Founding Account Executive - Startups

FOUNDING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - STARTUPS

Location: San Francisco (in-person, in-office, full-time ONLY)

Compensation: $350K-$500K OTE | Uncapped Commission | Offers Equity

ABOUT VIRIO

Virio is building the next-generation B2B GTM stack.

Backed by investors and operators from LinkedIn, YouTube, HubSpot, Rippling, and Google, we help the fastest-growing B2B companies go to market through executive-led content that drives revenue.

We're hiring a Founding Account Executive - Startups to sell Virio into the startup segment: founders and GTM leaders at Series A–D B2B SaaS companies. You'll take our founder-led sales motion and turn it into a repeatable one.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Own the full sales cycle for the startup segment: prospecting, discovery, demo, close

- Self-source a meaningful share of your own pipeline, not just work inbound

- Sell founder-to-founder. Speak the language of the buyer because you've been in their seat

- Turn founder-led sales instincts into a documented, repeatable process others can run

- Shape ICP, pricing, and packaging based on what you're hearing from real deals

- Feed product and messaging directly with buyer feedback and objections

- Help define what the startup-segment sales org looks like as we scale past you

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- You've been a founder, or a founding/very early sales hire at a startup. Not general sales leadership. Actual founding experience

- Direct experience with founder-led sales, either running it yourself or building the motion that replaced it

- You've sold to founders or execs at early-stage startups and know how they buy

- You're comfortable being the only AE, with no playbook, no SDR team, and no CRM hygiene handed to you

- You self-source. You don't wait for a lead list

- Track record of closing revenue in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

- You think from first principles and build process rather than inherit it

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience selling into vertical SaaS (FinTech, PropTech, HealthTech, data infra, LegalTech)

- Comfort with $30K–150K+ ACV deal sizes

- Existing network of founders/operators in the Series A–D B2B SaaS world

- Prior AI-native or tooling-heavy GTM experience

TRAITS THAT THRIVE AT VIRIO

- High agency & execution bias – Takes action immediately without waiting for direction

- Pipeline obsession – Focused on pipeline quality, velocity, and sustained forward momentum

- Comfort with ambiguity – Energized by uncertainty and motivated by building from scratch

- Direct, accountable communication – Values clarity, speed, and ownership in communication

- Low ego & relentless ownership – Takes full responsibility and follows through without excuses

BENEFITS

- Work directly with the CEO

- Competitive total compensation aligned to impact and ownership

- Meaningful equity upside as part of the founding team

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- 401(k) plan

- All meals covered in office

- Relocation support for San Francisco

- Company-wide annual off-site

- High ownership, high trust, and fast career progression alongside world-class client partners

- In-person culture with deep commitment to excellence

This is a full-time, on-site role based in San Francisco with the team coming in 6 days/week. We do not offer hybrid or remote positions.