This role requires a seasoned leader who has experienced rapid scale across multiple contexts,someone who thrives in ambiguity, builds repeatable GTM motions from scratch, and can manage both first-line leaders and managers of managers.

You’ll bring 5+ years of progressive leadership experience and a proven ability to attract, develop, and retain high-performing sales talent in verticalized environments.

Your success will directly impact Anthropic’s ability to capture the enormous mid-market AI opportunity,bringing Claude to thousands of companies in regulated industries that are ready to adopt AI but need a trusted partner who understands their specific challenges.

Responsibilities:

Mid Market Vertical Sales Strategy & Execution: Develop and execute go-to-market strategies for mid-market companies (500–2,500 employees) across Financial Services, Insurance, Life Sciences, and Healthcare verticals.

Team Building & Leadership at Scale: Build and lead a multi-layered verticalized sales organization, managing both first-line managers and managers of managers.

Rapid Scale Operations: Establish and iterate on the systems, processes, and playbooks required to scale a mid-market vertical sales motion from early traction to significant revenue.

Pipeline & Revenue Ownership: Own pipeline development, forecasting, and quota attainment across mid-market vertical segments.

Product Partnership: Partner with Product and Research to identify mid-market-specific feature requirements, packaging needs, and integration patterns.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Legal, Marketing, and Partnerships to build seamless customer experiences.

Vertical Expansion: Develop frameworks and playbooks for extending vertical coverage into new industries within the mid-market segment.

You May Be a Good Fit If You:

• Have 10+ years of enterprise/mid-market sales experience with at least 5 years in sales leadership roles, including experience managing both first-line managers and managers of managers

• Have experienced rapid scale in multiple contexts,you’ve built teams from small to large, launched new segments or territories, and know what it takes to go from 0-to-1 and 1-to-100

• Have a proven track record of building and scaling verticalized sales teams selling to mid-market companies (500–2,500 employees), ideally at high-growth technology companies

• Have domain expertise in at least one of the core verticals (FSI, Insurance, Life Sciences, Healthcare) with understanding of how mid-market buyers in these industries evaluate and adopt technology

• Are skilled at translating technical AI capabilities into vertical-specific value propositions that resonate with mid-market buyers who may have less technical sophistication than enterprise counterparts

• Have experience building repeatable sales processes, playbooks, and enablement programs that allow teams to scale efficiently

• Are comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments while maintaining operational discipline and forecasting accuracy

• Are passionate about AI’s potential to transform industries responsibly, with a commitment to Anthropic’s mission of developing safe and beneficial AI

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary: $360,000-$550,000 USD

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About the role

As Sales Manager, Life Sciences, you will build and lead a team of Account Directors focused on landing and growing our largest Life Sciences customers — global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical device and diagnostics firms, contract research organizations (CROs), and large research institutions.

In this role, you will

• Recruit, develop, and lead a team of Enterprise Account Directors focused on new business and strategic expansion in Life Sciences.

• Create a strong coaching culture with frequent deal reviews, ride-alongs, and structured 1:1s that elevate performance.

• Define and refine the GTM strategy for Life Sciences accounts, aligned to our evolving territory and account coverage model.

• Drive territory design, account prioritization, and coverage approaches that balance new customer acquisition with strategic expansion.

• Establish clear operating rhythms for pipeline and forecast management, with explicit expectations on activity, coverage, and deal quality.

• Hold the team accountable for building and closing high-quality, multi-stakeholder, multi-product opportunities that materially impact revenue.

• Guide reps through complex, technical, and often unstructured opportunities in regulated environments.

• Help translate AI and API capabilities into business value for Life Sciences executives, partnering through regulatory, compliance, and data considerations (e.g., clinical data workflows, GxP/FDA/EMA contexts).

• Partner with Marketing to shape the Life Sciences story, campaigns, and events that generate qualified pipeline — and provide clear, data-driven feedback on what is and isn’t working.

• Provide structured, prioritized feedback to Product on customer use cases, feature gaps, and deal blockers to inform roadmap, packaging, and pricing decisions.

• Partner with Finance on deal structures, commercial terms, and approvals that balance customer needs with OpenAI’s revenue, margin, and risk objectives.

• Work closely with Technical Success and post-sales teams to co-design solutions, align on implementation expectations, and ensure smooth handoffs that set customers up for long-term success.

What we’re looking for

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise sales, success, or GTM leadership, with significant time leading at scale.

• Proven track record of driving revenue growth in enterprise segments ($100M+ businesses).

• Experience leading verticalized sales motions and building go-to-market plays from scratch.

• Strong operational orientation: comfortable with capacity planning, pipeline rigor, forecasting, and data-driven execution.

• Low-ego, culture-first leader who builds trust across teams and inspires followership.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change; thrives in a dynamic, startup-like environment inside a global company.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

Salary

• $350K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws.

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Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Compensation

• $302K – $335K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

About the Role

OpenAI is building a dedicated Digital Natives vertical focused on high-growth technology and internet companies shaping the future of software. As a Sales Manager, you will recruit, develop, and lead a team of senior Account Directors responsible for landing and expanding OpenAI’s largest and most strategic Digital Native customers.

This is a foundational leadership role. You will define how we win in this segment — establishing the operating cadence, deal strategy, and vertical GTM playbook for engaging sophisticated, technically fluent buyers building AI into their core products.

You will operate as a hands-on front-line leader: deeply involved in complex opportunities, elevating sales discipline, and shaping how OpenAI scales enterprise revenue in the most dynamic segment of the market.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit and develop a high-performing team of Account Directors.

• Establish a coaching culture centered on rigorous deal reviews, structured 1:1s, and clear performance standards.

• Raise the talent bar continuously through thoughtful hiring, development, and accountability.

• Architect and refine the GTM strategy for high-growth tech and internet companies.

• Shape territory design, account prioritization, and coverage models aligned to OpenAI’s evolving enterprise segmentation.

• Codify repeatable sales motions in a fast-changing AI landscape.

• Implement disciplined pipeline and forecast management practices with high data integrity.

• Set clear expectations around opportunity qualification, multi-threading, and deal quality.

• Balance new logo acquisition with strategic expansion and platform adoption.

• Coach teams through multi-product, multi-stakeholder opportunities involving APIs, platform integrations, and AI-enabled product innovation.

• Partner closely with security, legal, and compliance teams to navigate complex enterprise environments.

• Help customers translate AI capabilities into product differentiation, revenue acceleration, and operational leverage.

• Collaborate with Marketing to shape vertical messaging and demand generation strategy.

• Provide structured, prioritized feedback to Product on feature gaps, packaging, pricing, and competitive dynamics.

• Work with Finance on commercial structures that balance growth, margin, and risk.

• Align closely with Technical Success and post-sales teams to ensure strong implementation outcomes and durable expansion paths.

What Great Looks Like

• Builds from zero to one: establishes structure without bureaucracy.

• Develops senior sellers into strategic operators, not just quota carriers.

• Operates with forecast accuracy and commercial discipline.

• Wins complex, high-visibility deals in competitive markets.

• Elevates cross-functional standards through clarity, rigor, and low ego leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• 15+ years in enterprise sales or GTM leadership, including significant front-line management experience.

• Proven success leading enterprise motions in high-growth, technical markets.

• Experience building or scaling verticalized sales teams.

• Track record closing and expanding complex, multi-million dollar enterprise opportunities.

• Strong background in data-driven sales management and operational rigor.

• Technical fluency (APIs, platform architecture, AI/ML concepts) with the ability to engage CTOs, Heads of Product, and senior engineering leaders.

• Experience operating in non-standard or emerging GTM environments.

• Demonstrated ability to hire, coach, and retain top enterprise talent.

• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration.

• Public company experience with high accountability standards.

• Experience in consumption-based or platform sales models.

• Exposure to AI-native or developer-first sales motions.

• Experience across both high-growth VC-backed environments and scalable enterprise organizations.

How to Apply

If you are a motivated and experienced sales leader looking to join a cutting-edge AI company, please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter, to [insert contact information].

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