Account Executive - Japan
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What the team is looking for.
We're looking for an Account Executive to scale our business in Japan , a highly motivated self-starter who is passionate about voice AI and how it's transforming the way businesses build and engage with their customers.
Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a growing portfolio of new accounts across industries to help ElevenLabs meet its revenue goals.
- Proactively identify and generate new business opportunities that align with ElevenLabs' product offering and roadmap.
- Run agile, high-velocity outbound and outreach , moving fast from first touch to close.
- Negotiate contracts and close sales in collaboration with the Growth team.
- Develop and maintain a deep, hands-on understanding of ElevenLabs' products and how they map to customer use cases.
- Own KPI and sales performance tracking, providing weekly updates to the wider ElevenLabs team.
Requirements:
- Proven track record of meeting & exceeding sales targets in a fast-paced environment, including self-sourced pipeline.
- 5-7 years of previous experience in sales in a SaaS organisation.
- Strong product intuition , able to learn a technical product deeply and clearly articulate its value to customers. Genuine curiosity about Voice GenAI.
- A proactive, agile operator who moves fast rather than waiting for leads to come in.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation.
- A hybrid customer- & product-driven mentality that prioritises client satisfaction and scale.
- High fluency in Japanese; working proficiency in English.
Benefits:
- Innovative culture
- Growth paths
- Learning & development support
- Social travel stipend
- Annual company offsite
- Co-working stipend
- Sales
- SaaS
- Voice AI
- Japanese
- English
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