Strategic Account Executive (Chicago/MidWest)

Deepgram is bringing the world’s most natural interface, voice, to the technology we use every day. Our speech models and real-time infrastructure power AI systems that keep up with the way people actually speak. More than 5,000 organizations run conversational voice AI on Deepgram in production, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box.

The Deepgram Voice Agent Platform brings together speech-to-text, text-to-speech and speech-to-speech, with voice-native foundation models available through cloud APIs or self-hosted and on-premises deployments. Built for accuracy, low latency and cost efficiency, Deepgram makes high-quality voice experiences practical to build and run at scale. More than 650,000 developers have used Deepgram to process more than 200,000 years of audio. Every day, more of the world’s conversations with AI run on our models.

Operating Principles:

Deepgram is a research company that productizes as fast as possible. Four Operating Principles shape how we think, decide, and work together:

1. Compress before you communicate. You think it through first, then lead with the bottom line.

2. Resist entropy. You question what already exists before adding more process or tools.

3. Solve the category. You fix recurring problems at the source, not one case at a time.

4. Work at the frontier. You go after problems no one has solved yet.

We look for people who already work this way, and these principles shape how we grow and evaluate our team.

We build AI that millions of people talk to, and we run the company the same way. AI is how we centralize work here, and is core to how we operate.

That means more than using the tools. We expect you to:

• Build, not just use. Design your own workflows and agents, and use AI to remove whole categories of work instead of doing the same work faster.

• Own the output. AI can speed up the work. It doesn’t make anyone less accountable for it. You understand, verify, and stand behind everything you share, including what an agent produces for you.

• Spend the time you get back at the frontier. The capacity AI creates goes toward problems no one has solved yet.

• Keep pace. Models and tools change every month, and so will your work. You adopt what’s new quickly and drop what no longer earns its place.

We judge AI by what it helps you deliver and whether you stand behind the result, not by how often you use it. In interviews, expect to walk us through a workflow you built and where you drew the line between AI and your own judgment.

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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