About the role
Enterprise customer service is being rebuilt around AI agents, and we are building the platform that wins it. Typewise (YC S22) is a 20-person AI company based in Zurich. Our technology is already used by 60+ enterprise customer-service teams such as Unilever, DHL, and Superhuman, and our AI Agent Platform connects to thousands of business systems to automate real work across support, sales, and commerce.
The product works. Customers see the value. We now need to take the AI Agent business from 1 to 10.
The role
As our Founding Sales Lead, you will build the sales engine and then the team that scales it. DACH is the initial focus because this is where we have the strongest access and references, but are clients are already international.
This is a hands-on player-coach role, not a conventional Head of Sales position. You will work directly with the founders, manage and develop an existing Account Executive, and partner closely with our customer success, product and technical teams. You will have full access to customers, company strategy, tools, and the people who can help you win important deals.
You will own the path from target-account selection to signed business: personally prospecting, cold calling, running campaigns, leading discovery and demos, building stakeholder coalitions, negotiating, and closing. You should be as comfortable inspecting enrichment data and configuring an AI-assisted outbound campaign as you are presenting to a C-level buyer.
Once the motion is proven, you will hire and build the international sales team around it.
What you will do
- Personally create and close mid-enterprise opportunities in DACH, while supporting selected international opportunities.
- Build an integrated outbound motion across cold calling, email, and LinkedIn.
- Define target accounts, build and quality-check lists, use AI for research and enrichment, and continuously improve campaigns from evidence.
