Founding Account Executive, Enterprise

Rime Labs

$250K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in enterprise sales, preferably in tech or AI
  • Strong track record of building and closing a sales pipeline from scratch
  • Technical fluency in APIs, AI technologies, and developer workflows
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and C-suite executives
  • Demonstrated customer-centric mindset with a focus on long-term relationship building

Responsibilities

  • Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing contracts
  • Generate sales pipeline independently through various channels
  • Become an expert in the product and articulate its value and business impact
  • Act as a trusted advisor to customers, helping them strategically implement AI solutions
  • Inform product development by synthesizing customer feedback and market trends
  • Drive account growth by fostering long-term relationships and identifying expansion opportunities

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with options for remote work
  • Opportunity to shape the company’s sales strategy from the ground up
  • Access to cutting-edge AI technology and resources
  • Collaborative work culture with engineers and solution strategists
  • Participation in exciting early-stage company growth and influence on industry impact
Full Job Description
Founding Account Executive, Enterprise

Location: San Francisco
Reports To: VP of Revenue

OTE: $250,000 - $300,000

Role Overview

Our revenue team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI voice models can bring to their business and users. This Founding Account Executive, Enterprise role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy.

You'll be a key driver of opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from prospecting and deal execution to long-term account growth. You'll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers evolve their industry with AI.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in early-stage environments, loves building from zero, and is excited to help define how Rime's voice AI technology is deployed across industries.

What You'll Do
  • Own the full sales cycle - from cold outbound to signed contract. You find your way to the right buyers, earn their trust, and close.
  • Generate your own pipeline. You're a hunter who builds from zero - outbound, events, partner channels, whatever works.
  • Become a product expert. Run technical discovery, demo credibly to engineering and product teams, and translate capability into a clear business case.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor. Deeply understand your customers' priorities and help them deploy voice AI in ways that actually move their business forward.
  • Inform the roadmap. Synthesize market signals, customer feedback, and competitive intel - what you learn in the field shapes what we build.
  • Drive expansion. The initial contract is the floor. You build relationships that grow accounts over time.
Who You Are
  • A genuine hunter. You create your own pipeline, move deals forward with urgency, and don't wait to be told what to do next.
  • Technically fluent. You understand APIs, AI pipelines, and developer workflows - not as a talking point, but because you're genuinely curious.
  • Customer-obsessed. You care about outcomes, not just signatures, and you build relationships that last beyond the close.
  • Energized by hard problems. Bespoke deals, new verticals, and undefined playbooks don't intimidate you - they motivate you.
  • A sharp communicator. You write clearly, present with confidence, and adapt from a platform engineer to a C-suite exec.

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