Strategic Account Executive

Prolific Academic Ltd

$100K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Seattle, WA
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in complex technical sales with 7-figure outcomes
  • 10+ years in strategic B2B technology sales
  • Deep understanding of corporate AI Research purchasing behavior
  • Fluency in AI/ML trends and frameworks
  • Experience managing multi-threaded sales with diverse stakeholders
  • Strong value-based selling and relationship-building skills
  • Emphasis on empathy and teamwork across functions

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with internal teams to foster growth
  • Drive new sales and expansion in frontier AI labs
  • Identify customer challenges to position Prolific’s solutions
  • Map enterprise buying groups to build trust and mitigate risk
  • Work with cross-functional teams to develop proposals and success plans
  • Maintain accurate sales metrics and deal forecasting
  • Act as a customer advocate to refine product and marketing strategies

Benefits

  • External handbook with company policies and benefits information
  • Access to company resources via website
  • Engagement opportunities through company YouTube channel
Full Job Description
Strategic Account Executive

Team: Strategic Accounts

[Salary + OTE + Share Options]

The role

Prolific's Strategic team works with frontier labs around the world, landing new projects and use cases with research AI / ML research teams while expanding our footprint of solutions and services across those organizations. As a Strategic Account Executive, you'll be at the forefront of driving customer growth, executive sponsorship, and value delivery for the companies making headlined every day. This role is focused on prospects and customers in the West.

What you'll bring to the role
  • Consistent Track record of managing highly complex technical sales cycles with 7-figure and 8-figure outcomes
  • 10+ years of experience in full-cycle strategic B2B technology sales
  • A strong understanding of how large organizations buy-especially within AI Research, Product, and Technical Program Management functions
  • Curiosity and fluency around AI/ML trends, including RLHF, user-in-the-loop evaluation, and human-centered product design
  • Experience running multi-threaded deals with complex stakeholder groups (e.g. product leaders, research ops, legal/procurement, and technical buyers)
  • Strong discovery, qualification, and collaboration skills-grounded in value-based selling while earning the credibility and trust of pioneers of AI research.
  • High empathy, accountability, and cross-functional teamwork with Customer Success, Services, Marketing, Leadership, etc.


What you'll be doing in the role
  • Working cross-functionally with Prolific's Science, Services, Success, Marketing, Product, and Executive teams to drive meaningful growth
  • Own and drive net-new and expansion sales cycles within named frontier AI labs, targeting AI Research, Product, and Executive teams actively building AI capabilities
  • Understand customer workflows and pain points-positioning Prolific as the source of high-integrity human data for model training, evaluation, and experience design
  • Map and multi-thread enterprise buying groups to build trust, identify champions, and mitigate risk across stakeholders
  • Partner closely with Services, Success, Solutions Engineering, Product Marketing, and Leadership to shape proposals, pilots, and post-sale success plans
  • Report pipeline metrics, deal health, and forecasting to sales leadership with rigor and clarity
  • Act as the voice of the enterprise customer-bringing feedback to Marketing and Product to refine our messaging, pricing, and roadmap
  • Collaborating in person in our San Francisco office and on customer campuses across the West Coast (as well as occasional events, conferences, and trips to other Prolific offices)

Even better if you have
  • Experience Selling to frontier AI labs and/or working with AI Researchers
  • Experience selling an AI product or solution

Benefits

External Handbook

Website

Youtube

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