Founding Account Executive

Usul

$100K — $150K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-10 years of sales experience in technology or defense sectors
  • Proven track record of managing full sales cycles
  • Strong understanding of government contracting processes
  • Ability to navigate complex enterprise buying processes
  • Experience developing sales strategies and playbooks
  • Comfort working in a start-up environment with ambiguity
  • Excellent communication skills for high-level stakeholder engagement

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire sales cycle from prospecting to closing deals
  • Build relationships with military contractors and decision-makers
  • Collaborate with the CEO to create a sales playbook and culture
  • Manage complex procurement processes with engineering-led teams
  • Develop and manage sales systems, CRM, and tech stack
  • Initiate high-impact conversations with CEOs in defense tech
  • Continuously expand accounts and drive significant revenue growth

Benefits

  • Opportunity for direct collaboration with C-level executives
  • Chance to build and shape sales strategies from the ground up
  • Work in a dynamic start-up culture with a young, ambitious team
  • Mission-driven work focused on national and global safety
  • Involvement in high-stakes discussions at defense conferences
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Founding AE who is excited about building the sales motion that will transform how the best technology is adopted by Allied Nations around the world. In this role, you'll work closely with our CEO and founding AEs to fly to conferences, prospect, run discovery, navigate stakeholders, manage procurement, close, and expand accounts. If you want a clean territory and a mature playbook, this is not that. If you want to build, move fast, and win big deals that keep our world safe, keep reading.

What You Will Work On:
  • Own the full sales cycle from conference hopping, prospecting, closing and expanding deals that can hit 6-7 figure ACVs
  • Build relationships with government contractors in military hubs like DC, San Diego, Huntsville and Tampa who've never bought AI software
  • Work with our CEO to develop our sales playbook and sales org culture
  • Navigate complex enterprise buying processes with engineering-led decision makers and procurement teams
  • Build and manage our sales systems, CRM, and growth infrastructure from the ground up. you'll own our entire sales tech stack.
  • Lead high-impact conversations with CEOs and business development leaders at companies building critical defense technology

Team & Values:

We're building a small, elite team with high standards and low ego. We care about doing whatever it takes, getting better at the craft every week, and being genuinely fun to work with.We're the youngest team in our world by far. We're in our 20s running around defense conferences in Usul t-shirts, surrounded by 40 to 60 year olds in suits and military uniforms. People see us as the ambitious AI builders bringing real Silicon Valley energy and modern technology to one of the most traditional industries on earth.
About the interview
  1. Intro Call (15 min)
  2. Founder Culture Call (15-30 min) - In Person if you are in SF!
  3. Sales Technical (2 hours)
  4. 2-3 day Work Trial
  5. Offer!

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