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Enterprise Account Executive

Anyscale · New York, NY

Base
$330K–$370K
OTE
Not disclosed
Quota attainment
Not disclosed
Posted
Yesterday

Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.

Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”

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What Anyscale sells

Scale AI apps from laptop to many computers

Building an AI app is easy on one laptop, but making it run across many computers is hard work that takes experts. Anyscale runs Ray, a tool that lets regular developers take an AI app from a laptop to a large group of computers. Teams can then get their AI projects working faster and out to real people.

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The Braun Read

Ask hard questions

Too much is left unsaid. Make them answer before you invest.

Pay
Base is listed but not OTE. Ask what the variable is and how many people hit it.
Transparency
Says nothing about quota, attainment, deal size, territory or sales cycle.
Pipeline
Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
Time on market
Brand new.
Company hiring
2 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace.

Based only on what the posting says. Flags are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?

    OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.

  2. 2.

    What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?

    Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.

  3. 3.

    Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?

    A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.

  4. 4.

    Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?

    Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.

  5. 5.

    What's the OTE, and what did the median rep earn last year?

    Base is what you're guaranteed. OTE and the median show the upside.

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.

When the offer comes

Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.

  1. 1.

    Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?

    What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.

  2. 2.

    Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?

    The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.

  3. 3.

    I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?

    Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.

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The role

Sell Anyscale's Ray-based distributed computing platform to enterprise ML, cloud, and infrastructure buyers. Hunter role: prospect, build your own pipeline, and run executive-level deals in the Bay Area.

Enterprise · New Logo · Outbound

Selling motion

New Logo

Who you're selling to

Buyer:
Developers and data scientistsIn their words: “so that any developer or data scientist can scale an ML application from their laptop to the cluster”
Company size:
Enterprise

Pipeline expectations

Mostly self-sourced. Expect a lot of outbound.

Compensation

$330K–$370K base

What is not disclosed

This posting doesn't tell you:

  • OTE
  • Quota size
  • Quota attainment
  • Average deal size
  • Territory
  • Sales cycle length

The questions above cover the big ones.

Full posting
  About Anyscale: At Anyscale https://www.anyscale.com/, we're on a mission to democratize distributed computing and make it accessible to software developers of all skill levels. We’re commercializing Ray https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/, a popular open-source project that's creating an ecosystem of libraries for scalable machine learning. Companies like OpenAI https://thenewstack.io/how-ray-a-distributed-ai-framework-helps-power-chatgpt/, Uber https://www.uber.com/blog/horovod-ray/, Spotify https://engineering.atspotify.com/2023/02/unleashing-ml-innovation-at-spotify-with-ray/, Instacart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t26ucTy0Rs&list=PLzTswPQNepXmLUiL4F_1VHrPcCz1OeILw&index=23&pp=iAQB, Cruise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0BqvfX_wI&list=PLzTswPQNepXmLUiL4F_1VHrPcCz1OeILw&index=46&pp=iAQB, and many more, have Ray in their tech stacks to accelerate the progress of AI applications out into the real world. With Anyscale, we’re building the best place to run Ray, so that any developer or data scientist can scale an ML application from their laptop to the cluster without needing to be a distributed systems expert. Proud to be backed by Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and Addition https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-anyscale-adds-99-million-to-andressen-horowitz-led-funding-round-11661254200 with $250+ million raised to date.   About the role: Anyscale is growing its Sales Team! We're looking for a Bay Area based Enterprise Account Executive to build out our enterprise-level client relationships. This is a Hunter role, so you will be prospecting, developing, and closing new business while focusing on the clients’ requirements. The Enterprise AE’s must have the confidence and ability to negotiate and close agreements with clients and support new customers. This role is a unique opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to high visibility, high impact projects at a very exciting time for the company. Anyscale is an innovative, high-growth, customer-focused company in a large and growing market. If you are an energetic, self-managed professional with experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities, we’d love to hear from you.   As part of this role, you will: - Achieve sales quotas for named accounts on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a sales strategy in the allocated territory with a target prospect list, and a regional sales plan - Develop marketing plans with the marketing team to drive revenue growth - Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future roadmap to drive the Anyscale solution within the marketplace - Prospect qualification and the development of new sales opportunities and ongoing revenue streams - Arrange and conduct initial Executive and CxO discussions and positioning meetings - Sales process management and opportunity closure - Ongoing account management to ensure customer satisfaction and drive additional revenue streams. - Be familiar with solution-based approach to selling, have experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities - Some understanding of the data, compute, ML space and an ability to carry a technical conversation on these topics   We'd love to hear from you if you have: - A track record of success in driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement - 5+ years of full cycle sales experience selling software or cloud based applications - Emphasis on ML, Cloud, and Infrastructure solutions - Ability to generate meetings, build your own pipeline while running strategy engagements with prospects and potential customers - Experience determining customer requirements and presenting appropriate solutions - Proactive, independent thinker with high energy/positive attitude - Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and relationship management skillsAbility to thrive in fast-paced startup environment   WHY ANYSCALE - We're on a mission to make scalable computing effortless. Ray is the AI Compute Engine at the center of some of the world's most powerful AI platforms - Our tech is in production at companies like OpenAI, Uber, Spotify, Instacart, and Cruise - We're backed by Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and Addition, with $250M+ raised to date - Recent partnerships with Azure, CoreWeave, and Google Cloud are putting AI-native compute directly into enterprise environments - Competitive salary and equity, plus health/dental/vision coverage (many plans up to 99% employer-covered) - We offer flexible time off, paid parental leave, and mental health support Anyscale Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates are evaluated without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.   Anyscale Inc. is an E-Verify company and you may review the Notice of E-Verify Participation https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kt2S6_k_SjxaEdGowH4rngVdg2ApAQV3/view?usp=sharing and the Right to Work posters in English and Spanish https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K3Nz72xgsU2hngnVUEu53wEeZjbAMbnZ/view?usp=sharing
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