Senior Enterprise Sales Executive

Red Cell Partners; Seattle, Washington (WA, District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Cell Partners is seeking a Senior Enterprise Sales Executive to own the full sales cycle for Trase, an enterprise AI agent platform. You’ll engage with complex organizations, lead consultative sales cycles focused on ROI and measurable outcomes, and drive production deployments.

In this high‑impact hunter role, you will build pipeline from zero, engage C‑suite stakeholders, and collaborate across Solutions Engineering, Product, and Marketing to advance opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years enterprise sales experience closing $250K–$1M+ ARR deals.
• Pipeline from zero via outbound prospecting, territory development.
• Experience selling directly to C-suite executives and senior leaders.
• Strong consultative selling to uncover needs and build business cases.
• Comfort selling technical products in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and defining a new market category.
• Technical fluency across enterprise software, integrations, APIs, cloud infrastructure, security, and data ecosystems.
• Experience driving land-and-expand strategies that grow deployments.

Responsibilities

• Own the full enterprise sales cycle from prospecting through close and expansion.
• Build territory strategies to generate pipeline and drive ARR growth.
• Identify and engage executive sponsors, economic buyers, and key stakeholders across complex organizations.
• Lead consultative discovery to understand customer workflows, business challenges, and operational opportunities.
• Develop ROI-driven business cases and value propositions tied to measurable outcomes.
• Design and execute successful POCs with clear objectives and executive alignment.
• Partner with Solutions Engineering, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Executive Leadership to advance opportunities and ensure customer success.
• Provide customer insights to influence product strategy, positioning, and go-to-market efforts.
• Position Trase’s AI agent platform against legacy automation, point solutions, and consulting alternatives.
• Consistently achieve or exceed pipeline and ARR targets.

Skills

Enterprise sales

New business development

C-suite selling

Consultative selling

Technical fluency

Land-and-expand

Cloud/ security/ data ecosystems

Job description

Remote; Washington D.C. or Seattle preferred

About Us

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology‑led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.

About Trase

Trase is AI, Uncomplicated. Co‑founded in 2023 by Joe Laws and Grant Verstandig, Trase is an end‑to‑end platform for deploying, managing, and optimizing AI in the enterprise—bridging the “last mile” of AI adoption to drive efficiency and significant cost savings.

We’re in production at Duke Health, where our agents save over 5,490 hours of clinical labor annually in a single department. We’ve raised $10.5M from Red Cell Partners and topped the Hugging Face GAIA Leaderboard for Generalized AI Assistants, ahead of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Now we’re scaling.

The Role

Trase is seeking a Senior Enterprise Sales Executive to own the full sales cycle for net‑new enterprise customers. You will sell Trase’s AI agent platform into complex organizations, leading consultative sales cycles focused on measurable business outcomes, ROI, and successful production deployments.

This is a high‑impact role for an enterprise seller who thrives in technical environments, can engage C‑suite stakeholders, builds pipeline from the ground up, and is excited to help define a new category in AI.

What You Will Do

• Own the full enterprise sales cycle, from prospecting through close and expansion
• Build and execute territory strategies to generate pipeline and drive predictable ARR growth
• Identify and engage executive sponsors, economic buyers, and key stakeholders across complex organizations
• Lead consultative discovery to understand customer workflows, business challenges, and operational opportunities
• Develop ROI‑driven business cases and value propositions tied to measurable outcomes
• Design and execute successful POCs with clear objectives and executive alignment
• Partner with Solutions Engineering, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Executive Leadership to advance opportunities and ensure customer success
• Provide customer insights to influence product strategy, positioning, and go‑to‑market efforts
• Position Trase’s AI agent platform against legacy automation, point solutions, and consulting alternatives
• Consistently achieve or exceed pipeline and ARR targets

About You

You are a proven enterprise sales leader with a track record of closing complex, high‑value deals and building new business. You bring:

• 8+ years of enterprise sales experience with success closing $250K–$1M+ ARR deals and exceeding quota
• A history of building pipeline from zero through outbound prospecting, territory development, and strategic account planning
• Experience selling directly to C‑suite executives and senior business leaders
• Strong consultative selling skills with the ability to uncover customer needs and build compelling business cases
• Comfort selling technical products in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments and helping define a new market category
• Technical fluency across enterprise software, integrations, APIs, cloud infrastructure, security, and data ecosystems
• Experience driving land‑and‑expand strategies that grow initial deployments into larger enterprise partnerships

Preferred Experience

• Selling enterprise SaaS, AI, data, cloud, automation, or infrastructure platforms
• Familiarity with MEDDIC, Challenger, or other enterprise sales methodologies
• Experience partnering with Solutions Engineers, Product, Engineering, and executive teams
• Background selling into complex or regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, energy, or government
• Exposure to AI, automation, RPA, agent‑based systems, search, or data infrastructure

What This Role Is Not

• A renewal or account‑management role
• An inbound‑only sales motion
• A transactional product sales role

This is a true enterprise hunter role focused on building relationships, creating demand, and closing transformational $250K–$10M+ ARR platform deals.

Compensation

Compensation: Base salary of $175,000–$225,000 plus bonus. Compensation will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, and other relevant factors.

For full‑time roles

• Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement with strong performance as the firm grows
• 100% employer‑paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employee's normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• Optional 401(k), FSA, and equity incentives available.
• Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind.
• Cost effective GLP‑1 solutions available through Crux.

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer: You’ll receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.