands electricians across the United States. If you're excited for uncapped growth potential with an innovative company taking a massive industry by storm, drop a resume with Buildforce! This role has three components of pay:

- Base Salary: $85k-$110k (depending on experience level)
- Commission: Uncapped commission with accelerator past quota
- Stock Options: Direct equity ownership in the business

This role is responsible for:

- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with leaders of electrical contractors in North Carolina, understanding their staffing needs and challenges.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring consistent communication and high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Presenting staffing solutions to electrical contractors and negotiating contract terms.
- Attending workshops, conferences, and other professional development opportunities to enhance skills and industry knowledge.
- Maintaining accurate records of all sales activities, client interactions, and transactions in a CRM (Hubspot).
- Collaborating with the recruiting team to match the right candidates with client requirements.
- Collaborating with the product team to improve Buildforce’s contractor-facing product.

## Skills & Qualifications

- 2+ years of experience in outside sales, preferably in a construction-related field
- You are intimately familiar with the city of Phoenix and probably have a local area code
- You have a history of building successful relationships in previous sales roles
- You are aligned with the six Buildforce Cultural Values (see at [www.buildforce.com/about](http://www.buildforce.com/about))
- You are fearless and have a high tolerance for rejection
- You have superior communication skills
- You’re a creative, quick-thinking problem solver
- You are tech-savvy, with proficiency in CRMs like Hubspot

## Benefits & Perks

- Time Off & Holidays
- Parental Leave Policy
- 401(k) Plan
- Healthcare - Medical, Dental & Vision
- 360 Annual Peer Reviews with Opportunities for Growth
- Report directly to CEO

## About Buildforce

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Buildforce is a workforce platform that connects electrical subcontractors with qualified electricians, providing staffing, time tracking, and workforce management solutions for the construction industry.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Houston, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Moody Heard (Co-founder & CEO), Vu Brown (Co-founder & COO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Construction technology / Electrical trade staffing and workforce management
- **Target customers**: B2B — electrical specialty contractors (small to large), and B2C — electricians seeking consistent work
- **Mission or purpose**: To create a world where the construction trades provide a clear and accessible path to financial security and personal fulfillment.

## Products & Services
- **Buildforce Marketplace**: A staffing platform that matches electrical contractors with pre-vetted, qualified electricians for short-term, temp-to-hire, or long-term placements. Includes skills assessments, background checks, TDLR/certification verification, and drug testing capabilities.
- **Buildforce Worker App**: A mobile application for electricians to create a profile, find jobs, record time worked, and visualize weekly paychecks.
- **Buildforce Platform for Contractors**: A web-based tool for managing electricians, approving time, tracking attendance, running certified payroll (Form WH-347), and paying invoices. Features GPS time-tracking, compliance management, and worker reviews.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **$6.5M**; Total funding of **$12.4M** across 5 rounds
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: TDF Ventures (led Seed round), Mercury Fund (led Pre-Seed round); investors include Adrian Fortino (Board Director)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Over **5,000 electricians employed** and **2,000,000+ hours worked** to date
  - Expanded from Texas into **Georgia and Arizona**
  - **250+ contractors** using the platform
  - Headcount grew **56.7% YoY** to 41 employees
  - Acquired Ladder (December 2024)
  - Over 90% of jobs get filled; over 75% of contractor requests receive qualified candidates within 30 minutes

## Competitive Advantages
- **Specialized focus**: Exclusively serves the electrical trade, providing deep domain expertise and a curated, vetted workforce
- **End-to-end platform**: Combines staffing, time tracking, payroll, and compliance (including certified payroll for prevailing wage projects) in one system
- **Data-driven matching**: Tracks worker attendance, reviews, and GPS time-tracking to improve hiring outcomes
- **Speed and reliability**: High fill rates (90%+ jobs filled) and fast matching (75%+ within 30 minutes)

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic expansion**: Expanding into all major Texas metros, with existing presence in Georgia and Arizona
- **Platform growth**: Continuing to build out software capabilities for both contractors and workers, including mobile app enhancements
- **Serving the trades**: Deepening commitment to the electrical specialty contractor market and improving career pathways for electricians

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes "champion the trades" and "take complete ownership" — every employee is an owner in the business
- **Work environment**: High CEO approval rating (77% on Indeed) and above-average work wellbeing score (75)
- **Mission-driven**: Employees find meaningful work helping construction professionals achieve financial security
- **Growth opportunities**: Rapidly scaling company (56.7% headcount growth YoY) with opportunities to take on significant responsibility
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Not explicitly stated, but headquarters in Houston, Texas with team presence in New Zealand and Croatia
- **Team size**: 41 employees (small but growing), offering high-impact roles across Sales, Operations, Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Experience

## Sources
1. [buildforce.com](https://www.buildforce.com/about)
2. [buildforce.com](https://www.buildforce.com/)
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildforce)
4. [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Buildforce-2)
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/buildforce)

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