# Commercial Sales Manager at Perplexity

Commercial Sales Manager at Perplexity in New York City and 1 more. Hybrid, full-time, paying $300k–$380k. Posted October 8, 2026.

- Company: Perplexity
- Location: New York City and 1 more
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $300k–$380k
- Experience: 5+ years
- Posted: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/perplexity/4bab4560-68b4-44ec-8a5c-5a39216f2abb/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/commercial-sales-manager-perplexity-qtr6cf

## Description

**About the role**As a Commercial Sales Manager at Perplexity, you'll lead a team of Commercial Account Executives selling Perplexity Enterprise and Computer to small and mid-sized organizations. You'll be responsible for hiring and ramping the team, coaching sellers through efficient, high-velocity sales cycles, and owning team revenue targets.

**Responsibilities**
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Commercial Account Executives, providing regular feedback to drive individual and team performance

- Own team revenue, logo, and activity targets, with accountability for pipeline creation, deal velocity, and forecast accuracy

- Hire, onboard, and ramp new Account Executives in partnership with Recruiting and Enablement

- Coach the team on outbound prospecting, account prioritization, and converting existing self-serve customers into Enterprise relationships

- Help AEs qualify with discipline and run efficient sales cycles from discovery through close, partnering with Enterprise AEs when an account warrants a larger motion

- Run a regular cadence of 1:1s, pipeline reviews, and deal reviews, maintaining accurate Salesforce data and forecasts

- Partner with Enablement, Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and RevOps to translate field feedback into action

**You may be a good fit if**
- 5+ years of SaaS sales experience selling to small and mid-sized organizations, with 2+ years directly managing quota-carrying Account Executives

- A track record of meeting or exceeding team revenue targets in a high-growth environment

- Experience hiring, ramping, and developing sellers

- Experience coaching teams to generate their own pipeline through outbound and product-led signals in a high-velocity sales motion

- Strong command of Salesforce, pipeline management, and forecasting

- Background selling technical products, ideally AI, data, or infrastructure

- Comfort operating without an established playbook