Senior Account Executive (Austin, Texas)
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Austin, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Were hiring a Senior Account Executive to play a pivotal role in the next phase of growth for one of PatSnaps most strategic and fastest-growing verticals.
This is an opportunity to join a business that is redefining how R&D organizations discover protect and commercialize innovation. Trusted by 18000 companies including 1/3 of the top R&D spenders globally PatSnaps AI-native platform combines patent intelligence regulatory data and market insights to help customers make better decisions across the innovation lifecycle.
As a Senior Account Executive youll lead strategic consultative sales cycles with some of the most innovative organizations in the world. Youll engage senior stakeholders across R&D innovation IP competitive intelligence and commercial functions helping solve complex business challenges that directly influence product development portfolio strategy and long-term growth.
This isnt transactional SaaS be responsible for building and executing territory plans generating and progressing pipeline and managing complex multi-threaded opportunities from initial engagement through to close. The conversations are commercially significant highly visible and often tied to some of the most important innovation decisions an organization can make.
Were looking for an ambitious consultative seller who thrives in complex environments and enjoys translating sophisticated challenges into meaningful business outcomes. We are looking for a hunter and a consultant not an order taker who can confidently engage technical and commercial audiences alike.
- VC-backed Unicorn with a $1B valuation strong financial backing and ambitious global growth plans
- Trusted by leading innovation companies like Tesla Colgate Nissan Bose BAT LOreal and MIT.
- 20% YoY growth and 82% growth in enterprise deals focusing on larger opportunities with R&D focus.
- AI-native platform with advanced agentic capabilities creating genuine differentiation in an increasingly competitive market
- Drive the growth of our North American territory particularly the West Coast
- Join a collaborative high-performance culture with strong leadership enablement and career progression opportunities
- Influence the growth of one of PatSnaps highest growth potential geographic territory
- Make a meaningful impact on organizations driving some of the worlds most important innovations and breakthroughs
If youre looking for a role that combines strategic enterprise selling cutting-edge AI technology and the opportunity to shape the future of innovation wed love to speak with you.
Want to see the platform youd be representingCheck out this short overview video here.
This is a remote-based position for candidates located in Austin Texas who can collaborate with colleagues in San Antonio from time to time.
- Drive net-new logo acquisition and revenue growth across EMEA and North America.
- Consistently achieve and exceed revenue targets and core sales KPIs.
- Own the full end-to-end sales cycle from outbound prospecting through discovery negotiation and close.
- Partner with Account Managers to expand existing customers into new buying centres where relevant.
- Build and convert a strong pipeline with accurate forecasting and disciplined reporting.
- Run a multi-channel sales process across phone Microsoft Teams and face-to-face meetings as needed.
- Attend and represent PatSnap at conferences occasionally taking up speaking roles at these too if needed.
- Develop strong product and market expertise within the IP services and software space.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product GTM and Marketing to support go-to-market activity and share customer insights.
- 5 years of 360 SaaS sales experience and a proven track record of hitting or exceeding targets.
- Must have a tech sales experience in a fast paced company.
- Confident in high-volume outbound outreach; from cold calling to pipeline building and engaging prospects. The role is a hunter role specifically put in this region to have better prospecting coverage for the Americas and West Coast market.
- Communicate clearly present persuasively and have the leadership presence to influence decision-makers.
- Successfully engaged senior stakeholders and navigated complex sales cycles.
- Bonus points if youve worked in Innovation/IP solutions or speak an additional language.
- Youre hungry to grow excited by complex sales and motivated to make a real impact.
- AI adopter and champion you want to use AI to produce high quality prep & outputs in order to allocate more facetime with clients where it matters.
- Unlimited vacation
- 2 volunteer days for community volunteering
- Health and dental benefits for you and your dependents
- 401K matching
- Remote work environment WFH stipend for your home office set-up
- 24/7 employee assistance program which provides access to virtual healthcare therapy financial and legal assistance wellness counselling and resources for family support.
- Integrity: We hold each other accountable for our actions.
- Leadership: We lead by example and inspire each other to reach for new heights.
- Openness: We are open and honest and share our ideas with care and consideration.
- Growth: We are lifelong learners who aspire to improve each day.
- Innovation: We seek out new ways to solve problems.
- Customer: Our customer is at the center of everything we do. Their success is our success.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Patsnap empowers IP and R&D teams with advanced AI to get better answers and make faster decisions. Increase IP productivity by 75% while reducing R&D wastage by 25%.
