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Account Executive, Core

San Francisco, CAAccount ExecutiveOnsite2+ YOE
Summary

Owns full sales cycle for AI infrastructure platform, selling to mid-market/enterprise AI teams. Requires 2-5 years B2B SaaS closing experience, technical buyer navigation, and self-sourced pipeline in high-growth environment.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own the full sales cycle end-to-end, from pipeline generation through close
  • Sell into sophisticated mid-market and enterprise teams building frontier AI products
  • Drive high-impact deals and help scale Encord through its next phase of growth
  • Work with customers solving real, complex problems across multimodal data, robotics, and physical systems
  • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to feed customer insight directly into the roadmap
  • Help refine our ideal customer profile as we expand into new industries, use cases, and geographies
  • Grow with the company, with the opportunity to take on expanded ownership as we scale

Requirements

  • 2–5 years of closing experience in B2B SaaS or technology sales, with a track record of meeting or exceeding quota
  • Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles with deal values of $50K+
  • Demonstrated ability to sell to technical buyers — including engineers, ML practitioners, or data scientists — and navigate to economic decision-makers
  • Proven ability to self-source pipeline and drive deals from first contact through close
  • Experience at a high-growth start-up or fast-paced sales environment preferred
  • Familiarity with CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce, HubSpot) and structured sales methodologies (e.g. MEDDIC, SPICED, Challenger)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience selling developer tools, infrastructure, or technical platforms
  • Exposure to mid-market or enterprise sales cycles
  • Start-up experience in fast-growth, execution-heavy environments
  • Curiosity about AI, robotics, or the future of Physical AI

Compensation & Benefits

  • Competitive salary, commission, and meaningful equity in a high-growth start-up
  • Strong in-person culture: 3–5 days/week in our newly launched North Beach loft office
  • Flexible PTO to fully recharge (18 paid vacation days in the U.S. plus federal holidays)
  • Annual learning & development budget
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Frequent travel opportunities across the U.S., London, and Europe
  • Bi-annual company offsites, twice-weekly team lunches, and monthly socials
Skills
SalesforceHubSpotMEDDICSPICEDChallengerB2B SaaSEnterprise SalesPipeline GenerationCRMSales Methodologies