Account Executive, Startups · Anthropic

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:00:27 GMT
Sales

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · $222,800 - $290,000 USD · hybrid

About the role

As a Startup Account Executive at Anthropic, you'll drive adoption of safe, frontier AI by securing strategic deals with some of the fastest growing startups in the world. 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.

Responsibilities:

Win new business and drive revenue for Anthropic. Find your way to the right people at prospective customers, educate them about LLMs, and help them succeed with Anthropic. You’ll 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. Collaborate cross-functionally to differentiate our offerings and sustain a competitive edge

Inform product roadmaps and features by gathering customer feedback and conveying market needs. Provide insights that strengthen our value proposition and enhance the customer experience

Continuously refine the sales methodology by incorporating learnings into playbooks, templates, and best practices. Identify process improvements that optimize sales productivity and consistency

You may be a good fit if you have:

2-3 years of experience prospecting and closing startup leads, driving adoption of emerging technologies with a consultative, solutions-oriented sales approach

Familiarity working within complex sales cycles, selling to technical stakeholders, and securing strategic deals by understanding multifaceted technical requirements and crafting tailored solutions

Success as a strategic business advisor, deeply understanding the needs of startup founders and creating innovative solutions that align with their vision and help them succeed

Exposure to negotiating complex, customized commercial agreements with multiple stakeholders

Demonstrated history of exceeding quota by effectively qualifying and advancing opportunities in a fast-paced work environment

Excellent communication skills and the ability to present confidently and build connections across all customer levels, from ICs to C-level executives

A knack for bringing order to chaos and an enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves'' mentality. You are a true team player

Analytical approach to understanding customer needs combined with creative follow-up to advance opportunities

Passion for emerging technologies like AI, with interest in ensuring they are developed safely

A strategic, analytical approach to assessing markets combined with creative, tactical execution to capture opportunities

A passion for and/or experience with advanced AI systems. You feel strongly about ensuring frontier AI systems are developed safely

Benefits

Annual Salary: $222,800 - $290,000 USD

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work

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