Account Executive

Black Forest Labs

$140K — $170K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years in a closing sales role, with BDR-to-AE progression preferred.
  • Experience with technical sales of APIs, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, or AI/ML products.
  • Ability to discuss technical aspects with buyers, particularly API integration and deployment.
  • Proven track record of managing a high volume of multiple accounts and deals simultaneously.
  • Strong skills in outbound prospecting and building sales pipelines.
  • Experience in startup or high-growth environments where processes are not well established.
  • Highly organized, disciplined, and self-directed in work habits.
  • Bonus: knowledge of generative AI, image/video generation or open-source business models.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full sales cycle from qualification to closure for various customer segments, including AI-native and enterprise clients.
  • Manage 30-50+ accounts, focusing on retention, adoption, and broadening initial use cases.
  • Qualify inbound leads and engage in outbound prospecting within targeted segments.
  • Collaborate with sales leadership to execute strategic sales campaigns.
  • Handle deals involving API access and licensing agreements.
  • Identify expansion opportunities based on customer needs and usage patterns.
  • Work alongside solutions engineering and product teams to address technical inquiries.

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work with required in-person interaction 2 days a week or monthly.
  • Travel costs covered for in-person meetings.
  • Access to real office spaces for teams to collaborate.
  • Structured approach to foster in-person connectivity among distributed teams.
Full Job Description
What You'll Work On
  • Own the full sales cycle from qualification through close for SMB, startup, AI-native, and enterprise customers - including well-known global brands entering generative AI
  • Manage a book of 30-50+ accounts, driving retention, adoption, and expansion - turn initial use cases into broader adoption across teams, products, and business units
  • Qualify inbound leads and run outbound prospecting into target segments
  • Execute sales campaigns in collaboration with sales leadership
  • Handle deals across API access and weight licensing
  • Translate customer needs and usage patterns into expansion opportunities
  • Collaborate with solutions engineering and product on technical questions
What We're Looking For

You've closed real deals, you move fast, and you're hungry to have outsized impact at a company where your work directly drives revenue.
  • 2-4 years in a closing sales role, ideally with a BDR-to-AE progression
  • Experience selling technical products - APIs, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, or AI/ML products
  • Comfortable discussing model capabilities, API integration, and deployment with technical buyers
  • Track record of managing a high volume of accounts and deals in parallel without dropping balls
  • Strong outbound instincts - can build pipeline, not just work inbound
  • Experience in a startup, scale-up, or high-growth environment where process didn't exist yet
  • Organized, disciplined, and self-directed
  • Bonus: background in generative AI, image/video generation, or open-source business models
How We Work Together

We're a distributed team with real offices that people actually use. Depending on your role, you'll either join us in Freiburg or SF at least 2 days a week (or one full week every other week), or work remotely with a monthly in-person week to stay connected. We'll cover reasonable travel costs to make this possible. We think in-person time matters, and we've structured things to make it accessible to all. We'll discuss what this will look like for the role during our interview process.

Base Annual Salary: $140,000 - $170,000 USD + bonus + equity

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