Full-Time

Commercial Account Executive

Updated on 8/23/2026

Stratus

Stratus

51-200 employees

Cloud-based MEP project management software

No salary listed

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Forecasting
Cold Calling
Computer Networking
CRM
Salesforce

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Requirements
  • 2–3+ years of experience as a quota-carrying, full-cycle Account Executive with a documented record of hitting or exceeding quota.
  • Experience selling operational, multi-stakeholder business-to-business software, such as project management or manufacturing software, including building return-on-investment cases and running a value-selling process.
  • Ability to self-source pipeline through outbound prospecting.
  • Success in an early-growth environment, such as a Series B or Series C company, with comfort working amid ambiguity and change.
  • A data-driven approach and enthusiasm for using artificial intelligence to work more effectively.
  • Strong discovery, presentation, and business-case skills.
  • Proficiency in Salesforce or a similar customer relationship management system and ability to learn new tools quickly.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 40%.
Responsibilities
  • Own full-cycle sales in the assigned territory, from prospecting through close, and consistently exceed an approximately $1 million annual quota.
  • Self-source pipeline through multi-channel outbound activities, including cold calls, personalized email, networking, and referrals.
  • Run discovery with operational buyers and technical champions, and translate their pain points into a clear return-on-investment analysis and business case.
  • Partner with Solutions Engineers to deliver demos and narratives tailored to each trade’s priorities.
  • Maintain Salesforce data so it is clean, current, and ready for forecasting.
  • Develop competitive intelligence and articulate why Stratus wins where point solutions cannot.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with a sales methodology such as MEDDIC or MEDDPICC.
  • Experience selling into construction, contractors, or the built environment.
  • Prior quota-carrying success at a Series B or Series C software-as-a-service company.

Stratus provides cloud-based software for MEP contractors to manage projects, procurement, and expenses. Its platform connects VDC, shop, and field teams, enabling real-time data sharing and streamlined communication. It automates fabrication processes and can output directly to cutting equipment, while also offering mobile tools for field use. The revenue model is subscription-based, with additional revenue from custom reporting and API-integrations. Stratus aims to help MEP contractors improve workflow efficiency and increase profitability by integrating project management with fabrication automation and data-driven decision making.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$7.5M

Headquarters

Larkspur, California

Founded

2010

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What believers are saying

  • Innovate 2026 in Seattle drew 600-plus MEP contractors on August 18–20, 2026.
  • Latka estimated Stratus at $9.6 million revenue with 87 employees in 2025.
  • Mestek integration removes manual bottlenecks and pushes cut lists directly into production equipment.

What critics are saying

  • Autodesk Construction Cloud partners crowd Stratus with 33,000 customers and 1,600 employees.
  • Stratus Labs tools are experimental and available only upon request, slowing adoption.
  • If Autodesk or Trimble bundles similar machine integrations, Stratus becomes a feature, not a company.

What makes Stratus unique

  • Stratus spans piping, plumbing, sheet metal, and electrical workflows in one platform.
  • Mestek partnership ties Stratus software directly to Lockformer tubeforming machines.
  • Stratus Labs introduced agentic spooling and an MCP server on August 18, 2026.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

-2%
PR Newswire
Aug 18th, 2026
Stratus launches AI innovation arm with agentic spooling tools for contractors

Stratus, a digital fabrication platform for contractors in piping, plumbing, sheet metal, and electrical trades, has launched Stratus Labs, its AI and innovation division. The announcement was made at Innovate 2026, the company's annual MEP event in Seattle. Stratus Labs released its first experimental tools: agentic spooling capabilities and an MCP server connection. The agentic spooling collection includes Assembly Matcher, Assembly Designer, and Assembly Agent, which automate and predict assembly work across trades. The company also introduced its Big Data MCP Server, allowing customers and partners to build custom workflows using Stratus data. Led by co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer Jonathan Umscheid, Stratus Labs formalises the company's approach of rapid development in partnership with customers. The experimental tools are available to Stratus customers upon request.

SMACNA
Mar 18th, 2026
Data-Driven contracting meets data-driven manufacturing.

Data-Driven contracting meets data-driven manufacturing. Mestek Machinery and Stratus have partnered to digitally connect the Lockformer Spiral Tubeformer with real-time data, boosting efficiency, reducing labor, and streamlining HVAC fabrication. Article content provided by Mestek Machinery. Mestek Machinery and Stratus are proud to unveil a strategic partnership that is redefining the future of HVAC sheet metal fabrication. Mike Bailey, Sr. Vice President of Mestek Machinery, and Jake Olsen, CEO of Stratus, have joined forces to seamlessly connect Stratus' digital fabrication management system with the Lockformer Spiral Tubeformer. This integration removes manual bottlenecks and streamlines workflows by enabling real-time, bidirectional data exchange, boosting productivity, precision, and turnaround times. The partnership between Mestek Machinery and Stratus reflects a shared vision: to simplify and elevate how contractors build through the power of data-driven manufacturing and data-driven contracting. At the heart of this collaboration is MestekNet, Mestek Machinery's powerful new machine intelligence platform. Designed to give shop leaders actionable insights and live machine data, MestekNet ensures every Lockformer Spiral Tubeformer is operating at peak efficiency. Combined with Stratus' digital contracting tools, this unified workflow empowers users to make faster, more informed decisions, from project design to fabrication, while reducing labor requirements and minimizing errors. For users of the Lockformer Spiral Tubeformer, this integration marks a significant leap forward. Fabricators can now manage jobs digitally from the office and push optimized cut lists and fabrication data directly to the machine, eliminating the need for paper printouts, manual inputs, and redundant steps. The result: faster production, improved consistency, and a smarter, more connected operation. This partnership is a bold step toward a fully automated, data-driven fabrication future, where contracting meets manufacturing, and innovation drives results. Please view the entire line of Mestek Machinery products here. Have a question for Mestek Machinery? Contact Mestek Machinery here. Mestek Machinery is an industry-leading provider of the most complete, innovative metal forming solutions, specializing in machinery manufacturing for HVAC ductwork. Mar 18, 2026 - Products & Services Update