Founding Account Executive (AI)

Location: Singapore; customer visits and industry events are required, with travel and working arrangements discussed during the hiring process.

Company

hirify.global develops AI software that reads engineering drawings, creates quotes and process plans, and helps manufacturers monitor production and improve yield.

What you will do

• Build a pipeline across Singapore and Southeast Asia through outbound email, LinkedIn, trade shows, and industry networks.
• Run discovery with plant leaders, engineering managers, and operations leaders to identify relevant engineering challenges.
• Deliver product demonstrations and develop ROI cases using customers’ data and workflows.
• Manage opportunities from paid pilots through annual licenses and close complex B2B sales.
• Partner with Engineering on technical deployment and customer outcomes.
• Share field feedback with Product and leadership and document repeatable sales approaches.

Requirements

• Experience owning the full B2B sales cycle in software or technical services, from prospecting to close.
• Demonstrated ability to generate a personal pipeline and build credible customer business cases.
• Ability to work with engineering, operations, and business leaders during complex buying decisions.
• Knowledge of Singapore or Southeast Asian industrial markets, or evidence of developing a new market.
• Strong English communication skills and confidence working with customers across regional markets.
• Willingness to visit customers and industry events; travel and working arrangements will be discussed during hiring.

Nice to have

• Experience selling to manufacturers.
• Experience working in an early-stage company.
• Existing relationships with industrial customers in Singapore or Southeast Asia.
• Examples of opportunities sourced, developed, and closed, including the customer, purchase, and time from first contact to signature.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct access to the founders and ownership of the regional go-to-market approach.
• Working product with existing customers and reference points, including ANDRITZ, Siemens, and tesa.
• Collaboration with an international team across the USA, Singapore, Germany, and China.
• Opportunity to work on AI, engineering knowledge, and industrial data products.
• Compensation will be discussed for the Singapore location during the hiring process.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV or LinkedIn profile with a short note describing one deal sourced and closed independently: the customer, what they bought, and the time from first contact to signature.
• An accessible application alternative is available by email at join@hirify.global.