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# Account Executive (GTME - Strategic) at Clay Labs

- **Company:** [Clay Labs](https://feeny.ai/companies/clay-labs)
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/claylabs/a8a6642c-19a9-4d43-ba01-22608fb70e01/application

**Skills:** Consultative Selling, Pipeline Management, Product Demonstrations, Business Case Development, Sales Methodology, AI Tools

> The Account Executive will own and close net-new business end-to-end, acting as a go-to-market consultant for Clay's GTM platform. This role involves prospecting, building pipeline, running tailored product evaluations, and leading consultative discovery to help prospects see the value of Clay's AI-driven solutions.

## Job description

## About Clay

AI is unleashing the biggest wave of company creation in history. Clay's mission is to be the engine those companies use to grow to their full potential. Clay predicts the next best action for your business and then helps you take it. We started by aggregating the best data for B2B companies. Then, we built the infrastructure to run any personalized campaign on top of it, including emails, ads, landing pages, and workflows that make reps more productive. Now, we're building agents that can help grow your company for you. We're already helping thousands of customers — including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Visa — go to market with unique data, signals, and AI research. In 2026, we raised a [$115M Series D](https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2026%2F09%2F09%2Fbusiness%2Fdealbook%2Fclay-ai-fundraising.html%3Fsmid%3Durl-share%26unlocked_article_code%3D1._1A.E5rN.MeYsbgEsUKbB&urlhash=XS4q&mt=4bpSf4a8omAKuAHqAqZx6C11QpbLK_QwIhSV7gSf4Wf9aywPF_KBSiX9IkWE1AhXBEjPH8mK6fAEN7CMFlpvo0lPAtKRjs-dhgzYqHiVKUMCRtw0jScFgxWCRRfYs4HCX0YL9L6PCQz-edBLinvRdU_TaVUL2dA3&isSdui=true&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BoQmIsufoRJm7X2HC5Rqd%2Fw%3D%3D) at $7.1B Valuation led by Wellington — and are on track to cross $200M in revenue this quarter. We also launched a $1M Scholarship fund for GTME Education. Some things to know about us:

- Our [community](http://community.clay.com) includes 17,000+ customers, 200+ integration partners, 125+ agencies, 50+ [Clay clubs](https://luma.com/claylive), and 30k members on Slack.
- Our [culture](https://nextplayso.substack.com/p/spotlight-clay) is unique inside and outside of work. Our team members are also DJs, activists, writers, clowns, marathoners, skydivers, psychedelic therapists, social workers, and more.
- All employees can work with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity, management, and more.
- Our operating principles — including negative maintenance and non-attached action — guide our work. Read more about them [here](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61477f2c24a826836f969afe/685d83a71452245cc1129791_4d770abfd83e276ec15315a2e06945bd_Clay2025_OperatingPrinciples.pdf).
- Read about us in the [NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/business/dealbook/clay-ai-marketing-fundraise.html), [Forbes](http://google.com/search?q=forbes+clay&rlz=1C5OZZY_enUS1155US1155&oq=forbes+clay&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBBzkzM2owajSoAgOwAgHxBVAe8UAxJx_p&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8), [First Round Review](https://review.firstround.com/podcast/inside-clays-unconventional-path-to-1-25b/), [and more](https://www.clay.com/press).

Hear from our employees directly on our [Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Clay-EI_IE9850794.11,15.htm) page!

GTM Engineer @ Clay Clay is the GTM platform of choice for the best revenue teams in the world. From Anthropic to Notion to Stripe, growth teams use Clay to find their GTM Alpha. Our journey to $100M ARR was powered by creativity and a belief that the best GTM teams treat their go-to-market like a product: constantly shipping new plays, experimenting, and never assuming that what worked last quarter will work next quarter. We sell that way too. We describe ourselves as go-to-market consultants: AEs with a product mindset. We don't just sell Clay. We learn how a prospect's GTM motion actually works and show them what's possible with Clay. Every deal is a net-new customer discovering Clay for the first time. Our motion is high-velocity but consultative; we move fast, but we also go deep. This role won't look the same in six months as it does today, and that's the point. We're looking for people who want to grow alongside us and help redefine what great selling looks like.

## What You'll Do

- Own and close net-new business end-to-end
- Prospect into target accounts and build pipeline alongside managing inbound leads
- Run tailored product evaluations and demos that connect Clay's capabilities to a prospect's specific workflows and pain points
- Lead consultative discovery that helps prospects see the possibilities of Clay
- Build business cases that win budget and internal champions
- Work cross-functionally with product, engineering, services, and customer teams to shape solutions and stay sharp on what Clay can do
- Help build our sales playbook, processes, and culture as we scale
- Use AI creatively, whether to improve your workflows or those of your customers

## What You'll Bring

- 5+ years in a closing role (AE, senior AE, or sales leader) with a track record of carrying and exceeding quota in an Entreprise/Strategic motion
- Proven ability to build pipeline, not just manage it
- Experience closing mid-market new-logo deals with multiple stakeholders in a consultative, solutions-oriented selling motion
- High business IQ: you can walk into a conversation with a company you've never sold to, quickly understand their GTM motion, and identify where Clay creates value. This is the single most important skill in the role
- Creative and resourceful, whether that's finding clever ways to use AI tools in your own work or learning and pitching all of Clay’s exciting use cases
- Experience with a formal sales methodology (we don't care which one, but you have a structured approach to running deals)
- You're a strong communicator who can hold a room without dominating it
- You're excited about contributing to a growing team, not just hitting your own number

## Why This Role

The best GTM teams we work with don't run the same playbook forever. They ship new plays constantly, automate what's manual, and treat every part of their go-to-market as something that can be improved. We do the same internally, and as a GTME, you'll be immersed in that culture and bring those ideas directly into how you sell. We believe we're building the future of what great salespeople look like in a post-AI world. You'll get a front-row seat to how the best GTM teams in tech actually operate, across every motion, segment, and vertical. You'll build relationships with revenue leaders at companies you admire and develop the pattern recognition that makes great GTM leaders.

If you don't fit the mold of a traditional account executive, you're welcome here. People from non-traditional backgrounds (founders, software engineers, former educators, product managers, and more!) have shaped our sales organization in meaningful ways.

Meet our amazing GTME crew!

## About Clay Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Clay is a creative go-to-market (GTM) platform that helps teams build automated systems to grow revenue by combining data enrichment, AI agents, and workflow orchestration.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C expansion at $3.1B valuation, tender offer at $5B)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed in available sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Go-to-market (GTM) software / Sales & Marketing technology
- **Target customers**: B2B GTM teams of all sizes – from solo operators to enterprise sales, marketing, and revenue teams
- **Mission**: Help people grow businesses by providing the best data foundation possible to reach their best-fit customers

## Products & Services
- **Data Marketplace**: Access to 200+ data and AI vendors in one contract – enabling teams to buy, enrich, and combine first-party, intent, and third-party data.
- **Agents**: Create AI agents that mimic top sales representatives to automate research, prep, and follow-ups.
- **Orchestration**: Build multi-step workflows that connect GTM tools (CRM, email, ads) and trigger actions based on real-time signals.
- **Automated Outbound**: Programmatically generate 1:1 messaging, launch new plays in days, and scale outbound campaigns.
- **Lead Scoring & Routing**: Enrich, score, and route every lead to the right rep in minutes.
- **Pre‑Call Prep Agent**: Researches prospect bios, earnings reports, and company changes to fully automate pre‑call prep.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $5B (via employee tender offer, January 2026); previous Series C at $3.1B (2025)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $35.5M; total funding $202M
- **Notable Investors**: Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, First Round Capital, Meritech Capital Partners
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount of 792 employees (+74.6% YoY)
  - 500,000+ GTM teams trust Clay
  - Named #1 mid-stage company on the ENT30 list
  - Only GTM company on Forbes’ 2025 AI 50 List
  - Customer case studies: Anthropic 3× enrichment rate, OpenAI automated pre‑call prep, Intercom grew outbound pipeline 140%, Vanta cut follow‑up time from 3 days to <1, Mistral AI cut TAM mapping from 2 months to 10 days
  - Active job postings grew 763% YoY; operates in 47 countries

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique combination of data marketplace + AI agents + workflow automation** in a single platform – reduces the need for multiple tools and manual coordination.
- “A single person can run growth campaigns that previously required coordinating the entire GTM team.”
- **Massive data marketplace** (200+ vendors) with one contract simplifies data procurement.
- **Network effects** – 500,000+ users contribute to a growing community of GTM engineers.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepen AI capabilities in agentic workflows for GTM
- Expand the data marketplace with more vendors and intent signals
- Continue scaling globally (already in 47 countries) and hiring aggressively (164 open roles)
- Build out ecosystem partnerships and enable customers to become “GTM engineers”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Kindness, creativity, “quiet ego”, and a focus on helping each other grow. Values like “Make it work, then make it great” and “Negative maintenance” (improve a little every day).
- **Work model**: Flexible in‑person culture – office in Chelsea, NYC, with daily team lunches and DJ Fridays. Hybrid flexibility offered; remote roles available.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary, fully funded health/dental/vision, 4 months paid parental leave, IVF and egg freezing benefits, flexible PTO, yearly company retreats, visa sponsorship.
- **Engineering**: Emphasis on craft, attention to detail, and deep enjoyment of the building process. Engineers work on AI, data infrastructure, and scalable systems.
- **Interview process**: Typically 3–5 interviews (behavioral + technical) plus a founders interview; practical exercises and reference checks.

## Sources
1. [Clay.com – Careers](https://www.clay.com/careers)
2. [Clay.com – About](https://www.clay.com/about)
3. [Clay.com – Main Site](https://www.clay.com/)
4. [LinkedIn – Clay (Clay Labs Inc.)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/grow-with-clay)

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