UniversalAGI - Founding GTM Lead

Unknown+ Equity3w ago

In Office Staff EMEA Oil & Gas Airlines Buyer Tech Lead Arabic Enterprise Sales Procurement Prospecting Close

Requirements

• Domain sales experience: 10+ years of enterprise sales experience selling into Oil & Gas and/or Aerospace & Defense organizations. • Relationship based selling: Existing relationships with territory oil companies and defense primes, with ability to navigate government-influenced procurement, security and localization requirements, and multi-stakeholder buying committees. • Relationship based selling: • Regional experience: Proven experience selling into customers in the UAE. • Technical fluency: Engineering background or hands-on technical experience (CFD, mechanical/aerospace engineering, or reservoir/production engineering) sufficient to go deep on the technical value proposition with engineering buyers. • Technical fluency: • Network: Active, callable relationships with VP-level and above contacts at national oil companies, operators, defense primes, or state-linked defense entities in the region. • Network: • Track record: History of personally sourcing and closing large, net-new deals, not inherited pipeline. • Track record: • Startup mindset: Comfortable operating as a founding, largely solo function: building a market map, GTM strategy, and sales playbook from scratch under real ambiguity. • Startup mindset: • Location: Based in the UAE (or willing to relocate) with frequent travel across the region • Location: • Arabic language fluency. • Existing relationships with territory oil companies and defense primes. • Experience selling simulation, CFD, or other applied engineering software specifically. • Prior experience at an early-stage startup building a GTM function from scratch. • Experience navigating both Oil & Gas and Aerospace & Defense buying processes. • Advanced technical degree (MS or PhD in a related engineering or science field). • Cultural Fit • Technical Respect: Ability to earn respect through hands-on technical contribution • Technical Respect • Intensity: Thrives in our unusually intense culture - willing to grind when needed • Intensity • Customer Obsession: Passionate about solving real customer problems, not just cool tech • Customer Obsession • Deep Work: Values long, uninterrupted periods of focused work over meetings • Deep Work • High Availability: Ready to be deeply involved whenever critical issues arise • High Availability • Communication: Can translate complex technical concepts to customers and team • Communication • Growth Mindset: Embraces the compounding returns of intelligence and continuous learning • Growth Mindset • Startup Mindset: Comfortable with ambiguity, rapid change, and wearing multiple hats • Startup Mindset • Work Ethic: Willing to put in the extra hours when needed to hit critical milestones • Work Ethic • Team Player: Collaborative approach with low ego and high accountability • Team Player

Responsibilities

• Own and build UniversalAGI's go-to-market motion across the UAE spanning both Oil & Gas and Aerospace & Defense. • Run the full sales lifecycle for major accounts in the region: prospecting, technical proof points, commercial negotiation, close, and account expansion. • Defend and expand our position with the anchor accounts already in motion in the region, while identifying and closing new-logo opportunities across both verticals. • Map the region's buying landscape: government-influenced procurement, national-champion mandates, and localization and offset requirements (e.g., the UAE's In-Country Value program, Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 localization requirements administered via GAMI). • Translate our physics AI value proposition, reduced simulation cycle time, lower compute costs, faster R&D, and reduced program and mission risk, into a defensible, quantified business case for both technical and economic buyers. • Partner directly with the CEO, our other founding GTM leads, and our engineering team to shape product and GTM strategy around real regional buyer needs. • Build this region's sales playbook from scratch: qualification criteria, deal stages, messaging, and repeatable processes that future hires in the region can run without you. • Represent UniversalAGI at industry events, conferences, and customer sites across the region.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a rapidly growing foundational AI company. • Work on cutting-edge industrial AI problems with immediate real-world impact. • Direct collaboration with the founder & CEO and ability to influence company strategy • Competitive compensation with significant equity upside. • In-person culture with the founding team, paired with the autonomy to run your own territory from the field, extensive travel across the regions, and some in person collaboration with the San Francisco team. • Access to world-class investors and advisors in the AI space. • How We’re Different • How We’re Different • “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." - Teddy Roosevelt • At our core, we believe in being “in the arena.” We are builders, problem solvers, and risk-takers who show up every day ready to put in the work: to sweat, to struggle, and to push past our limits. We know that real progress comes with missteps, iteration, and resilience. We embrace that journey fully knowing that daring greatly is the only way to create something truly meaningful. • If you're ready to join the future of physics simulation, push creative boundaries, and deliver impact, UniversalAGI is the place for you.