On-site
SaaS
greenhouse
About this role
About Vercel:
Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.
Now we're scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.
About the role
As an Account Executive on the Startups team, you’ll land net-new startup customers and help them adopt Vercel through scaling, working with founders and technical leaders who are making critical architectural decisions. You’ll generate your own pipeline, spot high-potential startups early, and make Vercel their default stack before competitors get in. The main focus is turning early plays into repeatable playbooks that scale across our startup portfolio, using automation and agents to work at high leverage. This is a hybrid role with 3 in-office days per week in San Francisco, New York City, or Austin.
What you’ll do
- Generate pipeline through outbound, targeting high-potential startups early
- Land new logos and drive first activation on Vercel
- Build relationships with founders, developers, and technical leaders by learning their architecture, use cases, and constraints
- Guide teams adopting AI-native architectures and show how Vercel supports new workloads, performance requirements, and scaling patterns
- Build automations, agents, and workflows to focus your time on the highest-impact customer work, and turn what works into repeatable play
Selling Motion
Prospecting
Outbound-Heavy
Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Greenfield
Build territory from scratch — net-new logos
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
SaaS — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)
Common Buyer Objections
- "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
- "We built something in-house already"
- "We don't have budget until next quarter"
- "Our team won't adopt another tool"
Key Industry Metrics
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.
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Walk me through your discovery process.
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Template questionDescribe a deal you lost and what you learned.
Template questionThis Account Executive position at Vercel involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.
The US market offers the highest OTE potential globally for sales professionals, with a highly competitive talent landscape.
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