Emerging Account Executive

About the Emerging Account Executive Role at Sigma

This is not your average Account Executive role. At Sigma, we believe that people are our most valuable resource, and so we relentlessly invest in our team. Emerging Account Executives are set up to thrive while generating meaningful pipeline, winning new customers, and directly contributing to the success of our organization.

Working with Sigma gives you the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a high-growth startup. Our Emerging Account Executives are crucial for growing our customer base and our company, making this one of Sigma’s most critical roles.

This role is based in New York City and will not be remote.

Who You Are

Sigma is looking for a go-getter who is hungry for personal growth and career advancement. You should understand the power and value of data in driving innovation and business initiatives and be principled, honest, humble, and hard-working.

What You Care About

• Learning from leaders who are dedicated to your success
• Working in a role you genuinely love with people you enjoy being around
• Making an impact in the fast-paced world of data
• Growing your leadership skills for a long and rewarding career

Your Contributions

As an Emerging Account Executive, you will contribute by:

• Maintaining, creating, and updating accurate customer, pipeline, and forecast information in Salesforce
• Using knowledge of the data and analytics space to interact with a diverse set of businesses in consultative sales
• Owning your sales process — from first call to demo to proposal to proof of concept to contract
• Working alongside a team of motivated reps on a high-functioning, energetic team
• Bringing on new customers and developing advocates for Sigma in the business intelligence market
• Engaging with partners in the data ecosystem to build pipeline or support specific customer needs and initiatives
• Generating new revenue for a rapidly growing company

Your Qualifications

• Ideally 1-2 years of experience closing deals
• Experience in the data space (Warehouses, Pipelines, Analytics, etc.) is preferred
• Background in high-tech software sales is preferred
• A track record of success in pipeline generation and quota attainment
• Partnership and co-selling experience is preferred
• Team player, hustler, all-around sales superstar
• Must be based in New York City (or be willing to relocate)

About Sigma

Sigma is the AI apps and analytics platform connected to the cloud data warehouse. Using Sigma, business and technical teams can build intelligent, production-ready AI apps that accelerate and automate operational workflows. Sigma provides a spreadsheet interface, SQL and Python editors, visual builders, and native AI to help teams turn live data into interactive applications, analysis, reports, and embedded experiences.

Sigma announced its $200M in Series D financing in May 2024, to continue transforming BI through its innovations in AI infrastructure, data application development, enterprise-wide collaboration, and business user adoption. Spark Capital and Avenir Growth Capital co-led the Series D funding round, with additional participation from a group of past investors including Snowflake Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. The Series D funding, raised at a valuation 60% higher than the company’s Series C round three years ago, promises to further accelerate Sigma’s growth.

Benefits For Our Full-Time Employees

• Equity
• Generous health benefits
• Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!
• Paid bonding time for all new parents
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Commuter and FSA benefits
• Lunch Program
• Dog friendly office

Key skills/competency

• Consultative Sales
• Pipeline Generation
• Quota Attainment
• CRM Management (Salesforce)
• Data Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Software Sales
• Customer Acquisition
• Partnership Development
• Data Ecosystem Knowledge