Founding US Sales Associate - Agentic AI
About the role
Founding US pipeline-focused sales role responsible for opening doors, generating conviction, and creating high-quality opportunities for Athena AI in the US market from San Francisco.
Responsibilities
- Build high-quality outbound pipeline for Athena in the US market
- Research accounts deeply and design creative, thoughtful outreach strategies
- Open conversations with HR, Finance, Ops, and AI / Transformation leaders
- Test messaging, positioning, and ICP hypotheses through live outreach
- Qualify opportunities rigorously before handing them to AEs
- Partner closely with AEs and founders to refine targeting and approach
- Feed real-world signal back into messaging, product, and GTM strategy
Qualifications
- 1-4 years of experience in a BDR, SDR, or commercial role (or equivalent)
- Demonstrated ability to generate outbound pipeline in B2B SaaS
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Intellectual curiosity and interest in AI, systems, and automation
- Ambition - you see this as a step toward a bigger role over time
- Comfort working in fast-moving, early-stage environments
Skills
Benefits
- Market-leading compensation that reflects your value
- 25 days paid time off each year plus public holidays
- Share Options with 5-year exercise window
- Free Thursday lunches at HQ, quarterly team events, and company offsites
- Top tier private coverage for health, vision and dental care
- A new MacBook and tools you need to do your best work
- Enhanced parental leave with up to 16 weeks for primary and 4 weeks for secondary
- Learning & development budget

About Humaans
AI-Powered HRIS for high performing teams
Humaans is a next generation HRIS supporting globally distributed organisations. Powered by a flexible data model, deep integrations, fast APIs, and enriched by AI, Humaans removes manual work, reduce compliance risk and enhance your employee experience. Humaans reduces ongoing administrative work by 65% and onboarding time by an average of 55%. We've raised $20 million in VC funding to date. Investors include major Tech players such as Lachy Groom; Slack founder Stewart Butterfield; Shopify founder Tobias Lütke; Figma Founder Dylan Field; Linkedin ex-CEO Jeff Weiner; Stripe COO Claire Johnson; Y Combinator; Moonfire; Frontline Ventures; Exor and more.
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