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WindBorne Systems · 2 days ago

Account Executive, Energy Markets

WindBorne Systems is innovating weather forecasting with advanced smart weather balloons to provide critical atmospheric data. They are seeking an Account Executive to drive revenue growth in the Energy Markets portfolio, focusing on energy trading clients such as hedge funds and power producers.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Geospatial

Responsibilities

Grow revenue in the energy trading vertical — from hedge funds to power producers
Build and manage a true pipeline: qualification → pitch → technical deep dives → pilots → conversion
Crack the code on scaling this space: turn one-off wins into a repeatable playbook
Write and continuously rewrite the sales playbook with creative approaches
Be the voice of the customer, working cross-functionally with our AI, Meteorology, and Product teams to shape what we build
Sell with vision and rigor. You’re not selling a product that exists in the market, you’re selling what the future of weather forecasting can be
Collaborate closely with the product team to refine our offerings
Rigorously manage customer relationships, never letting an opportunity slip through the cracks
Scale revenue by 10x+ owning not just near-term growth, but helping drive long-term commercial thinking – pricing, packaging, deal structuring

Qualification

B2B sales experienceEnergy trading knowledgePipeline buildingTechnical product salesRelationship managementDriveHungerProduct-minded sellingComplexity handlingAdaptabilityCommunication skills

Required

A track record going from 0 to 1, building pipeline from scratch, taking your process from exploratory convos to mature, repeatable wins
Experience selling complex B2B or data products into energy trading, commodities, quant finance, utilities or similar technical markets
Ability to speak trader language (or pick it up fast) and adapt to new playbooks on the fly
Drive and hunger, you love closing deals and the pressure that comes with it
Product-minded seller, partnering with technical teams to shape and test our market solutions
You love complexity and are not afraid of new markets

Preferred

Bonus: experience selling into power producers and utilities and experience selling weather, climate or geospatial data
Bonus: existing relationships at hedge funds, power trading firms, utility trading desks

Benefits

401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Unlimited PTO
Stock Option Plan
Office food and beverages

Company

WindBorne Systems

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WindBorne collects atmospheric data using smart weather balloons for weather forecasting, climate research, and environmental monitoring.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$26M
Key Investors
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationKhosla VenturesFootwork
2024-12-10Series Unknown· $5M
2024-05-29Series A· $15M
2023-06-22Seed· $6M

Leadership Team

J
John Dean
Cofounder & CEO
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Andrey Sushko
Co-Founder and CTO
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