Account Executive @ Lightning AI

Who We Are

Lightning AI is the company reimagining the way AI is built. After creating and releasing PyTorch Lightning in 2019, Lightning AI was launched to reshape the development of artificial intelligence products for commercial and academic use.

Focusing on simplicity, sustainability, modularity, and extensibility, Lightning AI streamlines the lifecycle of machine learning development to expand widespread AI adoption. Its aim is to enable individual and enterprise users to build deployment-ready AI tools without having to hire experts or sink resources into in-house infrastructure.

Lightning AI is a company with offices in New York City, Palo Alto, and London backed by $58.6 million in funding from Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.

Our Values

We are building a company of people that care deeply about the impact of AI on our society. We value:

Integrity: AI is bound to change how we interact with computers, with each other, and the world—for the better. We are committed to building an inclusive company and developing ethical AI that improves humanity.
Perseverance: Be bold, take the initiative, and make decisions with confidence. We empower our community, clients, and colleagues to tackle the impossible.
Curiosity: We are genuinely interested in finding solutions to advance the state of AI research and foster its application in novel products. It’s not about whether we can solve the problem, but how.

We also feel that it’s essential to point out the self-evident here – there’s a genuine lack of diversity in our industry, which has to change. One of our goals is to help drive that change. Lightning AI is fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion, and we embrace how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for an Enterprise Account Executive with experience selling highly technical, developer-focused products to CTOs, VPs of Engineering, software engineers, researchers, and/or data scientists. You thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment focusing on every step of the sales process, from prospecting, qualifying, and nurturing leads to running demos, negotiating contracts, and closing deals.

You will report to our COO, Priya Shivakumar, and work closely with our CEO and CTO to get clients over the line. We want someone who thinks about how to uncover and address our customers’ problems to drive customer acquisition while feeding their requirements back to inform the product roadmap.

What you’ll do

Build an understanding of our target markets, value proposition, and pricing models to not only meet but exceed quarterly revenue targets.
Focus on high-quality, consistent outbound prospecting across key market segments to build the sales pipeline and optimize the customer funnel.
Qualify and develop both inbound and outbound sales leads.
Collaborate with the product, engineering, and marketing teams to continuously improve and iterate on the sales process.
Analyze industry trends and customer segmentation to identify and capitalize on new sources of qualified leads.
Work alongside the marketing team to increase the number and quality of inbound leads.
Champion data integrity and accuracy using HubSpot to track activity and manage sales opportunities through the funnel.

How we evaluate your candidacy

Our interviews will not only give us insight into your skillset but give you insight into our company.

Recruiter Interview: You will speak with our recruiter about your background and what you are looking for in your next role. We want to know why you are interested in joining us and what questions you have about the team.
Hiring Manager Interview: The first interview will be an introductory interview with our COO focused on core sales expertise and general product knowledge.
Virtual Onsite : You’ll have the opportunity to meet with an AE on the team, Product or Marketing Leader, Chief of Staff as well as more time with Priya Shivakumar for 45 minutes each and work through exercises spanning prospecting, lead qualification, sales presentations, and culture. We will provide more information on the sales presentation before booking these sessions.
Product Demo and Sales Pitch: Now that you’ve met with our team and learned more about Lightning, this will be an opportunity to meet with our CEO to demonstrate what you learned.
Compensation: $285,000-$300,000 OTE
- Every member of our sales team will have a commission plan that includes uncapped commissions, guaranteed 3-month ramp compensation, and quarterly payments.

Benefits and Perks

We offer competitive base salaries and stock options with a 25% one year cliff and monthly vesting thereafter. For our international employees, we work with Velocity Global to pay you in your local currency and provide equitable benefits across the globe.

In the US, we offer:

90% monthly premium contributions towards medical and 100% monthly premium contributions towards select dental and vision plans for you and your dependents
Life and AD&D insurance
Flexible paid time off plus 1 week of winter closure
Generous paid family leave benefits
$500 monthly meal reimbursement, including groceries & food delivery services
$1,000 home office stipend
$1,000 annual learning & development stipend
100% Citibike membership (NYC only)
$45/month gym membership
Additional various medical and mental health services

Compensation Overview

Who We Are

Our Values

What We’re Looking For

What you’ll do

How we evaluate your candidacy

Benefits and Perks

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