SalesPatriot

Account Executive - Industrial Vertical

San Francisco, US Full-time

Our Mission

America’s defense industrial base runs on infrastructure built in the 1980s. Distributors and manufacturers managing our supply chain still manually stitch together email threads, supplier quotes, PDFs, government solicitations, and archaic ERP exports to manage billions of dollars passing through our supply chain in component level assemblies.

SalesPatriot changes that.

We're building the AI-native command center for U.S. defense logistics, eliminating the manual bottlenecks slowing down critical national security workflows. From F-35 bearings to Blackhawk rotor hubs, we’re helping distributors and manufactures quote faster, win more, and deliver the parts that keep NATO safe.

Quick Facts

  • YC W25 company. Top 5% growth in batch

  • Raised $6M+ seed, on a hyper-growth trajectory

  • Backed by YC, SV Angel, Pear VC, and CRV

  • We work 12–15 hour days because we’re obsessed with the mission

Company Overview

Sales Patriot builds workflow operating systems for high-volume, quote-driven sales and sourcing teams. After strong traction in aviation, we are expanding into the energy and industrial aftermarket , where distributors, OEM service organizations, and aftermarket suppliers manage large volumes of inbound RFQs, sourcing requests, and service-critical parts workflows.

Our platform helps teams eliminate manual friction, improve quote velocity, and increase conversion in environments where speed, accuracy, and uptime matter.

Role Summary

The Account Executive – Energy & Industrial Aftermarket will build and scale Sales Patriot’s presence across energy, industrial, and aftermarket supply chains. This role is focused on relationship-driven enterprise sales , targeting organizations where quoting, sourcing, and service workflows are complex, high-volume, and operationally critical.

This is an opportunity to own and build a vertical. Compensation strongly rewards performance with uncapped upside.

Key Responsibilities

Pipeline Development & Market Penetration

  • Build a prioritized pipeline of energy and industrial aftermarket organizations, including:

  • Focus on accounts with high RFQ volume, fragmented sourcing workflows, and manual quoting processes.

Full-Cycle Enterprise Sales

  • Own the full sales process from initial outreach through close:

  • Navigate long, complex sales cycles involving procurement, operations, service, IT, and executive stakeholders.

Consultative & Relationship Selling

  • Build trusted relationships across sales desks, sourcing teams, operations leaders, and executives.

  • Position Sales Patriot as a strategic workflow partner, not a point solution.

  • Translate operational pain points into clear business outcomes.

Proof of Value & Expansion

  • Structure pilots that demonstrate measurable improvements such as:

  • Partner with Customer Success and Product teams to ensure adoption, retention, and expansion.

Market Feedback & Thought Leadership

  • Provide structured feedback on:

  • Represent Sales Patriot at industry events, conferences, and targeted customer engagements.

Ideal Qualifications

Industry Experience

  • 5+ years experience in:

  • Familiarity with aftermarket economics where parts and services drive recurring revenue.

Relevant Background

  • Experience selling B2B software, workflow platforms, or AI-enabled tools into industrial or energy customers.

  • Strong fit for candidates from industrial SaaS or workflow automation companies (e.g., quoting, sourcing, or procurement platforms such as Canals.ai or similar).

Sales Profile

  • Proven enterprise or complex B2B sales experience.

  • Relationship-driven, consultative selling style.

  • Comfortable selling to operational and technical stakeholders.

  • Motivated by performance-based compensation and vertical ownership.

Personal Attributes

  • Self-directed and comfortable operating remotely.

  • Strong communicator, both written and verbal.

  • Willing to travel to customer sites and industry events as needed.

What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months

  • Established a repeatable pipeline within the energy and industrial aftermarket.

  • Closed early lighthouse customers and guided successful onboarding.

  • Demonstrated measurable operational and commercial improvements for customers.

  • Documented a go-to-market playbook for scaling the vertical.

  • Achieved strong performance-based compensation outcomes.

Work Environment

  • Fully remote role

  • Flexible travel aligned with customer needs

  • High-ownership, performance-driven culture

Why Join Us

  • Founding Experience: Help define the culture, roadmap, and the team from the ground up.

  • Real Equity: You’ll own a meaningful slice of a rocket ship.

  • Direct National Impact: Your work will influence how defense logistics function in the U.S.

  • Immediate Feedback Loop: No waiting around - you’ll see your work change lives in days.

  • No B-Team: You’ll work with brilliant, gritty teammates who push hard and play to win.

🚀 Y Combinator Company Info

Y Combinator Batch: W25
Team Size: 13 employees
Industry: B2B Software and Services -> Operations
Company Description: We help defense firms win more contracts with the Pentagon

📋 Job Details

Job Type: Full-time