About the posting
“You will own customer relationships with frontier and emerging AI labs, helping them source specialized data and expertise for model training and evaluation.”
Read the full posting on Clera's site
Seen live Oct 23, 2026; first seen Oct 21, 2026.
Pay in context
This posting lists $160,000 to $200,000 a year, a midpoint of $180,000.
The midpoint is higher than 73 percent of sales postings in Chicago, IL that list pay.
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How long it has been open
Posted Oct 17, 2026, 7 days ago, and seen on Clera's careers page today.
At 7 days old, it is under the 38-day median.
Clera's postings we have seen close took a median of 0 days.
Clera at a glance
Clera has 200 open postings that we can see, 11 in sales; 69 percent list pay.
The application
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Seniority
Level: senior.
The posting mentions 10+ years.
Remote
Fully remote; the employer may limit which states you can live in.
The sales market in Chicago, IL
364 sales postings in Chicago, IL are open right now, from 177 employers.
Half of them have been open 38 days or less.
From Clera's posting
This is Clera's own text, as published on its job board. We last checked it on Oct 23, 2026. Apply on Clera's site. We remove a posting when the employer closes it.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join the early sales team at an early-stage AI data solutions company. You will own customer relationships with frontier and emerging AI labs, helping them source specialized data and expertise for model training and evaluation.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build relationships with research, post-training, and data teams at AI labs.
- Understand customer needs across expert annotation, reinforcement learning environments, model evaluations, and expert talent.
- Structure and negotiate deals suited to a range of customer needs and contract sizes.
- Close new business and grow customer relationships over time.
- Work directly with the founder in a lean, early-stage environment.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Approximately 2 to 10 or more years of relevant experience, including quota-carrying B2B sales and a record of closing deals.
- Direct experience selling AI data products, such as annotation, evaluation, reinforcement learning, or expert talent solutions, to frontier or emerging AI labs.
- Existing relationships with AI lab research, post-training, or data teams.
- Experience at an AI data vendor is required; familiarity with healthcare or clinical data and enterprise AI sales is a plus.
- Comfort working with ambiguity and taking ownership in a founder-led, early-stage company.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually, with $320,000 to $400,000 OTE (on-target earnings, base plus variable). Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates with at least 24 months of work authorization remaining. TN, F-1 OPT, STEM OPT, and H-1B transfers may be considered; new H-1B petitions are not available.
LOCATION
Remote within the United States. Primary location: Chicago, Illinois.