Founding Account Executive, Mid Market at PolyAI
United States
$160k - $180k
<div class="content-intro"><p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><sup>PolyAI automates customer service through lifelike voice assistants that let customers lead a conversation. Our voice assistants make it possible for businesses to deliver outstanding customer service that rivals their human agents. Our customers, which include the world’s leading logos, are expanding how they use our platform, driving automation of critical customer service operations and integrating PolyAI into their daily customer service workflows. </sup></span></p></div><p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>PolyAI builds Dialog AI that handles real customer conversations across voice, chat, and every channel in between — reservations, service calls, account management — with human-like fluency, at the scale of the world's largest enterprises. We're live with FedEx, PG&E, and category leaders across hospitality, financial services, and retail.</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>We're now building a dedicated Mid Market motion — cross-vertical, not tied to a single industry — and looking for the first Account Executive to help define it. This is a builder's seat: you'll be sourcing pipeline, running the sales cycle, and co-creating the partner-led GTM engine that the next wave of MM AEs will run on.</sub></span></p> <h2 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>What You'll Be Doing</strong></sub></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Own full-cycle sales for mid-market prospects across verticals — discovery through close</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Partner with Strategic Alliances and Channel to build repeatable GTM motions with top integration and channel partners that generate qualified pipeline</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Source and engage prospects to understand their goals, constraints, and operating environment — then map PolyAI's Dialog AI to measurable business outcomes</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Build and execute territory plans to identify and prioritize high-potential mid-market accounts</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Generate pipeline through outbound prospecting, your own network, and coordinated work with marketing and partnerships</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Build mutual action plans that align stakeholders, timelines, and decision criteria</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Run structured discovery, quantify business impact, and manage multi-stakeholder buying processes to close</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Maintain strong CRM hygiene and accurate forecasting; operate on a clear weekly cadence</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Collaborate cross-functionally (Solution Engineering, Partnerships, Enablement, Legal, Product, Finance) to move deals forward</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Help shape the MM playbook — messaging, sales process, partner motion — that scales as the team grows</sub></span></li> </ul> <h2 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>You'd Be a Great Fit If You</strong></sub></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Have a proven track record in a closing role, carrying and exceeding quota in a SaaS environment</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Have run full-cycle, multi-stakeholder deals, including senior/exec-level engagement</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Are strong at self-sourced outbound — you don't wait for pipeline, you build it</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Have experience working with or through partners (channel, alliances, integrations) to generate or accelerate deals</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Are comfortable with ambiguity — you'd rather build the process than inherit one</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Bring strong forecasting discipline and can set clear short- and long-term priorities</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Are fluent with sales tools (Salesforce, Outreach/Salesloft, LinkedIn)</sub></span></li> </ul> <h2 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>What We're Looking For</strong></sub></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>Grit / Horsepower / Fire to Be Great</strong> — a refusal to accept average. It shows in how they talk about losses, how they respond to rejection, and whether they've done hard things just to prove they could.</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>AI-Native Mindset</strong> — they can't imagine working without it. They've built prompts, tinkered, and have real opinions. In a Dialog AI company selling to skeptical buyers, an AE who can't articulate what makes AI powerful has a credibility problem before they open their mouth.</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>Genuine Curiosity</strong> — they ask better questions than most people have answers for, and do research nobody asked them to do. In a complex technical sale into a new vertical, curiosity is what separates reps who hit a wall from reps who find a way through it.</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>Builder's / Founder's Mindset</strong> — energized by blank pages, not paralyzed by them. They've built something from nothing without waiting for permission or a playbook. Comfortable with ambiguity; creates structure instead of waiting for it.</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>Resiliency + Adaptability</strong> — they've been knocked down and didn't collapse, complain, or coast. Not about positivity — about how fast they reset and what they do with the information a setback gives them. Things will break; we need people with high pain tolerance who fix things, not people who need things fixed for them.</sub></span></li> </ul> <h2 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>Nice to Have</strong></sub></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Experience selling into more than one vertical or industry</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Familiarity with structured sales methodologies (MEDDPICC, Command of the Message, Challenger)</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Experience building or scaling a new segment/motion from the ground up</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Background working with technical integrations or platform partners</sub></span></li> </ul> <h2 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>Why Join Now</strong></sub></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Be the founding AE on a net-new segment with direct influence over how it's built</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Sell a product with fast time-to-live and clear, provable ROI</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Work directly with GTM leadership to shape territory design, partner motion, and comp/process as the team scales</sub></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>Join a team with high standards, low ego, and a bias for action</sub></span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>We provide a competitive salary range for this role - which is $80,000 - $90,000 base salary / $160,000 - $180,000 OTE (USD) - depending on level and experience. Please note this range is intended as a guide, not a guarantee. Final compensation will be based on individual qualifications, relevant experience, and the scope of the role.</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>In addition to salary, this position includes equity in the business, giving you the opportunity to share in the company’s long-term success.</sub></span></p> <hr> <h1 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>US Benefits</strong></sub></span></h1> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>💰 Participation in the company’s employee share options plan</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>🏥 100% of Single Cost (employee) and 70% of Dependent for medical, dental & vision</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>👪 Life Insurance</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>◻️ STD and LTD</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>💰 The opportunity to contribute to the company's 401k plan</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>🏝 Flexible PTO policy + 11 designated company holidays</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>📚 Annual learning and development allowance</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>🏡 We’re all about making WFH work for you - that’s why we offer a one-off WFH allowance when you join. Offering perks like noise-cancelling headphones or a comfortable desk chair to boost your comfort and focus!</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>🧡 Enhanced parental leave</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><a href="https://emojipedia.org/family-man-woman-girl/">👨👩👧</a> Company-funded fertility and family-forming programmes</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><a href="https://emojipedia.org/cherry-blossom/">🌸</a> Menopause care programme with Maven</sub></span></p> <hr> <h1 style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>Canada Benefits</strong></sub></span></h1> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><strong>💰</strong> Participation in the company’s employee share options plan</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>🏝 20 days vacation</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>📚 Annual learning and development allowance: We will reimburse the costs of any certified and non-certified training, including conferences, events, books and subscriptions that are relevant to your role at PolyAI, in addition to any formal training that the company offers</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>🏡 We’re all about making WFH work for you - that’s why we offer a one-off WFH allowance when you join. Offering perks like noise-cancelling headphones or a comfortable desk chair to boost your comfort and focus!</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><a href="https://emojipedia.org/family-man-woman-girl/">👨👩👧</a> Company-funded fertility and family-forming programmes</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub><a href="https://emojipedia.org/cherry-blossom/">🌸</a> Menopause care programme with Maven</sub></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sub>🏥 Competitive Healthcare plan: We offer health insurance through Alliance. Full details on the plan will be shared with you on your first day</sub></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><hr> <p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup>At PolyAI, we take great pride in our values - they guide everything we do. We believe that a strong culture leads to meaningful work and lasting impact.</sup></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup>Our core values are:</sup></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T8GS4RNNM/only-the-best/63f754d467834139.gif" alt=":only-the-best:" width="30"><br></strong><strong>Only the best<br></strong>We expect the best from our people, we hire people that expect the best from themselves, and we nurture this drive for excellence.</sup></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" alt=""><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T8GS4RNNM/ownership/753f47103884882c.gif" alt=":ownership:" width="30"><br></strong><strong>Ownership<br></strong>We care deeply about what we do. We take ownership of our initiatives, decisions and outcomes.</sup></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T8GS4RNNM/relentlessly-improve/b5e1910b7c09b966.gif" alt=":relentlessly-improve:" width="30"><br></strong><strong>Relentlessly improve<br></strong>We demand more from ourselves and are always evolving. Continuous, obsessive improvement is the only way we will transform the world of conversational AI.</sup></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T8GS4RNNM/bias-for-action/0a5bd6888d3f2db1.gif" alt=":bias-for-action:" width="30"><br></strong><strong>Bias for action<br></strong>Our world moves quickly and so do we. We take calculated risks and we deliver impact fast.</sup></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T8GS4RNNM/disagree-and-commit/0cee7f9f02baac38.gif" alt=":disagree-and-commit:" width="30"><br>Disagree and commit<br></strong>We are all working toward the same goal. If we donʼt agree with something, we work hard to understand it and when a decision is made, we accept it and give it our all.<strong><br></strong></sup></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><sup><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T8GS4RNNM/build-for-people/9c2fba2ffb2331c8.gif" alt=":build-for-people:" width="30"><br>Build for people<br></strong>We want the world to enjoy the experiences they have with us. We are building for a future that prefers automation.</sup></span></p> <hr> <p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><sup><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>PolyAI is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at PolyAI will be based on the business needs without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, neurodiversity status or disability status.</em><br></span></sup></span></p> <hr> <p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><sup><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>Kindly find the Privacy Notice for our recruitment process by following the link <a href="https://polyai.notion.site/Recruitment-Privacy-Notice-1b5097db17f7802ead64dd6daf159ded">here</a>. This document provides important information regarding how we handle your personal data throughout the recruitment journey.</em></span></sup></span></p></div>
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