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Baseten

Manager, Strategic Sales

Baseten is hiring a Manager, Strategic Sales in San Francisco, United States. It pays $320k-$360k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Baseten.

Level's read on this job

  • Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this sales role: aI is not part of the work.
  • Pay on this posting starts 129% higher than the typical sales posting on Level.
  • Some of the work can be done remotely, according to the posting.
  • The posting mentions Cursor, Clay and AI research among its tools and skills.
  • Baseten has 106 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

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ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Sales Manager to help lead a team of Strategic Account Executives. This person will be responsible for building and coaching a team of high-performing sales reps, driving revenue growth, and partnering closely with product and engineering to bring our cutting-edge AI infrastructure to customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead and mentor a team of Strategic Account Executives to consistently exceed pipeline and revenue goals.

  • Help define and execution on go-to-market strategy for our fastest growing customer segment.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, and Engineering to align customer needs with Baseten’s product roadmap.

  • Be deeply engaged with the product, enabling reps to have highly technical conversations with prospects and customers.

  • Foster a culture of accountability, learning, and collaboration within the sales team.

REQUIREMENTS

  • 6+ years of closing sales experience, with 2+ years in management leading high-performing teams.

  • Strong technical acumen, ideally with background in AI infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms.

  • Comfortable operating in the weeds with technical products and guiding reps through complex deals.

  • Proven track record of success in Strategic/Enterprise sales environments.

  • Based in San Francisco or New York and open to coming in office at least 3 days per week (Tuesday-Thursday).

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity

  • (U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents

  • Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)

  • Paid parental leave

  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot

  • (U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k)

  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).

How we rate this

Manager, Strategic Sales at Baseten rates 26 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Pay

This job starts at
$320k
Typical sales job
$140k

This posting starts 129% above the typical sales job. See sales jobs

Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a research question you investigated. What did you find?
  2. Walk me through how you've used Cursor in your day-to-day work.
  3. What are the limits of Clay that you've run into, and how did you work around them?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: AI Research, Cursor, and Clay. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.

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