Emergence Capital Partners

Emergence Capital Partners

Founding GTM Lead

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 212 days ago
CRMSalesNegotiationOutbound SalesForecastingLeadershipCommunicationPublic Speaking

About the role

  • The best candidates combine hustle with strategic thinking - they can grind through outbound prospecting and also step back to analyze what's working and systematize it.

Responsibilities

  • Develop ideal customer profile, value proposition, and sales messaging through direct selling experience
  • Build pipeline through multiple channels: outbound prospecting, inbound qualification, partnerships, and network
  • Create and document sales playbook: qualification criteria, objection handling, competitive positioning
  • Implement sales tools and CRM processes that enable tracking and forecasting
  • Partner with product and engineering to translate market feedback into roadmap priorities
  • Hire and develop the first sales team members as volume and complexity increase
  • You'll build the go-to-market engine from scratch.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of B2B sales experience, with at least 2 years selling into enterprise accounts
  • Track record of quota attainment and closing complex deals ($50K+ ACV)
  • Experience as an early sales hire at a startup or selling a new product into an established market
  • Ability to sell consultatively, understanding customer problems and mapping solutions to value
  • Experience with technical or complex sales cycles requiring multi-stakeholder alignment
  • Comfort with ambiguity and ability to iterate on approach based on market feedback
  • Strong prospecting skills with experience building pipeline through outbound and network
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills for executive-level conversations

Nice to have

  • Experience selling AI, data, or technical products to enterprise buyers
  • Technical background that enables deeper product and customer conversations
  • Experience with PLG motions, partnerships, or channel sales in addition to direct enterprise sales

Company info

  • The playbook you create will become the foundation for how the company sells.
  • Own the full sales cycle from prospecting through negotiation to close for enterprise customers

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