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Commercial Sales Manager

Perplexity AI

Skills

Required

  • managing quota-carrying Account Executives
  • AI / data / infrastructure

Preferred

  • Salesforce
  • pipeline management
  • forecasting

Join Perplexity as a Commercial Sales Manager, where you'll lead a team of Commercial Account Executives in selling Perplexity Enterprise and Computer to small and mid-sized organizations. You'll be responsible for hiring and ramping the team, coaching sellers through efficient sales cycles, and owning team revenue targets. This role requires a strong background in SaaS sales, experience managing quota-carrying Account Executives, and a comfort with operating without an established playbook.

Lead and manage a team of Commercial Account Executives, providing coaching and support to drive individual and team performance.

Responsibilities

  • Own team revenue targets, pipeline creation, deal velocity, and forecast accuracy, ensuring accountability for achieving sales goals.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate field feedback into actionable strategies, enhancing the sales process and customer experience.
  • A track record of meeting or exceeding team revenue targets in a high-growth environment
  • Strong command of Salesforce, pipeline management, and forecasting
  • Experience coaching teams to generate their own pipeline through outbound and product-led signals in a high-velocity sales motion

Requirements

  • 5+ years of SaaS sales experience selling to small and mid-sized organizations, with 2+ years directly managing quota-carrying Account Executives
  • Experience hiring, ramping, and developing sellers
  • Comfort operating without an established playbook
  • Background selling technical products, ideally AI, data, or infrastructure

Pay

USD 300,000 - 380,000