The Role

Due to continued growth, we are looking for an SMB Account Executive to join our team at ThoughtSpot. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated sales professional looking to build their career in SaaS sales. The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of closing experience, a passion for helping customers solve business challenges, and a desire to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment.

You'll work with small and medium-sized businesses, helping them understand the value of ThoughtSpot's AI-powered analytics platform. We're looking for someone who is curious, coachable, driven, and excited to develop their sales skills while contributing to a high-performing team.

AI Mindset for SMB

• Leverage AI-powered sales tools to identify, prioritize, and engage prospective customers efficiently.
• Use AI-driven insights to personalize outreach and tailor value propositions to customer needs.
• Experiment with emerging AI and automation tools to improve productivity, pipeline generation, and sales effectiveness.
• Collaborate closely with marketing, sales development, and customer success teams to optimize the customer journey.
• Continuously learn and adapt as new technologies and best practices emerge.
  
  

What You'll Do

• Own a territory of SMB accounts with a focus on acquiring new ThoughtSpot customers.
• Prospect and generate pipeline through outbound outreach, inbound lead follow-up, and partner collaboration.
• Conduct discovery calls to understand customer goals, challenges, and business needs.
• Deliver compelling product demonstrations and communicate ThoughtSpot's value proposition.
• Manage opportunities through the full sales cycle, from initial engagement to close.
• Build relationships with business and technical stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate pipeline and forecasting data within CRM systems.
• Consistently work toward achieving and exceeding sales targets.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure a positive customer experience throughout the sales process.
  
  

What You Bring

• 1+ year of quota-carrying closing experience in a SaaS, technology, or business-to-business sales environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage opportunities and close business.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Highly motivated, coachable, and eager to learn.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with teammates and cross-functional partners.
• A growth mindset and desire to build a long-term career in sales.
• Experience using sales tools, CRM platforms, and AI-powered productivity solutions is a plus.
• Ability to leverage data and insights to prioritize accounts and drive pipeline growth.
  
  

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in SaaS, analytics, business intelligence, or data-related technologies is a plus.
• Experience with outbound prospecting and pipeline generation.
  
  

Mandatory And Required Skills For All ThoughtSpot Roles

Spotters are expected to demonstrate AI literacy and workflow integration to include to ability to:

• Comfortably and confidently integrate artificial intelligence into their daily workflow to increase productivity and quality.
• Hands-on experience to leverage AI tools (industry-leading LLMs) to increase productivity, automate routine tasks, and improve work quality.
• Speak to the experience of using AI for research, content creation, and document summarization while maintaining ownership of judgment and final decisions.
• Write effective prompts to get the most accurate and creative results from AI tools.
  
  

Spotters are expected to exemplify these key traits and AI Mindset:

• Curiosity in exploring new AI tools
• Adaptability to quickly learn and implement new, emerging AI technologies
• Critical thinking to know when to identify when AI should be used versus when human judgement is necessary
  
  

This combination of curiosity, adaptability, and discernment defines the AI mindset, and it’s required for every role at ThoughtSpot.

AI Mindset for All Spotters

At ThoughtSpot, we believe AI is a necessary and essential part of how we work. Every role, across every team, is expected to be fluent and comfortable with using AI to do their best work.

All Spotters are expected to experiment with ThoughtSpot’s AI tools (like Spotter and SpotterViz) and leading industry LLMs to streamline workflows, enhance output, and uncover new insights. Whether drafting content, analyzing data, or summarizing documents, AI is a daily partner. We value curiosity, openness to learning, and thoughtful application of AI to create real value. Training and resources are provided so every Spotter can confidently create with AI.

Hybrid Work at ThoughtSpot

Spotters are expected in-office 3 days per week to experience the energy of their local office. This approach balances the benefits of in-person collaboration and peer learning with the flexibility needed by individuals and teams.

ThoughtSpot for All

At ThoughtSpot, diverse teams build better products. Complex data problems need many perspectives, not just one. We welcome different backgrounds, identities, and experiences, and we work to create a place where everyone can be themselves and do their best work. If this role excites you and you believe you’re a strong match, we encourage you to apply.

What Makes ThoughtSpot a Great Place to Work?

ThoughtSpot is the Agentic Analytics Platform that empowers every enterprise to transform insights into action, on a mission to make the world more fact driven. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives - this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Trust, Customer Obsession, Innovation and Intensity, ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.

About ThoughtSpot

The world’s most innovative companies turn to ThoughtSpot’s AI-Powered Analytics to put data in the hands of everyone, from the C-suite to the frontline. With simple, natural language search and AI, anyone can ask questions, discover insights, and act with confidence. Unlike legacy tools that sacrifice performance for complexity, ThoughtSpot is intuitively designed for every business user while being built to handle the most complex, large-scale data, wherever it resides. This unique combination of speed and simplicity is why enterprise leaders trust ThoughtSpot to transform decision-making into a truly data-driven culture.

At ThoughtSpot, we’re a curious, data-driven bunch. We believe the world works better when everyone has access to facts. That’s why we build products that make asking and answering data questions as natural as having a conversation.