Founding Enterprise Account Executive

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early-stage equity opportunity

Direct impact on company strategy as a

Founding team member

Job summary

Clera is hiring a Founding Enterprise Account Executive to own and scale the enterprise sales motion from day one in San Francisco. You will close high-ACV deals, source your own pipeline, and shape GTM strategy with the founders.

You will craft a repeatable enterprise playbook, forecast aggressively, and drive CRM discipline while leveraging AI workflows to accelerate buyer journeys. Remote collaboration with the founding team is implied by the startup context.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of enterprise B2B tech sales with a track record of closing high-ACV deals.
• Self-generated pipeline and revenue targets achieved independently.
• Experience handling multi-stakeholder enterprise deals up to C-level.
• Proficiency in CRM and sales-engagement tooling; automation for repeatable tasks.
• Comfort with AI-driven workflows in a sales context.
• Strategic, analytical market assessment with tactical execution.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced early-stage startup.
• Professional fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Own the full enterprise sales cycle end-to-end—from prospecting to close.
• Run consultative discovery with senior economic buyers (CFOs, CROs, etc.).
• Forecast revenue and maintain pipeline health weekly.
• Design and iterate the enterprise sales playbook and terms.
• Partner with founders on GTM strategy, ICP, and feedback loop.
• Establish CRM discipline and a scalable pipeline rhythm.
• Leverage AI-assisted workflows to handle repetitive tasks.
• Advise customers and translate deal learnings into product feedback.
• In 90 days, ramp on product/ICP, build pipeline, close initial deals.

Skills

Enterprise B2B tech sales

Self-generated pipeline

Multi-stakeholder deals

CRM & sales-engagement tools

AI-driven workflows

Strategic market assessment

Ambiguity tolerance

English fluency

Tools

Salesforce

Gong

Job description

About the Role

An early-stage, AI-native SaaS company in the pricing optimization space is hiring a Founding Enterprise Account Executive to own and scale their enterprise sales motion. This is a ground-floor opportunity to work directly alongside founders, shape go-to-market strategy, and build a repeatable enterprise playbook from scratch — all while closing high-ACV deals that directly influence product direction and commercial success.

The company's platform helps B2B businesses transform pricing from a static exercise into a continuously optimized, data-driven system — spanning willingness-to-pay analysis, deal guidance, packaging design, discount governance, and more.

What You'll Do

• Own the full enterprise sales cycle end-to-end: self-sourced prospecting, discovery, negotiation, and close.

• Run consultative discovery with senior economic buyers — CFOs, CROs, CPOs, and Heads of Monetization.

• Carry and accurately forecast an ambitious revenue target while maintaining rigorous pipeline health week to week.

• Design, document, and iterate the enterprise sales playbook — covering outreach, qualification, deal structure, commercial terms, and close mechanics.

• Partner directly with founders on GTM strategy, ICP definition, and positioning; feed market insight back into product and sales.

• Establish CRM discipline and a repeatable operating rhythm for pipeline hygiene, prioritization, and clean forecasting.

• Leverage AI agents and sales workflows to automate repeatable buyer-journey tasks, focusing human judgment on key deal moments.

• Act as a trusted advisor to customers and translate live deal learnings into actionable product and engineering feedback.

• In your first 90 days: ramp on the product and ICP, build pipeline through outbound and inbound, close initial deals, and begin codifying a scalable playbook.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 5–8+ years of enterprise B2B tech sales experience with a proven track record of closing high-ACV deals end-to-end.

• Demonstrated success owning and exceeding revenue targets with self-generated pipeline — not reliant on inbound alone.

• Strong experience running multi-stakeholder enterprise deals and building consensus up to the C-level.

• Proficiency with CRM and sales-engagement tooling (e.g., Salesforce, Gong) and experience building automations for repeatable sales tasks.

• Comfort working with AI-driven workflows and directing AI tools in a sales context.

• Strategic, analytical approach to market assessment paired with creative, tactical execution.

• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.

• Professional fluency in English.

Nice to Have:

• Experience selling pricing, monetization, CPQ, or billing solutions.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Compensation & Benefits

• On-target earnings: $200,000 – $250,000 USD annually (base + variable)

• Early-stage equity opportunity

• Direct impact on company strategy and GTM as a founding team member

Location

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates should be local or willing to relocate.