Account Executive

Company Overview

Deepgram is bringing the world’s most natural interface, voice, to the technology we use every day. Our speech models and real-time infrastructure power AI systems that keep up with the way people actually speak. More than 5,000 organizations run conversational voice AI on Deepgram in production, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box.

The Deepgram Voice Agent Platform brings together speech-to-text, text-to-speech and speech-to-speech, with voice-native foundation models available through cloud APIs or self-hosted and on-premises deployments. Built for accuracy, low latency and cost efficiency, Deepgram makes high-quality voice experiences practical to build and run at scale. More than 650,000 developers have used Deepgram to process more than 200,000 years of audio. Every day, more of the world’s conversations with AI run on our models.

Operating Principles:

Deepgram is a research company that productizes as fast as possible. Four Operating Principles shape how we think, decide, and work together:

1. Compress before you communicate. You think it through first, then lead with the bottom line.

2. Resist entropy. You question what already exists before adding more process or tools.

3. Solve the category. You fix recurring problems at the source, not one case at a time.

4. Work at the frontier. You go after problems no one has solved yet.

We look for people who already work this way, and these principles shape how we grow and evaluate our team.

AI-First by Default

We build AI that millions of people talk to, and we run the company the same way. AI is how we centralize work here, and is core to how we operate.

That means more than using the tools. We expect you to:

• Build, not just use. Design your own workflows and agents, and use AI to remove whole categories of work instead of doing the same work faster.

• Own the output. AI can speed up the work. It doesn’t make anyone less accountable for it. You understand, verify, and stand behind everything you share, including what an agent produces for you.

• Spend the time you get back at the frontier. The capacity AI creates goes toward problems no one has solved yet.

• Keep pace. Models and tools change every month, and so will your work. You adopt what’s new quickly and drop what no longer earns its place.

We judge AI by what it helps you deliver and whether you stand behind the result, not by how often you use it. In interviews, expect to walk us through a workflow you built and where you drew the line between AI and your own judgment.

Note: this role is based out of the EMEA territory, specifically Switzerland/Zurich/Geneva.

Regional Expectations

• Based in an EMEA time zone with strong overlap to customer business hours.

• Excellent written and spoken English. Additional European languages are a strong plus.

German Language Expectations

• Native-level or full professional fluency in German (written and spoken), with the ability to conduct complex sales conversations and negotiations.

Opportunity

Deepgram is looking for an Account Executive to drive new customers and revenue to our rapidly growing company, specifically in the German markets. You will have the opportunity to sell a patented world-class voice AI platform that has been enabling our customers to achieve things previously not attainable. We are looking for hungry and talented sales professionals to help us take our top-line revenue to new heights!

What You'll Do

• Self-prospecting to build a strong sales pipeline of new logos, striving to exceed quarterly and annual sales targets, as well as partnering with the Marketing and SDR teams to generate meetings

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (especially Sales Ops and Sales Engineers) to ensure sales effectiveness

• Have a depth of understanding regarding customer needs in the voice AI space, competition, and Deepgram products to be able to articulate Deepgram’s value proposition fully to highly technical buyers

• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, work with CSMs to drive upsell opportunities and manage existing accounts ongoing

You’ll Love This Role If You

• Value having leadership that has tenure and a track record of success

• Thrive working with A Players as cross-functional partners across GTM

• Understand the importance of selling a product that is market validated and can deliver on its technical promise

• Believe there should be no cap to upside and want control of account up-sell potential

• Are passionate about what Deepgram is building and how we are changing what is possible with speech

It’s Important to Us That You Have

• Proven experience in a technical full-cycle sales role

• Experience building your own pipeline from scratch and closing accounts

• Consistent overachievement against sales targets in past experiences

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Empathy and a unique ability to understand customer needs

• Highly organized with exceptional follow-up skills due to managing multiple opportunities at any given time

• Ability to drive a consistent and repeatable sales process with a coachable/adaptable mindset based on other rep success.

• It Would Be Great If You Had

• Familiarity with Challenger or Triangle sales methodology

• Experience selling to a technical audience in a similar space

• Experience selling developer tools, infrastructure, or AI/ML technologies.

• Fluency in German, French, Dutch, or other major regional languages.

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