Onyx (YC W24) – AI Assistants for Work Hiring Founding AE

Summary

💥 Your Impact At Onyx, we’re building the connective tissue between generative AI and the modern workplace, unlocking company-specific knowledge and making AI truly useful at work. We’re fortunate to have incredible customers using Onyx every day and inbound interest from world-class brands landing in our inbox weekly. Now, we’re ready to scale what’s working and go even bigger. As our first Account Executive, you won’t just sell, you’ll help build our entire GTM engine. From refining our sales playbook to helping us define how we grow, your fingerprints will be all over our next chapter. There’s real opportunity here to grow into sales leadership as we scale. 💡 About the Role You’ll be the tip of the spear for our GTM efforts, working across the entire sales funnel while partnering closely with our founders and technical team. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, loves to build from scratch, and wants to shape how great sales is done at a startup. In this role, you will: Own the Full Sales Cycle : Run discovery calls, product demos, pricing discussions, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and close deals end-to-end. Generate Pipeline : Work inbound leads while also building pipeline through outbound prospecting and creative channels. Navigate Complex Deals : Partner with prospects to handle security reviews, legal redlines, and procurement processes. Collaborate Cross-Functionally : Partner with engineering and product to ensure a smooth POC experience and customer handoff. Refine Our Sales Playbook : Track pipeline, update CRM, build forecasts, and help codify our most effective sales motions. 🚀 You’ll be successful if you… Have 5+ years of experience in mid-market or enterprise software sales, ideally at a B2B SaaS company. Have experience owning complex deals end-to-end, working with both technical stakeholders and executive buyers. Thrive in early-stage environments where you wear multiple hats and create structure as you go. A...