Sales Leader Native-AI Practice

Role Overview 

Blend is looking for a Senior Sales Leader to drive net-new customer acquisition for our Native-AI practice across North America. This is a true hunter role. You will be responsible for building pipeline opening strategic enterprise accounts and closing new consulting and implementation engagements centered on OpenAI. Success will be measured primarily by new logos and new revenue generated. 

The ideal candidate is a proven enterprise seller with strong executive relationships experience creating opportunities from scratch and enough generative AI fluency to identify high-value opportunities and bring the right Blend and OpenAI resources into a pursuit. The role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area to enable close engagement with OpenAIs commercial organization while owning opportunities across North America. 

What Youll Own 

Build Net-New Pipeline 

• Build and own a targeted pipeline of strategic enterprise prospects across North America. 

• Proactively open new accounts and establish relationships with senior business and technology executives. 

• Develop account strategies around organizations with significant AI transformation opportunities. 

• Generate opportunities through direct prospecting executive networks OpenAI relationships partners industry events AI Build Days and joint go-to-market programs. 

• Create pipeline beyond inbound and partner-referred opportunities. 

Close Strategic New Logos 

• Own the commercial sales cycle from prospecting through signed SOW. 

• Identify and qualify high-value OpenAI use cases with a credible buyer business case and funding path. 

• Navigate complex enterprise buying processes across business technology procurement legal security and executive stakeholders. 

• Lead commercial strategy proposals negotiations and deal closure. 

• Drive complex opportunities toward funded implementation and production engagements. 

Enhance the OpenAI Co-Sell Motion 

• Develop strong relationships across OpenAIs commercial and partner organizations. 

• Work with OpenAI account teams to identify and jointly pursue strategic enterprise accounts. 

• Translate OpenAI customer demand into services and implementation opportunities for Blend. 

• Position Blend as a trusted services and delivery partner for enterprise OpenAI adoption. 

• Work with the Blend partnerships team to build repeatable joint account-development and co-sell motions. 

Orchestrate the Pursuit 

• Partner closely with Delivery leadership to mobilize Blend AI engineers FDEs solution architects delivery leaders and industry SMEs around qualified opportunities. 

• Turn customer interest into discovery workshops AI Build Days prototypes and funded production engagements. 

• Coordinate executives across Blend OpenAI and the customer to accelerate decisions and remove blockers. 

• Maintain clear ownership of deal strategy next steps decision makers and close plans. 

Own the Number 

• Carry an individual net-new bookings quota. 

• Maintain approximately 3 - 4x qualified pipeline coverage against quota. 

• Own forecasting pipeline discipline and opportunity progression. 

• Maintain accurate opportunity and OpenAI attribution in HubSpot. 

• Develop a repeatable commercial playbook for converting OpenAI-related demand into Blend revenue. 

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For 

• 8 - 12 years of enterprise technology AI cloud data digital transformation or consulting sales experience. 

• Demonstrated success winning net-new Fortune 1000 or large-enterprise customers. 

• Track record of carrying and achieving multimillion-dollar annual sales quotas. 

• Proven ability to personally originate and close complex enterprise opportunities. 

• Experience selling $500K - $5M technology consulting or transformation engagements. 

• Experience selling to CIOs CTOs CDOs Heads of AI business-unit leaders and other senior executives. 

• Strong commercial discipline across prospecting qualification account strategy forecasting negotiation and closing. 

• Ability to translate technical AI capabilities into business value ROI and funded programs. 

• Sufficient technical fluency to discuss generative AI use cases APIs data security architecture and enterprise deployment considerations. 

• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment and building a commercial motion rather than inheriting an established book of business. 

• Based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Strongly Preferred 

• Existing relationships within OpenAI or the broader generative AI ecosystem. 

• Experience selling AI/ML data cloud or AI consulting services. 

• Experience with partner-led or co-sell motions involving OpenAI AWS Microsoft Google Cloud Snowflake Databricks or similar technology platforms. 

• Strong network of enterprise technology and business buyers across North America. 

• Experience converting prototypes workshops or proofs-of-concept into larger production programs. 

What Success Looks Like 

Within the first year this person will: 

• Establish strong working relationships with OpenAI commercial and account teams. 

• Build a meaningful pipeline of strategic North American opportunities. 

• Consistently create opportunities independent of inbound demand. 

• Close meaningful new-logo OpenAI engagements. 

• Establish repeatable OpenAI Blend account-development and co-sell motions. 

• Maintain approximately 34x qualified pipeline coverage against quota. 

• Meet or exceed their ramped new-logo bookings target. 

Additional Information :

The starting pay range for this role is $250k - $300k (base salary with additional commission). Actual compensation within the range will be dependent on several factors including but not limited to relevant experience skills certifications training and location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range and determining factors for compensation are considered for each individual circumstance. BLEND360 offers a competitive benefits program designed to support the health and financial well-being of our team members and their families. Benefits vary by role and eligibility and may include medical dental and vision coverage a 401(k) plan paid time off paid holidays commuter benefits flexible spending accounts life and disability insurance and employee assistance programs.   

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time