Cohere

Strategic Account Executive - Energy & Utilities

Houston, Texas, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Energy & UtilitiesIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess 8+ years of B2B sales experience with Global 2000, large enterprises, particularly within the energy (oil & gas) and utility sectors, and a proven track record of closing multi-year (2-5 year) deals exceeding seven figures. Experience selling complex products like developer tools, API products, or AI/NLP solutions is a plus, with a focus on the energy sector. Prior experience in a technical consultative sales role is beneficial.

Responsibilities

As a Strategic Account Executive, you will focus on acquiring new logos through outbound activity and relationship building with key stakeholders within the Energy & Utilities industries, collaborating with customers and prospects as a trusted advisor to understand their needs and goals, working closely with channel partners to scale outreach and customer satisfaction, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver solutions to large enterprise customers. You will also manage the entire sales cycle – from initial outreach to deployment – ensuring customer success and building ongoing relationships.

Skills

Sales
Enterprise Sales
Account Management
Customer Needs Analysis
Value Proposition Development
Territory Management
Communication
Collaboration
Solution Selling

Cohere

Provides NLP tools and LLMs via API

About Cohere

Cohere provides advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) through a user-friendly API. Their services cater to a wide range of clients, including businesses that want to improve their content generation, summarization, and search functions. Cohere's business model focuses on offering scalable and affordable generative AI tools, generating revenue by granting API access to pre-trained models that can handle tasks like text classification, sentiment analysis, and semantic search in multiple languages. The platform is customizable, enabling businesses to create smarter and faster solutions. With multilingual support, Cohere effectively addresses language barriers, making it suitable for international use.

Toronto, CanadaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$914.4MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Risks

Competitors like Google and Microsoft may overshadow Cohere with seamless enterprise system integration.
Reliance on Nvidia chips poses risks if supply chain issues arise or strategic focus shifts.
High cost of AI data center could strain financial resources if government funding is delayed.

Differentiation

Cohere's North platform outperforms Microsoft Copilot and Google Vertex AI in enterprise functions.
Rerank 3.5 model processes queries in over 100 languages, enhancing multilingual search capabilities.
Command R7B model excels in RAG, math, and coding, outperforming competitors like Google's Gemma.

Upsides

Cohere's AI data center project positions it as a key player in Canadian AI.
North platform offers secure AI deployment for regulated industries, enhancing privacy-focused enterprise solutions.
Cohere's multilingual support breaks language barriers, expanding its global market reach.

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