Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Prolific is an innovative company in the AI space, focused on human data infrastructure that enhances AI development. The Strategic Account Executive will drive customer growth and value delivery by managing sales cycles with AI research teams and expanding the company's solutions across organizations.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive net-new and expansion sales cycles within named frontier AI labs, targeting AI Research, Product, and Executive teams actively building AI capabilities
• Understand customer workflows and pain points—positioning Prolific as the source of high-integrity human data for model training, evaluation, and experience design
• Map and multi-thread enterprise buying groups to build trust, identify champions, and mitigate risk across stakeholders
• Partner closely with Services, Success, Solutions Engineering, Product Marketing, and Leadership to shape proposals, pilots, and post-sale success plans
• Report pipeline metrics, deal health, and forecasting to sales leadership with rigor and clarity
• Act as the voice of the enterprise customer—bringing feedback to Marketing and Product to refine our messaging, pricing, and roadmap
• Collaborating in person in our San Francisco office and on customer campuses across the West Coast (as well as occasional events, conferences, and trips to other Prolific offices)

Skills

• 10+ years of experience in full-cycle strategic B2B technology sales
• A strong understanding of how large organizations buy—especially within AI Research, Product, and Technical Program Management functions
• Curiosity and fluency around AI/ML trends, including RLHF, user-in-the-loop evaluation, and human-centered product design
• Experience running multi-threaded deals with complex stakeholder groups (e.g. product leaders, research ops, legal/procurement, and technical buyers)
• Strong discovery, qualification, and collaboration skills—grounded in value-based selling while earning the credibility and trust of pioneers of AI research
• High empathy, accountability, and cross-functional teamwork with Customer Success, Services, Marketing, Leadership, etc

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits
• Remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture

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