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Sales Manager, Startups

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OpenAI

1mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior Level
  • Sales & Business Development
    Marketing
  • San Francisco

AI generated summary

  • You need 8+ years in sales leadership, startup experience, expertise in PaaS/SaaS, complex deal strategies, event leadership, market intelligence, and customer success reporting.
  • You will lead a sales team, manage revenue forecasts, develop startup programs, advocate for customer experience, analyze industry trends, and assist in recruitment and company culture development.

Requirements

  • 8+ years leading Sales teams
  • Deep experience working in the startup ecosystem either as a founder, early startup employee, or by working with startup customers
  • Selling platform-as-a-service and/or software-as-a-service at a product-led growth company
  • Designing and executing complex deal strategies
  • Supporting the growth of fast-growing, high-performance startups
  • Leading high-visibility customer events (CAB, conferences, product launches, etc.)
  • Gathering, distilling, and processing complex market (industry, competitor, customer, prospect) intelligence
  • Reporting on customer success activities

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of sellers
  • Partner with solutions to build and execute complex customer programs and projects
  • Manage consumption revenue forecasts
  • Contribute to the development of programs and strategic initiatives focused on startup customers
  • Serve as an advocate for improving the startup experience building with OpenAI, synthesizing product feedback from insights captured from our work with startups
  • Closely monitor the industry landscape (people, competitors, partners, etc.) to contribute to product roadmap and other corporate strategies
  • Support the recruitment and onboarding of other teammates
  • Support the development of company culture

FAQs

What is the primary mission of the Sales Manager for Startups at OpenAI?

The primary mission is to help startups harness the power of AI models to drive advances by supporting them in building effectively with OpenAI's APIs.

What experience is required for this role?

Candidates should have 8+ years of experience leading sales teams, deep experience in the startup ecosystem, and a background in selling platform-as-a-service or software-as-a-service.

Is there a specific location requirement for this job?

Yes, this role is based in San Francisco, CA, and uses a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.

Will I have opportunities to lead a team in this role?

Yes, you will lead a team of technical sales professionals and be responsible for recruiting and mentoring them.

What are some key responsibilities of the Sales Manager for Startups?

Key responsibilities include managing consumption revenue forecasts, contributing to the development of programs for startup customers, and serving as an advocate for improving the startup experience with OpenAI.

What kind of candidates are we looking for in terms of mindset?

We are seeking candidates who are customer-centric, passionate about artificial intelligence, builders who enjoy creating strong systems, excited by new challenges, and strategic thinkers.

What is OpenAI's stance on diversity and inclusion?

OpenAI is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Is there any support for relocation for new employees?

Yes, we offer relocation assistance to new employees.

What is the compensation for this role?

The compensation for this role is $350K.

How does this role collaborate with other teams within OpenAI?

This role requires effective collaboration with product, marketing, developer relations, operations, and core Go To Market teams to achieve business objectives.

Technology
Industry
201-500
Employees
2025
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Culture & Values

  • AGI focus

    We are committed to building safe, beneficial AGI that will have a massive positive impact on humanity's future. Anything that doesn’t help with that is out of scope.

  • Intense and scrappy

    Building something exceptional requires hard work (often on unglamorous stuff) and urgency; everything (that we choose to do) is important. Be unpretentious and do what works; find the best ideas wherever they come from.

  • Scale

    We believe that scale— in our models, our systems, ourselves, our processes, and our ambitions—is magic. When in doubt, scale it up.

  • Make something people love

    Our technology and products should have a transformatively positive effect on people’s lives.

  • Team spirit

    Our biggest advances, and differentiation, come from effective collaboration in and across teams. Although our teams have increasingly different identities and priorities, the overall purpose and goals have to remain perfectly aligned. Nothing is someone else’s problem.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

  • Mental healthcare support and services

  • Commuter benefits

  • 401(k) with generous matching

  • Domestic conference budget for each employee

  • Flexible working hours

  • 20 weeks paid parental leave

  • Life and AD&D insurance

  • Annual learning & development stipend

  • Team-driven celebrations and events