Account Executive

Apollo GraphQL

$90K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven track record in technical sales, managing the full sales process from initiation to closure.
  • Strong technical acumen with the ability to articulate the business value of AI and infrastructure solutions.
  • Experience in navigating complex organizational structures and engaging multiple stakeholders effectively.
  • Ability to embrace ambiguity and successfully sell innovative products within emerging markets.
  • Skilled in building long-term customer relationships rather than focusing solely on short-term sales victories.
  • Proficient in the use of AI-driven sales and prospecting tools.

Responsibilities

  • Own and close new customer deals in a rapidly changing market.
  • Identify and pursue expansion opportunities within a high-profile Enterprise customer base.
  • Navigate through complex organizations to sell across diverse teams.
  • Develop and implement a strategic plan for engaging enterprise accounts with AI solutions.
  • Educate customers on advanced AI architectures and integration into their systems.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate customer feedback into product development.
  • Monitor, forecast, and report on sales pipeline and deal progression with accuracy.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with leading global brands in a fast-evolving market.
  • Chance to drive and shape the adoption of innovative AI solutions.
  • Collaborative work environment with product and engineering teams.
  • Exposure to enterprise-level clients and complex organizational structures.
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Own and close new customer deals, from first meeting to signed contract, in a new and fast-evolving market.
  • Identify and develop expansion opportunities within an Enterprise customer base consisting of some of the best known brands in the world.
  • Navigate complex orgs, selling across platform teams, AI/ML teams, security, and executive leadership.
  • Build and execute a plan to engage enterprise accounts across industries deploying AI agent use cases.
  • Educate customers on emerging AI architectures and how Apollo fits into their data and developer stack.
  • Collaborate closely with product and engineering to feed real-time customer insights into roadmap and positioning.
  • Track, forecast, and report on pipeline health and deal progress with precision and ownership.


Who you are

Minimum requirements
  • A proven technical sales professional with a track record of sourcing and managing a sales process end to end.
  • Deeply curious and technical enough to understand cutting-edge products (AI, infrastructure, dev tools.) and translate them into business value.
  • Skilled at navigating complex orgs, engaging multiple stakeholders (technical, legal, security, execs), and running tight deal cycles.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and selling new products in emerging categories.
  • A trusted advisor ; you build relationships that drive long-term value, not just one-off wins.
  • An avid user of AI sales and prospecting tools.


Nice to have
  • Experience selling developer-first platforms or API infrastructure tooling to technical buyers (e.g., platform teams, architects, VP Eng).
  • Familiarity with AI/LLM workflows, especially how companies build internal agents, RAG pipelines, or AI-powered apps.
  • Understanding of API security, observability, and orchestration challenges in enterprises.
  • Early-stage or zero-to-one sales experience ; You've helped reposition or launch new products in a dynamic market.

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