Founding Account Executive

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$80K — $110K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of closing experience as an Account Executive, preferably in early-stage startups
  • Strong outbound sales skills, capable of independently generating leads
  • Demonstrated high ownership and initiative in previous roles
  • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments with minimal structure
  • Excellent communication skills for giving product feedback and collaborating with technical teams
  • Self-motivated and resilient under pressure
  • Bonus: Experience selling technical products or collaborating closely with engineering teams

Responsibilities

  • Build and refine an outbound sales playbook from initial concepts into a repeatable process
  • Conduct full-cycle sales and independently generate your pipeline
  • Close new business and manage deals from start to finish
  • Act as a liaison between customers and the engineering team, translating feedback into actionable insights
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and prioritize product improvements
  • Establish systems and processes for future sales hires to follow

Benefits

  • Early-stage equity in a growing company
  • Opportunity to shape the sales strategy and product development
  • High level of ownership in your role
  • Close involvement with founding team and product engineers
  • Work in a dynamic startup environment with potential for fast-paced growth
Full Job Description
Location: San Francisco, CA

Work Model: In-person

Industry: AI / Revenue Intelligence (B2B SaaS)

Compensation: $80K-$110K base, $160K-$220K OTE (uncapped commission) plus early-stage equity
The Opportunity

This is a true founding sales hire. You will own and build the outbound motion from the ground up, turning early experiments into a repeatable playbook while still closing deals yourself. There is real product feedback baked into the role: because the company sells to revenue teams and uses its own product, your input will directly shape what gets built, and you will work closely with engineering to scope and spec features.

You will thrive here if you love high ownership, move fast, and want your fingerprints on both the sales engine and the product. The founders set a high bar and want someone who raises it.
Responsibilities
  • Build, test, and refine the outbound playbook from early-stage foundations into a repeatable, scalable motion
  • Run full-cycle sales, generating your own pipeline rather than relying solely on inbound
  • Close new business and own deals end to end
  • Act as a product partner, translating customer and market feedback into clear input for the engineering team
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to scope and spec product improvements
  • Help establish the systems and processes that future sales hires will build on
Requirements
  • Closing experience as an Account Executive, ideally at an early-stage startup
  • Strong outbound skills with the ability to build pipeline independently
  • High ownership and initiative; comfortable operating with ambiguity and little structure
  • Skilled at giving clear product feedback and communicating with technical teams
  • Self-motivated, hardworking, and able to perform under pressure
  • Bonus: experience selling a technical product or working closely with product/engineering in a prior sales role

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