Account Executive - North America - Strategic

<h2>About ElevenLabs</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $11B - multiples of 11, always.<br><br>We have expanded from voice into three main platforms:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>How we work</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>High-velocity: </strong>Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Impact not job titles: </strong>We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>AI first:</strong> We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Excellence everywhere: </strong>Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Global team: </strong>We prioritize your talent, not your location.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>What we offer</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Innovative culture:</strong> You’ll be part of a generational opportunity to define the trajectory of AI, surrounded by a team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Growth paths: </strong>Joining ElevenLabs means joining a dynamic team with countless opportunities to drive impact - beyond your immediate role and responsibilities.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Learning & development</strong>: ElevenLabs proactively supports professional development through an annual discretionary stipend.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Social travel</strong>: We also provide an annual discretionary stipend to meet up with colleagues each year, however you choose.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Annual company offsite: </strong>Each year, we bring the entire team together in a new location - past offsites have included Croatia and Italy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Co-working</strong>: If you’re not located near one of our main hubs, we offer a monthly co-working stipend.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re building a dedicated Strategic Accounts team to own ElevenLabs’ most important customer relationships in North America, and we’re looking for a high-impact Strategic Account Executive to be among the first hires.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a named-account role with a focused portfolio. You'll drive new business and expansion inside complex enterprise organizations, building multi-threaded executive relationships and positioning yourself as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders navigating real transformation - across customer experience, product, and operations.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">These aren't transactional engagements. You'll architect custom solutions that combine our technology and services, collaborate cross-functionally to deliver measurable outcomes, and bring field intelligence directly into our product roadmap. You're not just executing a playbook - you're writing it.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own and grow a focused portfolio of strategic accounts, driving both net-new business and expansion</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Develop and execute multi-year account strategies across business units, geographies, and use cases</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Identify, scope, and close large, complex deals (multi-product, multi-region, custom solutions)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build deep, multi-threaded relationships across executive, product, engineering, and business stakeholders</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Act as a strategic advisor, educating on emerging trends and shaping customers’ long-term AI roadmap</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner cross-functionally with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, and Partnerships to deliver and expand</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Translate patterns from bespoke deals into repeatable frameworks, offerings, and product insights</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Feed learnings from the field into the product roadmap and broader strategic sales playbook</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Drive creative outbound and high-touch engagement strategies (onsites, exec briefings, events)</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">6-10+ years of quota-carrying experience with a focus on strategic / enterprise accounts</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven track record of closing and expanding seven-figure+ deals within named accounts</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience leading complex, multi-threaded sales cycles across large organizations</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong ability to drive land-and-expand motions and long-term account growth</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience scoping consultative, custom deals that go beyond standard SKUs</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Technical fluency - able to engage product and engineering leaders on APIs, integrations, and architecture</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Executive presence with the ability to influence C-suite stakeholders and long-term strategy</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Track record of translating customer needs into product feedback and roadmap influence</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Creative, self-driven approach to outbound and pipeline generation</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable operating in a high-growth, ambiguous environment, building playbooks from scratch</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Willingness to travel for customer engagements (onsites, QBRs, executive meetings)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong bias toward action, ownership, and leveraging AI in day-to-day workflows</p></li></ul>

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