Founding Account Executive - NYC

Exa

$100K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years in a sales role, preferably in SaaS or AI/tech values
  • Experience managing the complete sales cycle
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of storytelling and vision selling
  • Consultative approach to help customers realize business value
  • Driven and competitive mindset focused on closing deals
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to building the NYC Go-To-Market office from scratch
  • Manage the entire sales cycle from initial contact to closure
  • Deliver compelling product demonstrations that impress customers
  • Create and implement strategies to attract high-value clients
  • Collaborate closely with SDRs to maintain a robust sales pipeline
  • Negotiate contracts and achieve sales targets to drive revenue

Benefits

  • Premium healthcare benefits including medical, dental, and vision
  • Fertility benefits to support employee families
  • Monthly wellness stipend for personal health and fitness
  • Opportunities for international candidates with sponsorship options
  • Several sponsored trips to the SF headquarters for onboarding
Full Job Description
About the Role

As an Account Executive at Exa, you will work with customers who need speed, intelligence, and accuracy in their workflows. You'll take full ownership of deals-prospecting, running demos, negotiating, and closing.

What You'll Do
  • Help build our NYC GTM office from 0->1 (culture cultivation, in-person events, in-person sales)
  • Own the entire sales cycle-from first touch to close
  • Run product demos that make customers say "wow"
  • Develop and execute strategies to land high-value customers
  • Work closely with SDRs to keep the pipeline strong and moving
  • Negotiate contracts, hit targets, and drive revenue growth


What You'll Need
  • 2+ years in a sales role, ideally in SaaS or AI/tech products
  • Experience managing a full sales cycle, from lead generation to close
  • Strong communication skills-you can tell a great story and sell a vision
  • A consultative approach-help customers see the business value, not just the features
  • A competitive edge-you're driven, persistent, and love closing deals
  • Comfort in a fast-moving, high-growth startup environment


This is an in-person opportunity in NYC, with several sponsored trips to SF head quarters to onboard. We are open to sponsoring International candidates (e.g STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, E3). In addition to premium healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision), we also offer fertility benefits and a monthly wellness stipend to all of our employees.

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