About the Role
We are seeking an Enterprise Account Executive with a self-starter mindset and a builder's mentality to join our GTM Sales Team. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape our sales strategy, influence the product roadmap with customer feedback, and drive business growth through revenue ownership. You will be selling a new product category to sophisticated enterprise buyers and establishing the template for key account engagement.
Responsibilities
- Own the full sales cycle, managing enterprise accounts from lead generation and qualification through negotiation, closing, and renewals.
- Build pipeline by generating leads from ICP accounts through value-driven outbounding, research, networking, and disciplined prospecting.
- Negotiate and close complex deals, leading negotiations, handling objections, and moving contracts forward efficiently in partnership with legal and finance.
- Manage executive relationships by building and maintaining trusted connections with key decision-makers and stakeholders, serving as their primary contact.
- Develop and execute account strategies to meet or exceed targets, crafting tailored presentations and proposals.
- Partner with Marketing on campaigns that convert.
- Help define the company's GTM function operations, iteration, and winning strategies.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Solutions Engineering, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to ensure customer success and provide feedback to the roadmap.
- Leverage the executive team to accelerate deal cycles and secure buy-in from top-level client decision-makers.
- Represent Tavus at industry events to build the brand and drive top-of-funnel leads.
Requirements
- 4+ years in an enterprise, customer-facing sales role with a strong track record of identifying and closing large, net-new accounts.
- Experience in complex solution sales, including managing a $1M+ quota and consistently closing six- and seven-figure deals.
- Consistent performance against pipeline-generation targets for net-new business.
- Proven prospecting and lead-generation skills: research, networking, and outbound activities that reliably build enterprise pipeline.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- An analytical mindset able to read market trends, spot opportunities, and make data-driven decisions.
Skills
- Conversational AI sales
- GTM strategies
- Sales teams building
- Sales motions building
- AI landscape familiarity
- Market trend analysis
- Data-driven decision making
Location
- San Francisco (hybrid)
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 4+ years
Benefits
- Flexible work schedule
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive healthcare
- Gear stipends
About the Company
- Tavus is the human computing company, building AI humans and real-time conversational video agents powered by foundational models for perception, conversational flow, and rendering.
- Developers and enterprises use our Conversational Video Interface (CVI) to deploy lifelike AI agents across various sectors, with enterprise-grade security and compliance.
- We are an AI research lab and developer platform pioneering natural computer interaction.
- The company is in an early stage where new hires will shape the market for realistic AI humans.
- Our values include Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Balance.
- We are looking for culture creators, not just cultural fits, and value diversity as a driver of success.
Equal Opportunity
- Diversity is what drives our success – it’s at the core of how we hire, communicate, and work.
- We are inclusive of all and combine our diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and perspectives to build the best experiences for our clients.
