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 Vercel's Startups team, you'll grow a portfolio of startup customers who've already adopted Vercel, from early usage through full-scale adoption. You'll use usage data to spot expansion and re-engagement opportunities, coordinate sales engineers, developer support engineers, product, and support to resolve technical blockers, and turn what works into repeatable playbooks other AEs can reuse. This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, Austin, or New York City, with three days a week in the office; outside commuting distance of those offices, it's fully remote.
What you'll do
- Build relationships with founders and technical leaders by developing a deep, fast understanding of their architecture, use cases, and technical constraints
- Analyze usage patterns to identify the highest-leverage accounts for expansion, adoption, or re-engagement
- Coordinate sales engineers, developer support engineers, product, and support at the right moments to drive customer outcomes
- Own and grow a portfolio of startup accounts as they move from early adoption to scale
Selling Motion
Buyer Persona
Individual / End-User
Bottom-up adoption, user-level selling
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
Location flexibility
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.
Tags
Walk me through your discovery process.
Template questionHow do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?
Template questionTell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.
Template questionHow do you build business cases for stakeholders?
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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