Account Executive (US-based)

Cerrion – Y Combinator–backed AI Start-up

Cerrion is one of the fastest-growing industrial AI companies. While our hub is in Zurich, we operate as a fully US-registered company. After achieving strong product–market fit and seeing rapidly increasing global demand, we are now expanding our Go-to-Market organization in the United States following significant demand and adoption by our US customers.

Our AI-powered video agents monitor industrial production processes in real time, detect anomalies, and automatically trigger corrective actions. Our mission: maximize efficiency, ensure safety, and eliminate downtime in manufacturing environments.

We are doubling down on the US to accelerate America’s reindustrialization and are hiring our first**** Enterprise Account Executive in the US – someone who wants to shape Cerrion’s commercial presence from the ground up and help us build a category-defining industrial AI company.

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What you'll do

As our first Enterprise Account Executive in the US, you will play a pivotal role in establishing Cerrion’s commercial footprint in North America:

• Build, own, and scale your pipeline of target accounts across manufacturing and adjacent industrial verticals.
• Develop six-figure deals and accounts into seven-figure, multi-site AI programs by driving strategic expansion across plants and business units.
• Navigate complex buying cycles, engaging decision-makers and operators, and leading negotiations end-to-end.
• Develop and execute market-specific sales strategies tailored to US industrial buyers.

Provide accurate forecasts, drive GTM alignment, and clearly communicate risks and opportunities to leadership.

• Work closely with Customer Success to identify expansion opportunities, new KPIs, and value metrics.
• Partner directly with Product & Engineering to represent customer needs and influence the product roadmap.
• Evangelize our vision of AI-powered efficiency, safety, quality, and operational excellence across the industrial sector.
• Work closely together with our CEO to scale our US GTM.

Who you are

• Experiences in building and scaling Sales Teams is a great plus.
• 3–7 years of enterprise sales experience with a strong track record in SaaS / Cloud / Enterprise Software within a recurring-revenue model.
• Consistent history of achieving and exceeding quota in long, consultative, and complex sales cycles.
• Experience selling into industrial / manufacturing, IIoT, automation, or related technical environments is highly valuable.
• Experience selling AI/ML-driven solutions is a plus.
• Proven ability to create pipeline independently (outbound/inbound), land new logos, and drive strategic expansion.
• Comfortable selling technical products to both executive and operational stakeholders.
• Highly motivated, ambitious, self-starter mindset with the drive to build something from zero.
• Methodical, data-driven, and rigorous in forecasting and sales process execution.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage environment with high ownership and limited structure.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to travel up to 70%.

What we offer

• Equity package – own a meaningful share of the company through our Employee Stock Option Program.
• Top-tier commission plan – exceed your targets and benefit directly.
• High-impact role – shape our US GTM strategy and be directly responsible for driving Cerrion’s growth in our largest market.
• Fast-growth environment – work directly with the founders and GTM leadership in one of the most exciting industrial AI startups.