Anthropic Logo

Anthropic

Manager, Account Executive - Startups

Reposted 16 Days Ago
Easy Apply
In-Office
San Francisco, CA
290K-360K Annually
Expert/Leader
Easy Apply
In-Office
San Francisco, CA
290K-360K Annually
Expert/Leader
Lead a team of account executives to drive AI adoption in startups, executing sales strategies and fostering cross-functional collaboration while ensuring responsible AI deployment.
The summary above was generated by AI
About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

As a startup sales leader at Anthropic, you'll build and lead a high-performing team of account executives focused on driving adoption of our cutting-edge AI solutions throughout the startup ecosystem. This pivotal role combines strategic leadership with hands-on sales management to accelerate revenue while ensuring responsible AI deployment. You'll collaborate directly with GTM leadership, product teams, and engineering to define and execute our startup go-to-market strategy, empowering startups to unlock new use cases and achieve breakthrough results with Anthropic's emerging products.

Responsibilities:
  • Build and lead a team of Startup Account Executives, implementing the broader startup ecosystem strategy through effective sales execution and team development
  • Design and execute regional or segment-specific sales strategies aligned with company-wide startup initiatives
  • Develop and optimize sales processes that enable scalable startup engagement, from seed stage through hypergrowth, while maintaining high standards of responsible AI deployment
  • Partner with other startup ecosystem team leads across partnerships, developer relations, and account management to ensure coordinated execution of startup programs
  • Create and implement sales enablement programs that help your team effectively articulate Anthropic's value proposition to technical and non-technical startup stakeholders
  • Drive revenue growth through strategic pipeline development, territory planning, and resource allocation while maintaining forecast accuracy
  • Provide market intelligence and customer feedback to inform product roadmap and startup program development
You may be a good fit if you have:
  • 10+ years of experience driving adoption of emerging technologies with a consultative, solutions-oriented sales approach, with 5+ years leading sales teams
  • Deep understanding of the startup ecosystem and experience working with high-growth technology companies at various stages
  • Track record of exceeding team revenue targets and successfully scaling startup sales organizations in emerging technology markets
  • Experience building relationships with startup ecosystem players including accelerators, incubators, and venture capital firms
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform strategy, forecast accurately, and make evidence-based decisions about pipeline and territory management
  • Excellence in cross-functional collaboration and ability to align sales execution with broader ecosystem initiatives
  • Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain top sales talent while building an inclusive team culture
  • Passion for emerging technologies like AI, with particular interest in ensuring they are developed safely and responsibly

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

The expected base compensation for this position is below. Our total compensation package for full-time employees includes equity, benefits, and may include incentive compensation.

Annual Salary:
$290,000$360,000 USD
Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Location-based hybrid policy:
Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.  Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process

Top Skills

AI
Data Analysis
Market Intelligence
Sales Strategy
HQ

Anthropic San Francisco, California, USA Office

548 Market St, San Francisco, California, United States, 94104

Similar Jobs

A Minute Ago
Easy Apply
Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
Easy Apply
104K-181K Annually
Senior level
104K-181K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Mobile • Security • Software
Drive strategy, execution, and growth for lending and credit-building products by using member insights and performance data to enhance adoption and engagement.
A Minute Ago
In-Office
4 Locations
140K-210K Annually
Mid level
140K-210K Annually
Mid level
eCommerce • Mobile
As a Risk Strategist, monitor fraud trends, develop mitigation strategies, assess risks, and collaborate with teams to enhance fraud controls and operational effectiveness at Whatnot.
Top Skills: CybersecurityData Analysis
11 Minutes Ago
Remote or Hybrid
Los Angeles, CA, USA
68K-91K Annually
Junior
68K-91K Annually
Junior
Digital Media • eCommerce • Information Technology • Marketing Tech • Retail • Social Media • Analytics
The Digital Acquisition Marketing Specialist manages campaigns and ad creatives, optimizes performance through A/B testing, and collaborates across departments to enhance customer experience.
Top Skills: Google AdsMetaOutbrainSalesforce CRMTaboola

What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene

San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.

Key Facts About San Francisco Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
  • Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
  • Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account