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TuringAccount Executive, Frontier AI
Turing is hiring a Research Partner - Frontier AI Sales to drive revenue growth across its artificial intelligence capabilities and talent solutions. Headquartered in San Francisco,…
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Turing is hiring a Research Partner - Frontier AI Sales to drive revenue growth across its artificial intelligence capabilities and talent solutions. Headquartered in San Francisco, Turing collaborates with frontier AI labs and Fortune 500 enterprises to build datasets, reinforcement learning environments, research benchmarks, and agentic AI systems. This is an on-site position requiring five days per week in either the San Francisco or Palo Alto office. The role suits…
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Turing is hiring a Research Partner - Frontier AI Sales to drive revenue growth across its artificial intelligence capabilities and talent solutions. Headquartered in San Francisco, Turing collaborates with frontier AI labs and Fortune 500 enterprises to build datasets, reinforcement learning environments, research benchmarks, and agentic AI systems.
This is an on-site position requiring five days per week in either the San Francisco or Palo Alto office. The role suits a senior commercial professional who can independently originate, develop, and close complex business, manage a qualified pipeline, and build relationships with executive and technical decision-makers. The Research Partner will own the full sales lifecycle from prospecting and qualification to negotiation and contract closure, while collaborating closely with internal product, talent, operations, finance, and commercial teams.
Responsibilities
- Identify, prospect, qualify, and close new business opportunities within targeted markets and accounts
- Lead discovery, solution positioning, proposal development, negotiation, and contract finalization
- Build strong relationships with existing clients to drive account retention, cross-selling, and long-term expansion
- Communicate Turing's value proposition effectively to business, technical, and executive stakeholders
- Deliver against assigned revenue targets, bookings, and sales quotas
- Partner with operations, talent, product, and finance teams to align internal resources with client requirements
- Share market insights, competitive intelligence, and client feedback to enhance commercial strategy
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant sales or business development experience
- Proven track record of independently originating, developing, and closing complex enterprise opportunities
- Experience building trusted relationships with executive, technical, and business decision-makers
- Demonstrated success in strategic account expansion through cross-selling and relationship management
- Experience leading full-cycle sales from discovery to contract closure
- Consistent performance meeting or exceeding sales quotas and revenue objectives
- Ability to work on-site five days per week in San Francisco or Palo Alto
Qualifications
- Experience working directly with or selling to frontier AI labs
- Background at an AI data, annotation, expert network, or technical talent organization
- Experience selling technical talent, artificial intelligence capabilities, IT consulting, or business-to-business technology solutions
- Experience creating high-velocity outbound sales strategies in technology markets
- Familiarity with software engineering, enterprise technology environments, and technical talent needs
- Proficiency in utilizing CRM platforms, pipeline analytics, and sales reporting tools
Core Skills
Benefits
- Work alongside colleagues with deep AI experience from top technology companies
- Engage with the forefront of artificial intelligence by helping major labs refine advanced models
- Contribute to leading research and showcase work at major conferences
- Operate within a fast-paced startup environment
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Where is this job located?
This is an on-site position requiring five days a week in either the San Francisco or Palo Alto office.
What level of experience is required?
Candidates must have at least seven years of relevant experience in sales, business development, strategic account management, or consultative commercial roles.
What does the role involve?
The Research Partner owns the full sales cycle, which includes identifying and prospecting new business, qualifying leads, developing solutions, negotiating contracts, and expanding strategic accounts.
What is the salary for this position?
The job posting does not specify the salary for this role.
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