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Perplexity AI is hiring an Account Executive to drive new business for its API platform—a suite of frontier AI developer tools (Search, Sonar, and Agent APIs) that power real-time, grounded answer engines. You'll own the full sales cycle for large enterprise customers, from prospecting and product demonstrations through negotiation and onboarding.
Key responsibilities include researching and developing account strategies for target prospects, conducting high-impact product demos, responding to RFPs and technical inquiries, and building senior-level relationships across enterprise clients. You'll partner closely with Product, DevRel, and Engineering teams to ensure customer success and feed insights back into the product roadmap. The role requires maintaining accurate CRM records, staying current on platform capabilities and competitive landscape, and consistently meeting monthly and quarterly revenue targets.
You should be a self-starter comfortable operating in ambiguity, technically fluent enough to speak credibly with developers and technical buyers, and skilled at navigating complex enterprise sales cycles. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of full-cycle SaaS sales experience with enterprise clients, a proven track record of exceeding revenue targets in high-growth environments, and strong outbound prospecting skills. Exceptional communication abilities—both written and verbal—are essential, as is the ability to present to C-suite executives and identify client pain points to map solutions that drive business value.
Nice-to-have qualifications include experience with APIs or developer platforms, a computer science or technical background, and familiarity with the AI/LLM/agent ecosystem. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
About Perplexity AI
AI / Data / Infrastructure — AI answer engine and search product for consumers and enterprises.
