Strategic Account Executive (Tech)

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI technology firm in New York seeks a Strategic Account Executive to drive adoption of AI technologies by securing strategic deals with top enterprises. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in enterprise sales, a consultative approach, and the ability to navigate complex sales cycles. This role involves owning the full sales cycle, designing innovative sales strategies, and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance the company's market proposition.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise sales experience driving adoption of emerging technologies.
• Experience managing complex sales cycles and securing strategic deals.
• Ability to navigate dynamic stakeholder ecosystems and build consensus.

Responsibilities

• Win new business and drive revenue for the company.
• Own the full sales cycle from outbound to launch.
• Design and execute innovative sales strategies to exceed quotas.

Skills

Enterprise sales experience

Consultative sales approach

Negotiation skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

As a Strategic Account Executive at Anthropic, you’ll drive adoption of safe, frontier AI by securing strategic deals with top enterprises, unlocking new value streams throughout their business. You’ll leverage your consultative sales expertise to propel revenue growth while becoming a trusted partner to customers, helping them embed and deploy AI while uncovering its full range of capabilities. In collaboration with GTM, product, and marketing teams, you’ll continuously refine our value proposition, sales methodology, and market positioning to ensure differentiated value across the landscape.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing new market segments, pinpointing high‑potential opportunities, and executing strategies to capture them. By driving deployment of Anthropic's emerging products, you will help enterprises obtain new capabilities while also advancing the ethical development of AI.

Responsibilities

• Win new business and drive revenue for Anthropic; find the right people at prospective customers, educate them about LLMs, and help them succeed with Anthropic.
• Own the full sales cycle, from first outbound to launch.
• Design and execute innovative sales strategies to meet and exceed revenue quotas.
• Analyze market landscapes, trends, and dynamics to translate high‑level plans into targeted sales activities, partnerships, and campaigns.
• Spearhead market expansion by pinpointing new customer segments and use cases, collaborating cross‑functionally to differentiate our offerings and sustain a competitive edge.
• Inform product roadmaps and features by gathering customer feedback and conveying market needs.
• Continuously refine the sales methodology by incorporating learnings into playbooks, templates, and best practices, and identify process improvements that optimize sales productivity and consistency.

You may be a good fit if you

• Have 5+ years of enterprise sales experience driving adoption of emerging technologies with a consultative, solutions‑oriented sales approach.
• Have a track record of managing complex sales cycles and securing strategic deals by understanding multifaceted technical requirements and crafting tailored solutions.
• Can navigate dynamic stakeholder ecosystems, building consensus and providing innovative solutions to disparate groups.
• Have extensive experience negotiating highly complex, customized commercial agreements with multiple stakeholders.
• Have proven experience exceeding revenue targets in fast‑paced organizations by effectively managing an evolving pipeline and sales process.
• Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to present confidently and build connections across all customer levels.
• Bring order to chaos and have an enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves” mentality; you are a true team player.
• Take a strategic, analytical approach to assessing markets combined with creative