Founding Commercial Lead
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Job Summary
About Yasu:
Yasu is an AI-powered cloud cost optimization platform that prevents waste before it happens. Were building the autonomous cloud engineer that helps companies cut cloud costs by 30% through shift-left prevention and multi-agent AI precision.
The problem is massive: 512B is wasted annually on cloud costs and its only getting worse with GenAI driving explosive growth. Current tools are reactive dashboards that show problems after the money is already spent. Yasu is different our AI agents catch cost issues in development (10x cheaper to fix) and autonomously optimize infrastructure in real-time.
Since launch weve been growing rapidly with 300% month-over-month growth in cloud spend under management. Were hitting the market right when AI and cloud costs are becoming CXO-level conversations within organizations.
Our founding team brings deep expertise: an ex-AWS sales leader who has taken multiple teams from 0 to $100M in revenue and an expert AI architect whos built and shipped complex AI systems from 0 to production 3x. We are backed by some of the leading VCs
Read about our recent raise - Youll Actually Do
- Own the full sales cycle end-to-end - you build the pipeline run discovery build relationships and close the deal. No handoffs.
- Get out there - events LinkedIn cold outreach warm intros. You suggest the coffee not wait to be invited.
- Run and qualify discovery calls against Yasus ICP: mid-market tech companies in Benelux with cloud spend of 25K or more per month
- Co-sell with the CEO in the first phase learn the story fast then own it independently
- Build/improve the GTM motion as you go - hubspot/AI GTM Engineer/Apollo. You update it based on what works in the market
- Feed what you hear back into messaging positioning and ICP - you are our best source of market intelligence
- Hit ARR targets - not activity metrics. We care about revenue not calls made or emails sent
Youre a great fit if you
Have 3 years of full-cycle B2B SaaS sales experienceyouve owned pipeline run discovery and closed deals yourself end-to-end
Have sold to technical buyersCTOs Heads of Engineering Platform or Infrastructure leads
Real outbound experience. Not inbound routing. Not warm leads handed to you. You have built a list worked the phones and booked meetings from cold.
Startup/scale-up background. You have been an early sales hire before. You know that no playbook is a feature not a problem.
An actual Benelux network. You can name ten relevant people you would call in the first week.
Use CRM and sales engagement tools naturallyHubSpot Clay or similar
Bonus points for
2 years selling in cloud cost management FinOps or DevOps toolingcompetitors like CloudZero Apptio
Previous experience at AWS GCP Azure or a high-growth infrastructure or developer tools company
Some familiarity with IaC Terraform or cloud cost conceptsenough to hold the first conversation without needing a hand
- Competitive base salary commission
- Paid time off and company holidays
- Equity in a high-growth startup
- Hybrid/flexiblewe care about output not hours logged
The Anti-Pitch
Were not for everyone.
- If you need a perfect sales process already laid out youll hate it here
- If you want work-life balance join after our Series B
- If you prefer meetings over results were not a fit
- If youre waiting for someone to tell you what to do this isnt the role
About Company
Yasu is your AI Cloud Engineer that cuts cloud waste before it happens. For engineers: We shift cost visibility "left" by embedding real-time cost insights directly into your development workflows. Our AI agents help you see cost implications as you code, make optimization recommend ... View more