Strategic Account Executive, Retail

Cursor is hiring a Strategic Account Executive, Retail for a remote role open to applicants in United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cursor.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this sales role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
This is listed as a remote role.
The posting mentions Grok among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as an executive role.
Cursor has 125 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

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SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

About the role

You’ll be a Strategic Account Executive selling Cursor into consumer-facing enterprises where engineering velocity impacts revenue and customer experience (ecommerce, marketplaces, hospitality platforms, media/streaming, entertainment brands). You’ll win by proving real-world impact and scaling adoption across large product engineering orgs.

What you’ll do

Own a vertical portfolio and net-new strategy across retail/hospitality/entertainment
Build relationships across Product Engineering, DevEx, Security, and Procurement
Tie Cursor to outcomes like faster launches, fewer defects, and reduced operational toil
Run hands-on POVs with real repos and production workflows
Navigate enterprise security/compliance reviews and commercial negotiation
Drive adoption plans (enablement, champions, rollout sequencing) and expansions
Share customer learnings to sharpen Cursor’s positioning and rollout playbooks

You may be a fit if

You have 7+ years enterprise closing experience; consumer/internet background is a plus
You’re comfortable selling to technical buyers and quantifying business impact
You have strong outbound + account planning chops; you create pipeline consistently
You're a true hunter - you proactively build pipeline from scratch through outbound prospecting, creative sourcing, and relentless follow-up, rather than relying on inbound demand
You are a high ownership IC who moves fast and communicates crisply

How we rate this

Strategic Account Executive, Retail at Cursor rates 23 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.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ 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.