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Cresta

Strategic Sales Director, East

Job Summary

This role involves managing the entire sales cycle with large enterprise clients, primarily Fortune 500 companies, to close strategic deals and drive company growth. The candidate will focus on articulating product value, building executive relationships, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. A strong background in SaaS enterprise sales, negotiation, and presenting to C-level executives is essential. The position offers a range of employee benefits and opportunities to help define the company's sales strategy in a dynamic startup environment.

Required Skills

Presentation Skills
Communication
Customer Relationship Management
Sales
Cross-functional Collaboration
Strategic Planning
Product Knowledge
Enterprise Software
Contract Negotiation
Complex Deal Negotiation

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Vacation
Work from Home Stipend
Monthly Gym & Phone Allowance

Job Description

Cresta is on a mission to turn every customer conversation into a competitive advantage by unlocking the true potential of the contact center. Our platform combines the best of AI and human intelligence to help contact centers discover customer insights and behavioral best practices, automate conversations and inefficient processes, and empower every team member to work smarter and faster. Born from the prestigious Stanford AI lab, Cresta's co-founder and chairman is Sebastian Thrun, the genius behind Google X, Waymo, Udacity, and more. Our leadership also includes CEO, Ping Wu, the co-founder of Google Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platform, and CTO & co-founder, Tim Shi, an early member of Open AI.
We’ve assembled a world-class team of AI and ML experts, go-to-market leaders, and top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Sequoia, and former AT&T CEO John Donovan. Our valued customers include brands like Intuit, Cox Communications, Hilton, and Carmax and we’ve been recognized by Forbes and Bain Consulting as one of the top private AI companies in the world.
Join us on this thrilling journey to revolutionize the workforce with AI. The future of work is here, and it's at Cresta.

About the role:

As a Strategic Sales Director you will focus on some of the largest companies in the US, working on big strategic deals that will change the trajectory of the company. You’ll identify and articulate how Cresta can unlock significant value for our customers, build relationships with key executives and evangelize cutting edge AI technology. As an early member of the team at a growing startup, you’ll have the opportunity to help define our sales process, participate in strategic decisions and help build an amazing sales culture.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the sales experience while building and managing relationships with key decision-makers and executives at Fortune 500 companies
  • Run complex sales cycles from initial contact to close
  • Prospect for new clients, design product presentations and business cases, develop and deliver proposals, negotiate and close contracts
  • Develop a command of the Cresta product, the Contact Center market, our unique competitive differentiators, and our customers’ needs
  • Partner closely with Product, Marketing, Customer Success and Engineering to deliver an exceptional customer experience
  • Hit your number

Qualifications We Value:

  • 7+ years of SaaS software sales experience at an enterprise level
  • Experience negotiating, structuring and executing complex enterprise-level agreements
  • Prior experience leading cross-functional teams through large deal close processes
  • Ability to articulate contractual, technical, and financial value points to customers, including executives
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with experience presenting to C-level executives
  • Ability to travel up to 25%

Perks & Benefits:

  • We offer Cresta employees a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family’s needs
  • Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend
  • Paid parental leave to support you and your family
  • Monthly Gym & Phone allowance
  • Work from home office stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment.
  • Lunches and dinners included for in-office employees via Grubhub

Compensation:

Compensation for this position includes a base salary, variable (OTE), equity, and a variety of benefits. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable. We are actively hiring for this role in USA, and offer competitive local pay and benefits. Your recruiter can provide further details.

We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Cresta recruiting email communications will always come from the @cresta.ai domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Cresta via other sources should be ignored. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Cresta employee, reach out to [email protected]

Interested in this job?

Application deadline: Open until filled

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Cresta

Cresta was founded with the goal of using AI to help people learn high-value skills and in doing so, make business radically more productive. Cresta’s team of world-renowned AI thought leaders, industry experts, and top-tier investors lean on experience from scaling companies like Google, Facebook, and Open AI on our march towards helping professionals become experts on day one.

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Date PostedMay 28th, 2025
Job TypeContract
LocationNew York, Remote
SalaryCompetitive rates
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