Commercial Account Executive

Cartesia

β€’ $100K β€” $120K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of closing experience in B2B SaaS with a strong record of exceeding sales quotas.
  • Proven ability to close a high volume of deals ($20K-$100K ACV) in fast-paced environments.
  • Experience selling API products and technical infrastructure with a solid understanding of developer needs.
  • Proficient in running POCs and converting evaluations into sales.
  • Strong skills in discovery and negotiation, particularly for usage-based and consumption pricing models.
  • Exceptional organization and ability to maintain pipeline hygiene across multiple deals.
  • Self-motivated and accountable, thriving in ambiguous and fast-moving setups.

Responsibilities

  • Own the complete sales cycle for qualified leads, ensuring swift fit confirmation and engaging discovery sessions.
  • Collaborate with GTM Strategists to align on lead quality and refine the transition from qualification to closing.
  • Manage time-bound POCs, ensuring high engagement and clear success criteria.
  • Handle multiple concurrent deals with disciplined follow-up and accurate forecasting to meet targets.
  • Work with Pre-Sales Engineering for complex deals while managing most technical conversations independently.
  • Ensure smooth handoff of closed accounts to Post-Sales, identifying expansion opportunities as they arise.
  • Report customer insights on objections and market signals to inform team strategy.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with an attractive equity package.
  • Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families.
  • Generous parental leaveβ€”9 weeks for paternity and 12 weeks for maternity.
  • 401(k) plan available.
  • Commuter allowance to support travel to and from the office.
  • Flexible PTO policy for recharging and personal time off.
  • Daily meals and snacks provided at the office.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're hiring a Commercial Account Executive to turn qualified pipeline into revenue at scale. As an early member of our Sales team, you'll own a high volume of opportunities from first conversation to close, landing new commercial accounts quickly and efficiently. This role is for someone who thrives on speed and volume and doesn't need close oversight to execute.

Your Impact
  • Own the full sales cycle for qualified opportunities: confirm fit quickly, run sharp discovery, deliver tailored demos, and close with urgency.
  • Partner closely with GTM Strategists on lead handoffs. Share feedback on lead quality and fit, stay aligned on priority accounts, and make the transition from qualification to active deal seamless for the buyer.
  • Run tight, time-boxed POCs: set clear success criteria up front, keep evaluators engaged, and convert results into a decision.
  • Manage a high volume of concurrent deals with disciplined follow-up, accurate forecasting, and consistent attainment of monthly and quarterly targets.
  • Work with Pre-Sales Engineering on deals that need technical depth, while handling most technical conversations yourself.
  • Hand off closed accounts cleanly to the Post-Sales team and flag expansion opportunities as they come up.
  • Share what you're hearing from customers about objections, pricing friction, and competitive signals so the team can adjust.


What You Bring
  • 3+ years of closing experience in B2B SaaS, ideally at a high-growth company, with a consistent record of exceeding quota.
  • A proven ability to close a high volume of deals per quarter at $20K-$100K ACV in fast-moving cycles with high activity levels.
  • Experience selling API products, developer tools, or technical infrastructure, plus the technical curiosity to quickly learn APIs and AI models well enough to speak credibly with developers and technical buyers.
  • Experience running POCs or technical evaluations and converting them to closed business.
  • Strong discovery, objection handling, and negotiation skills, including usage-based pricing, rate cards, or consumption-based contracts, with a customer-first approach that sets up renewals and expansion.
  • Excellent organization and pipeline hygiene. You keep many deals moving at once without letting any slip.
  • Strong self-management. You organize your own day, prioritize without being told, and hold yourself accountable to your number with minimal oversight, even in an ambiguous early-stage environment.
  • High horsepower, a hungry work ethic, and a self-starter mindset. When something's unclear, you figure it out.
  • A competitive drive to win and a genuine motivation to grow the business.


Nice-To-Haves
  • Experience selling AI/ML, Voice AI, or speech technology.
  • Hands-on experience converting self-serve users to paid plans using product usage data.
  • Experience at an early-stage or Series A/B company as the sales motion scaled.
  • A technical degree (CS, Engineering, Math, etc.) or a solutions engineering background.


More Details

In-office policy: We're an in-person team based out of offices in US San Francisco, GB London and IπŸ‡³ Bangalore. We love being in the office, hanging out together, and learning from each other every day.

Visa sponsorship: We provide visa sponsorship support and assess each circumstance on a case-by-case basis. However, visa sponsorship is dependent on many factors, including the role you are applying for, and the location you are going to be based, and so we can't always guarantee success. Your Recruiter will work with you to understand your visa sponsorship needs from the first call.

We ship fast. All of our work is novel and cutting edge, and execution speed is paramount. We have a high bar, and we don't sacrifice quality or design along the way.

We support each other. We have an open & inclusive culture that's focused on giving everyone the resources they need to succeed.

Our Benefits (US Employees Only)

Compensation Competitive base salary alongside attractive equity package.

Health Insurance Fully covered medical insurance along with dental and vision for you and your family.

πŸ§’πŸ§’ Parental Leave 9 weeks paternity & 12 weeks maternity leave

401(k)

πŸš† Commuter Allowance A monthly stipend to help you get to and from the office.

Flexible PTO Take as much time as you need to recharge your batteries.

🍲 Meals & Snacks Lunch, dinner and plenty of snacks, provided daily.

πŸ¦– Your own personal Yoshi

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