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ClayClay

Account Executive

Own and close complex net-new business across top strategic accounts, leading consultative, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from prospecting through negotiation. The role requires 6+ years in a closing sales position, strong pipeline-generation ability, enterprise deal experience, and high business acumen.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Own and close net-new business in top accounts and the largest, most complex deals.
  • Manage long, multi-threaded sales cycles and negotiate custom agreements across multiple stakeholders.
  • Navigate complex organizations, build consensus, and develop champions across functions.
  • Orchestrate internal teams across product, engineering, services, and customer teams for strategic accounts.
  • Prospect into target accounts, build pipeline, and manage inbound leads.
  • Run tailored product evaluations and demos connected to customer workflows and pain points.
  • Lead consultative discovery and build business cases that secure budget and internal champions.
  • Help develop sales playbooks, processes, and team culture.
  • Use AI creatively to improve personal workflows and customer outcomes.

Requirements

  • 6+ years in a closing role such as Account Executive, Senior Account Executive, or sales leadership.
  • Track record of carrying and exceeding quota in large, complex accounts.
  • Proven ability to build pipeline, not only manage inbound opportunities.
  • Experience closing new-logo deals through consultative, solutions-oriented selling.
  • Experience managing multi-stakeholder enterprise deals and building champions across multiple functions.
  • High business acumen and ability to understand a company's go-to-market motion and identify customer value.
  • Experience with a formal sales methodology.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Willingness to contribute to a growing sales organization.

Nice-to-haves

  • Non-traditional background such as founding, software engineering, education, or product management experience.
  • Creative use of AI tools in sales workflows and customer engagements.

Skills

Account Management, Consultative Selling, Pipeline Generation, Enterprise Sales, Sales Methodology, Product Demos, Business Cases, Negotiation, AI Tools

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