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Account Executive, High Velocity

Granola · San Francisco Office · On-site

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About Granola

Backed by Index, Kleiner Perkins and AI Grant.

About the role

You’ll help build our high-velocity sales motion from the ground up, turning product-led demand into revenue. This role is focused on speed, volume, and learning . You’ll work a high number of opportunities, run tight feedback loops, and develop the instincts to become a world-class closer over time.

What they're looking for

  • • 1–3 years of closing experience with a track record of hitting or exceeding quota
  • • Experience running full sales cycles in a high-velocity or product-led environment
  • • Demonstrated ability to close deals independently, not just support them
  • • Evidence of exceptional early performance (top ~10–20%, fast promotion, or outsized results)
  • • High learning velocity, able to quickly absorb product and customer context
  • • Strong written communication and ability to engage users directly
More about this role

We’re Team Granola 👋 building tools that help humans think and work better.

What began as an AI notepad for back-to-back meetings has become a shared team workspace and second brain. Granola spreads organically inside companies, often starting with a senior leader and quickly cascading across teams.

Today, Granola is used at many of the world’s top and fastest-growing companies like Vercel, Cursor, Lovable and Decagon.

Designed and built in London, Granola now serves a predominantly US customer base. To support that growth, we’ve opened a San Francisco office as the hub for our North American go-to-market efforts.

You’ll help build our high-velocity sales motion from the ground up, turning product-led demand into revenue.

This role is focused on speed, volume, and learning . You’ll work a high number of opportunities, run tight feedback loops, and develop the instincts to become a world-class closer over time.

You won’t just follow a playbook, you’ll help shape it.

• Run a high volume of inbound and product-driven opportunities

• Convert engaged free users into paid accounts quickly and efficiently

• Own fast sales cycles from first touch to close

• Generate pipeline through...

Read the full posting on Granola's site ↗

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