Commercial Sales Manager

Perplexity AI Inc

  • Austin, TX
  • 29 days ago

    Highlights

    As a Commercial Sales Manager at Perplexity, youll lead a team of Commercial Account Executives selling Perplexity Enterprise and Computer to small and mid-sized organizations. Help AEs qualify with discipline and run efficient sales cycles from discovery through close, partnering with Enterprise AEs when an account warrants a larger motion.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAustin, TX

    Description

    About the role

    As a Commercial Sales Manager at Perplexity, youll lead a team of Commercial Account Executives selling Perplexity Enterprise and Computer to small and mid-sized organizations. Youll be responsible for hiring and ramping the team, coaching sellers through efficient, high-velocity sales cycles, and owning team revenue targets.

    Responsibilities

    • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Commercial Account Executives, providing regular feedback to drive individual and team performance

    • Own team revenue, logo, and activity targets, with accountability for pipeline creation, deal velocity, and forecast accuracy

    • Hire, onboard, and ramp new Account Executives in partnership with Recruiting and Enablement

    • Coach the team on outbound prospecting, account prioritization, and converting existing self-serve customers into Enterprise relationships

    • Help AEs qualify with discipline and run efficient sales cycles from discovery through close, partnering with Enterprise AEs when an account warrants a larger motion

    • Run a regular cadence of 1:1s, pipeline reviews, and deal reviews, maintaining accurate Salesforce data and forecasts

    • Partner with Enablement, Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and RevOps to translate field feedback into action

    You may be a good fit if

    • 5+ years of SaaS sales experience selling to small and mid-sized organizations, with 2+ years directly managing quota-carrying Account Executives

    • A track record of meeting or exceeding team revenue targets in a high-growth environment

    • Experience hiring, ramping, and developing sellers

    • Experience coaching teams to generate their own pipeline through outbound and product-led signals in a high-velocity sales motion

    • Strong command of Salesforce, pipeline management, and forecasting

    • Background selling technical products, ideally AI, data, or infrastructure

    • Comfort operating without an established playbook

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