Rime — Founding Account Executive

job posting·professional role·active

Official active full-time posting for Founding Account Executive at Rime, located in San Francisco Bay Area; New York City.

Verified facts

Official site	https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rime/385985d7-42fd-4686-9ded-3aeee0a246dd ↗
Geography	United States
job board posting id	385985d7-42fd-4686-9ded-3aeee0a246dd
team	Revenue
location	San Francisco Bay Area; New York City
seniority	unspecified
department	Revenue
exact title	Founding Account Executive
role family	sales_solutions_partnerships
closing date	unknown
compensation	disclosed: false · parse state: not_publicly_disclosed
posting date	2026-05-06
employer name	Rime
posting status	active
workplace type	on-site
employment type	full-time
required skills	A genuine hunter. You create your own pipeline, move deals forward with urgency, and don't wait to be told what to do next.; Technically fluent. You understand APIs, AI pipelines, and developer workflows — not as a talking point, but because you're genuinely curious.; Customer-obsessed. You care about outcomes, not just signatures, and you build relationships that last beyond the close.; Energized by hard problems. Bespoke deals, new verticals, and undefined playbooks don't intimidate you — they motivate you.; A sharp communicator. You write clearly, present with confidence, and adapt from a platform engineer to a C-suite exec.; WHY JOIN RIME; Rime is an AI lab — you're not just selling software, you're working alongside the researchers and engineers building frontier voice models.; Voice AI is at an inflection point. The companies that win now will define the category — and you'll be one of the first commercial leaders helping shape that.; Direct exposure to how frontier AI gets built and deployed at scale, across some of the most demanding industries in the world.; Competitive compensation with meaningful equity and real performance upside — we want to build a small, high-performing team that has real ownership.; AT RIME, WE...; Are outliers; Cut through the hype to focus on the craft; Move fast with agency and freedom; Maintain a growth mindset, finding joy in the struggle; Do the right things, knowing that it'll lead to making money; If that sounds like you too, you'll be a great fit for Rime!
selection basis	official_current_board_freshness_or_domain_critical_role
employer subtype	speech_audio_ai_company
preferred skills	unknown
responsibilities	Own the full sales cycle — from cold outbound to signed contract. You find your way to the right buyers, earn their trust, and close.; Generate your own pipeline. You're a hunter who builds from zero — outbound, events, partner channels, whatever works.; Become a product expert. Run technical discovery, demo credibly to engineering and product teams, and translate capability into a clear business case.; Serve as a trusted advisor. Deeply understand your customers' priorities and help them deploy voice AI in ways that actually move their business forward.; Inform the roadmap. Synthesize market signals, customer feedback, and competitive intel — what you learn in the field shapes what we build.; Drive expansion. The initial contract is the floor. You build relationships that grow accounts over time.
work authorization	unknown
education requirements	unknown