Commercial Account Executive

Algolia

8d • Remote

About The Position

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.
In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.
At Algolia, we are passionate about helping developers & product teams connect their users with what matters most in milliseconds!
As an Algolia Commercial Account Executive, you will play a strategic and high-impact role, cultivating and expanding relationships with some of the most complex and innovative companies. You are comfortable researching prospective customers and adapting sales strategies to meet their needs. You will also play an integral role in defining our sales model. You will be expected to navigate ambiguity, define your own process, and partner cross-functionally to continuously improve our go-to-market motion.
This is a role for someone who thrives on ownership and wants to drive strategic outcomes. We're looking for candidates who take ownership, are able to execute without defined processes. We're looking for candidates who raise the level of our teams. You should value and practice transparency, have the humility to accept your weaknesses and continuously strive to improve both personally and professionally.

Requirements

• 4+ years in a field sales role closing B2B SaaS business
• Familiarity with AI-enabled solutions and their value propositions
• A passion for building strong relationships — you view each customer as a long-term partner
• Proven success in complex, consultative enterprise sales — you’ve sold into organisations with matrixed structures and multiple stakeholders
• Experience navigating multi-threaded sales cycles with stakeholders spanning technical and business teams
• Ability to thrive in dynamic environments— you bring both curiosity and initiative
• Desire and confidence to represent Algolia at industry events and conferences
• A mindset of continuous improvement and collaboration

Responsibilities

• Driving net-new logo acquisition by developing and closing high-impact opportunities across Commercial and Enterprise accounts
• Developing multi-threaded relationships across both technical personas (developers, architects, product teams) and business leaders (Head of E-commerce, merchandisers)
• Building deep understanding of customer goals and tailoring solutions that scale across parent and subsidiary brands
• Collaborating closely with Solutions Engineers, Customer Success, and Renewal Managers to shape value-driven proposals and ensure successful outcome
• Delivering compelling demonstrations and sales collateral that address both technical and business objectives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees