CareerPlan

Founding Sales Manager

HQ: San FranciscoFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-11

Core

Build and scale a team of Account Executives to sell an AI-powered CRM that learns from business communications to help teams anticipate next steps and make better decisions.

Role type

Founding Sales Manager (building a sales organization from the ground up)

Builds

A repeatable sales motion, team of AEs, and sales playbooks for a B2B SaaS AI product

Domain

B2B SaaS, AI, CRM

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Sales leadership, team building, sales playbook development, funnel optimization, forecasting, data-driven performance improvement

Preferred skills

Experience with Mid-Market AEs, outbound/inbound scaling, deal sizes 12K-50K ACV, AI curiosity, CRM knowledge

Technologies

AI, CRM, sales technology

Responsibilities

Recruit, onboard, and coach Account Executives; Build and refine discovery frameworks, demo strategies, and qualification criteria; Drive performance by analyzing funnel breakdowns and improving forecasting

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC building a team