Strategic Account Executive (Chicago/MidWest)

Deepgram is the leading platform underpinning the emerging trillion-dollar Voice AI economy, providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and building production-grade voice agents at scale. More than 200,000 developers and 1,300+ organizations build voice offerings that are ‘Powered by Deepgram’, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Daily, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box. Deepgram’s voice-native foundation models are accessed through cloud APIs or as self-hosted and on-premises software, with unmatched accuracy, low latency, and cost efficiency. Backed by a recent Series C led by leading global investors and strategic partners, Deepgram has processed over 50,000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram.

At Deepgram, we expect an AI-first mindset—AI use and comfort aren’t optional, they’re core to how we operate, innovate, and measure performance.

Every team member who works at Deepgram is expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, and even build your own into your everyday work. We measure how effectively AI is applied to deliver results, and consistent, creative use of the latest AI capabilities is key to success here. Candidates should be comfortable adopting new models and modes quickly, integrating AI into their workflows, and continuously pushing the boundaries of what these technologies can do.

Additionally, we move at the pace of AI. Change is rapid, and you can expect your day-to-day work to evolve just as quickly. This may not be the right role if you’re not excited to experiment, adapt, think on your feet, and learn constantly, or if you’re seeking something highly prescriptive with a traditional 9-to-5.

Deepgram is looking for a Strategic Account Executive to drive new customers and revenue to our rapidly growing company.  You will have the opportunity to sell a patented world-class Voice AI platform that has been enabling our customers to achieve things previously not attainable with voice.  We are looking for hungry and talented sales professionals to help us take our top-line revenue to new heights!
We are looking for one person to be in the Chicago area or at least the midwest area for customer on site meetings and presence!

What You'll Do

• Self-prospecting to build a strong sales pipeline of new logos, striving to exceed quarterly and annual sales targets, as well as partnering with the Marketing, SDR, and Partner teams to generate meetings

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (especially Sales Ops and Sales Engineers) to ensure sales effectiveness

• Have a depth of understanding regarding customer needs in the STT, TTS, and Voice Agent space, competition, and Deepgram products to be able to articulate Deepgram’s value proposition fully

• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, work with CSMs to drive upsell opportunities and manage existing accounts ongoing

You’ll Love This Role If You

• Value having leadership that has tenure and a track record of success

• Thrive working with A Players as cross-functional partners across GTM

• Understand the importance of selling a product that is market validated and can deliver on its technical promise

• Believe there should be no cap to upside and want control of account up-sell potential

• Are passionate about what Deepgram is building and how we are changing what is possible with speech

It’s Important to Us That You Have

• Proven 7-12 + years of experience experience in a technical full-cycle sales role

• Proven experience managing complex Enterprise and/or Strategic partner new deal cycles and expansion relationships

• Experience building your own pipeline and closing accounts

• Consistent overachievement against sales targets in past experiences

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Empathy and a unique ability to understand customer needs

• Highly organized with exceptional follow-up skills due to managing multiple opportunities at any given time

• Ability to drive a consistent and repeatable sales process

It Would Be Great If You Had

• Familiarity with Challenger or Triangle sales methodology

• Experience selling to a technical audience in a similar space

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