Description
Shakudo is looking for an Account Executive with an investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or consulting background to join our dynamic sales team. As an Account Executive, you will play a pivotal role in driving revenue expansion and customer acquisition.
No prior sales experience is required
This is a unique opportunity for recent graduates or early-career professionals to transition into a high-impact role in the tech industry. The ideal candidate demonstrates analytical thinking abilities with a focus on understanding client needs and developing appropriate solutions. We're looking for someone who can approach business challenges methodically and connect our technical offerings to clients' business objectives.
About Shakudo
Shakudo is revolutionizing how enterprises handle their sensitive data and AI/ML operations. We provide a platform that self-hosts the best data, AI, and ML tools inside our clients' infrastructure, and pair it with a forward-deployed engineering team to help develop custom solutions.
Our customers include leading organizations in highly sensitive sectors - such as space & defense, nuclear energy solutions, healthcare, financial services, oil & gas, etc. - that are eager to innovate with data but need to keep their data and AI tooling in-house.
What you will do
- Execute a strategic plan to identify and engage mid-market and enterprise businesses in data-sensitive industries.
- Build lasting relationships with C-level stakeholders by understanding their technical and business challenges.
- Own a sales process - managing everything from lead generation to close - and maintain a deal pipeline.
- Collaborate with our engineering team to develop tailored solutions for clients.
Requirements
- 6-8 months co-op or 1-2 years experience in investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or management consulting.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Sciences, Public Policy, or similar from a Canadian or US university.
Top Skills
What We Do
Shakudo is an easy to use data platform that has everything that a data team needs to deliver products end-to-end and continuously adds new integrations that data teams want. By using Shakudo data teams become less reliant on engineers. Shakudo’s platform automates many common engineering and development tasks, and comes with built-in tools that simplify the process of scaling data solutions
