Account Executive, Commercial Job at Temporal (San Francisco)

Account Executive, Commercial

Temporal

Location:
United States , San Francisco

Category:
Sales

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

150000.00 - 220000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Our fast moving and highly successful Commercial Sales team is growing, and we are seeking the next Account Executive to join our team! Temporal is a remote first company, however this role is focused in San Francisco candidates that can be a part of our WeWork community in the area. We are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking and want to influence our future. If you want to be part of an amazing team, have a passion for open-source software, and a desire to build successful customer relationships, then come join us! We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Commercial Account Executive to join the growing Temporal team. This role will become a main point of contact for Temporal commercial customers by leveraging your technical, sales and account management skills to help grow usage and discover new use cases across your book of business.

Job Responsibility:

Activate and implement new logo accounts and get them up and running on the platform
Identify activation and expansion opportunities within your customer base
Be responsible for the success of a broad book of business
Create and grow relationships with our champions
Drive consistent activity, pipeline development and quota attainment
Partner with product marketing to deliver proper messaging and content to commercial Temporal Cloud customers
Design and execute programs to support the identification, design and productionization of new use cases with your customers
Identify ICP accounts and pursue the right opportunities in the right accounts to drive ARR growth
Work closely with our Start Up Program team and Self Sign Up team to ensure success for the right new logo prospects

Requirements:

3+ years experience working in a Sales, Customer Success, Account Management, Sales/Business Development
A background and passion for advocating on behalf of your customers
A mind for technology - we’ll teach you about Temporal and databases, but our customers and product are inherently technical and you should have an aptitude and curiosity to learn about those concepts
The ability to act with a high level of autonomy, you will be expected to take full ownership of your customer portfolio and make key decisions to drive effective customer outcomes
An entrepreneurial mindset - this is a new role at Temporal where you will be required to both deviate from established procedure and often build entirely new process or practices to ensure we best serve this customer segment
Team player and passion for collaboration
Prior experience to tooling like Salesforce, Slack, Outreach, Gong, Common Room

Nice to have:

Prior exposure to database, cloud, and infrastructure technology is a plus

What we offer:

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment)
$74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 16, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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