Account Executive, API

📋 Description

• Drive new business by prospecting, pitching, and closing Perplexity API platform solutions with
• Research prospects, develop account strategies, and execute outreach campaigns tailored to company
• Conduct high-impact product demonstrations and respond to RFPs and technical inquiries
• Lead client engagement through the entire sales cycle — from initial presentation, technical
• Build and nurture senior-level relationships across enterprise clients, championing Perplexity's
• Partner closely with Product, DevRel, and Engineering to ensure customer success, solution fit, and

🎯 Requirements

• A self-starter who can operate in ambiguity and knock down walls to get deals done
• Technically fluent — comfortable speaking credibly with developers and technical buyers
• 3+ years of full-cycle SaaS sales experience, ideally with enterprise-level clients
• Proven record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets in a high-growth environment
• Skilled at complex sales cycles, tailoring messaging to different buyer personas and decision makers
• Proven success outbound prospecting to large enterprise