Account Executive

About Dust We're creating a new AI operating system that has the potential to change the way companies operate . Our mission at Dust is to transform how work gets done by letting any team and employee shape the exact agents they need to accelerate their work. With 70%+ weekly active users, people stick with Dust as much as they do with Slack and Notion. We already are a core part of their jobs. We're at an exciting stage of our journey and growing fast. We're serving great customers like Cursor, Clay, Whatnot, and Persona, and aim to 5x our growth by the end of 2026. Dust is a Sequoia-backed company with an experienced and determined team of optimists (coming from companies like Stripe and OpenAI) that likes to focus on users, getting great things done by shipping fast, and doesn’t take itself too seriously while doing so. This Role As an Account Executive at Dust, you'll drive our mission to transform how work gets done through AI. You'll build our customer base among digital native and larger businesses, representing our innovative AI operating system that empowers teams to create the exact agents they need. Joining Dust also means pioneering a new form of Business Development. As a GenAI-native company, Dust aims to illustrate how GenAI can help redefine the experience customers can expect from software and how sales teams can be designed with GenAI in mind. You’ll contribute to building a new category from the ground up in a fast-paced environment that encourages a doer attitude and ownership over outcomes as we work to 5x our revenue by the end of 2025.

Responsibilities 1. Business Development & Market Expansion Evangelize the new paradigm Dust is creating and help Dust truly transform how work gets done. Drive new business acquisition by targeting digital native and larger businesses Identify strategic expansion opportunities to generate additional revenue Drive market expansion by identifying and developing new opportunities, establishing a strong presence in key regions, and building strategic relationships 2. Sales Strategy & Pipeline Management Manage a pipeline of multi-stakeholder sales opportunities from lead to close, navigating 2-6 month sales cycles Source quality outbound sales pipeline from target accounts through strategic prospecting Qualify and manage new opportunities generated by Marketing and other channels 3. Customer Experience & Relationship Management Provide an exceptional buying experience for our customers that showcases how Dust can transform their work Seamlessly hand over new customers to the Customer Success team 4. Analytics, Reporting & Strategic Insights Develop a deep understanding of our target markets, ideal customer profile(s), and value proposition, as well as competitive positioning Use CRM and other sales tools to manage your pipeline effectively Report to leadership in weekly forecast meetings and 1:1s Provide feedback from the market to Product, Marketing, and Dust leadership to inform our product roadmap, target profiles, and go-to-market strategies