Clera

VP of Sales

San FranciscoFull TimePosted Sep 13, 2026

About the Role

This is a revenue ownership role at a seed-stage AI platform built for the hospitality industry. The sales motion is proven and working; your mandate is to scale it dramatically, reporting directly to the CEO from the company's San Francisco office.

What You'll Do

  • Own quarterly and annual revenue targets, manage the forecast, and present results to the board.

  • Codify best practices into onboarding materials, playbooks, call frameworks, and demo standards to cut rep ramp time.

  • Recruit, onboard, and manage a growing team of AEs and SDRs; set quotas, territories, and compensation plans.

  • Run pipeline reviews, deal inspections, weekly forecasts, and quarterly business reviews.

  • Identify and close conversion leaks by analyzing win rates and stage progression across the pipeline.

  • Close enterprise deals and escalations alongside your team, staying active in the field.

  • Partner with marketing and product to align messaging, pipeline needs, and product feedback loops.

  • Evaluate channel partnerships and determine when to build dedicated enterprise segments.

What We're Looking For

  • 8+ years in B2B SaaS sales, including 3+ years leading a quota-carrying sales team.

  • Proven track record scaling a sales org from roughly 5 reps to 20+, or growing ARR from low single digits to eight figures.

  • Strong independent closing skills; able to own the most complex deal in the pipeline personally.

  • Rigorous forecasting discipline with accurate deal-level prediction and inspection habits.

  • Experience building sales playbooks, call frameworks, and demo processes that demonstrably reduced ramp time.

  • Track record of hiring and retaining high-performing AEs and SDRs with documented ramp metrics.

  • Experience setting quotas, territories, and compensation plans for growing sales teams.

  • Background selling emerging technology categories where buyer education is part of the sales motion.

  • Vertical SaaS experience, ideally in hospitality tech or proptech.

  • Experience partnering cross-functionally with marketing and product on positioning and roadmap alignment.

  • Familiarity with AI or automation solutions sold into enterprise customers is a strong plus.

Compensation & Benefits

OTE of $260,000 to $320,000, plus meaningful equity.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA. This is a full-time, in-person role.

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