Founding Account Executive, UAE
Core
Founding Enterprise Account Executive building a new Telnyx business in Dubai by selling production connectivity outcomes (AI contact centers, global communications, smart city infrastructure) to 30–40 named enterprise accounts in the UAE and GCC.
Role type
Founding Enterprise Account Executive (IC)
Builds
Production Telnyx workloads for enterprise customers
Domain
Telecommunications / Cloud Connectivity / AI Infrastructure
Required skills
Enterprise sales, executive relationship building, consultative selling, POC management, pipeline forecasting, UAE/GCC market knowledge, technical solution selling
Preferred skills
Fortune 500 sales experience, complex sales cycles (RFPs, competitive bake-offs), C-level selling, SIP trunking/telecom knowledge, local language skills (Hindi, Urdu, Farsi)
Technologies
Salesforce, Outreach, Gong, Telnyx platform
Responsibilities
Own a territory of 30–40 named enterprise accounts; build executive relationships with CIOs/CTOs; run the full sales cycle from prospecting to close; sell production outcomes rather than SKUs; navigate UAE government and sovereign wealth fund procurement; manage disciplined POCs with signed commercial documents; expand accounts and build local references.
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC
