Enterprise Account Executive

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Crunchbase is a predictive solution that provides intelligence on private companies, powered by the unique combination of live private company data, AI, and market activity from over 80 million users. It predicts private market movements that matter to help investors, deal makers, and analysts make the right decisions.

We are committed to fostering a positive, diverse, and inclusive culture by hiring for potential and embracing individuals with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. We value transparency and openness, believing that an inclusive environment strengthens our teams and enhances our products.

Crunchbase has a remote‑first approach and is open to hiring residents of the following states:
California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Maine.

Our inclusive remote‑first culture, generous PTO policies, competitive pay, and employee wellness benefits set us apart!

As an Enterprise Account Executive at Crunchbase, you’ll drive strategic data sales for an industry‑leading organization. You must be experienced in selling to business and technology stakeholders—including senior decision‑makers (C‑suite, SVP, VP, Director) within large enterprises. Your role will include independent prospecting, researching, developing, and closing business while focusing on solving the prospect’s business pain points and key challenges. You will land, expand, and deepen sales opportunities with accounts in your book of business through a tight partnership with your Customer Success Managers.

As a key member of the sales organization, you’ll provide market insights, analysis, and advice to our product and engineering teams, helping shape future data solutions.

• Develop and execute an outbound sales and prospecting strategy to identify and connect with key stakeholders within your Target Account Book of Business, positioning Predictions & Insights as a strategic growth solution.
• Identify and pursue new outbound opportunities and target customer profiles within your assigned book of business.
• Evaluate inbound and SDR‑generated leads to qualify new sales opportunities, understand customer use cases, and craft tailored strategies to win new business.
• Use AI‑powered tools for lead sourcing and outreach.
• Build, manage, and nurture executive‑level relationships across assigned and target enterprise accounts, establishing yourself as a trusted strategic partner.
• Manage complex, multi‑stakeholder deal cycles with multiple influencers and decision‑makers, driving alignment across business and technical teams.
• Clearly articulate Crunchbase’s value proposition and differentiators versus competitors, linking our solutions to measurable business outcomes and ROI for each customer’s unique use case.
• Partner with your Customer Success partner to identify upsell and expansion opportunities, positioning Predictions & Insights for continued growth within existing accounts.
• Collaborate with Customer Success to ensure seamless onboarding and long‑term customer success.
• Work closely with Sales leadership on account and sales strategies, providing insights and recommendations on pricing, value alignment, and customer‑specific use cases.
• Lead and manage enterprise‑level purchasing processes and negotiations with minimal oversight.
• Collaborate with your Solutions Engineer (SE) to execute data trials and proof‑of‑concept engagements that validate customer value.
• Partner with SDRs to develop and execute Account‑Based Marketing (ABM) strategies for high‑priority target accounts.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with teams across Sales, Business Development, Customer Success, Solution Engineering, and Product Marketing to drive cohesive execution and deliver exceptional results.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience as a technology/data sales executive with 2+ years as an AE selling SaaS products to Enterprise B2B customers.
• Experience selling data and API products.
• Experience…