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Sales & Business Development in San Francisco Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 227 open roles at 73 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$153K

Median

$201K

75th percentile

$262K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $28K, highest $724K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
SVP, Sales - AmericasAtlanta, Georgia, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA; San Francisco, California, USANew Relic$580K–$724K
Head of State and Local Government SalesAustin, TX | Remote-Friendly, United States; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DCAnthropic$550K–$700K
Manager, Enterprise Sales - HCLSBoston, MA; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CAAnthropic$450K–$550K
Sales Leader, Hunter VC-Backed StartupsSan Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$390K–$537K
Sales Leader, VC-Backed StartupsSan Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$340K–$468K
Full Stack Software Engineer, Sales PlatformSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$455K
Manager– Growth Sales (AI-Native)San Francisco, CAAnthropic$380K–$450K
Research & Education Sales Lead, Beneficial DeploymentsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$380K–$450K
Technical Program Manager, Cloud AI PartnershipsSan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Sales Manager, CyberSan FranciscoOpenAI$432K–$432K
Senior Director, Mid Market Sales San Francisco, California, United StatesBrex$344K–$429K
Vice President, Business Development & Strategic PartnershipsNew York, NY; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$336K–$420K
Director of Sales, EnterpriseSan FranciscoDecagon$336K–$420K
Regional Sales Manager, Enterprise San Francisco, CaliforniaOkta$288K–$396K
Regional Sales Manager, Enterprise Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaOkta$288K–$396K
Regional Sales Manager, Enterprise Auth0Bellevue, Washington; Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaOkta$288K–$396K
Sales Director, PaymentsNew York; San Francisco, California, United StatesFireblocks$280K–$390K
Applied AI Architect, Partnerships San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$275K–$380K
Director, Mid-Market Sales San FranciscoGong$295K–$380K
Solutions Architect - Salesforce San FranciscoDecagon$300K–$375K
Platform Product Partnerships LeadSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$370K
Economic Mobility Partnerships Manager - Career PathwaysSan Francisco, CA; Washington, DCAnthropic$300K–$365K
Partner Sales Manager, Systems IntegratorsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$300K–$365K
Pre-Sales Program Lead, Forward Deployed EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$270K–$365K
Strategic Business Development Lead San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$300K–$365K
Strategic Cloud Partnerships LeadHybrid - San FranciscoVercel$297K–$362K
Sales Leader EnablementSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$310K–$360K
Manager, Strategic SalesSan FranciscoBaseten$320K–$360K
Enterprise Sales Director - Majors, Public SectorSan Francisco, CASierra$315K–$355K
Director, PartnershipsSan Francisco, CAAltruist$300K–$350K
Senior Director, Business Development (New Verticals)New York, NY; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$280K–$350K
Senior Director, Product PartnershipsNew York, NY; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$285K–$350K
Head of Distribution PartnershipsSan FranciscoTogether AI$300K–$350K
Sr. Partnerships Manager, US Model LabsSan FranciscoTogether AI$300K–$350K
Director of Commercial Sales San Francisco, CALangChain$300K–$350K
Senior Business Development & Ops Lead, Robotics & Physical AISan FranciscoWorld Labs$250K–$350K
Senior Sales Manager, AI NativeSan FranciscoFireworks AI$320K–$350K
AI Factory Partnerships Lead - OEM & Infrastructure AlliancesSan FranciscoFireworks AI$320K–$350K
Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales)San Francisco, CAReddit$246K–$344K
Sales Manager - AI NativeSan FranciscoBaseten$300K–$340K
Director, Strategic PartnershipsNew York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; United StatesDatabricks$244K–$335K
AI Partnerships ManagerSan Francisco, CARamp$220K–$330K
Strategic Deals Lead, Compute PartnershipsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$265K–$325K
Vice President, Business Development and Alliance ManagementSouth San Francisco, California, United StatesXaira Therapeutics$250K–$325K
Senior Sales Manager - TechnologyNew York, NY or San Francisco, CAMercury Technologies$258K–$322K
Senior Director, SalesforceSan Francisco, California, United StatesAxon$201K–$322K
Sales Leader, Sales Development, EnterpriseSan FranciscoPerplexity$220K–$320K
Manager, Distribution PartnershipsSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$185K–$317K
Manager, Tech & Ecosystem PartnershipsSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$185K–$317K
Enterprise Client Sales Executive San Francisco, California, United StatesBrex$253K–$316K
Salesforce DeveloperSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$270K–$315K
Sales Engineer (Bay Area)San Francisco, CALangChain$185K–$315K
BDR Enablement LeadSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$270K–$310K
Sales Strategy, Operational ExcellenceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$270K–$310K
Support Program Manager, PartnershipsSan FranciscoOpenAI$216K–$310K
Sales Development Manager, Enterprise (AMER)San FranciscoOpenAI$261K–$305K
AI Operations Engineer, PartnershipsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$215K–$300K
Partnerships Manager, US Public HealthSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$215K–$300K
VC Partnerships LeadSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$215K–$300K
Director, Strategic PartnershipsNew York, NY; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$240K–$300K
Director, OEM & Strategic PartnershipsSan Francisco, CAWaabi$250K–$300K
Engineering Manager, SalesforceSan Francisco, California, United StatesBrex$240K–$300K
Senior Commercial Partnerships Manager, Private Equity and Venture CapitalSan FranciscoAdyen$220K–$295K
AppSec Sales Engineer San Francisco, California, United States; U.S. (Remote)Harness$220K–$290K
Sales Engineer - San FranciscoSan Francisco, California, United StatesHarness$220K–$290K
Director, Sales Solutions EngineeringNew York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$230K–$290K
Partnerships Operations LeadSan Francisco, CASierra$250K–$290K
Senior Staff Program Manager, Creator PartnershipsSan Francisco Bay AreaDiscord$256K–$288K
Chief of Staff, SalesSan Francisco, CaliforniaNotion$230K–$280K
Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager - EnterpriseSan Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within United StatesMercury Technologies$221K–$276K
Sales EngineerNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CAFaire$200K–$275K
Director of Sales Enablement, Training & Go-to-MarketSan Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Washington D.C.; Austin, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; Boston, MADoorDash$187K–$275K
Senior Commercial Partnerships Manager - Agentic CommerceSan FranciscoAdyen$215K–$275K
Head of Sales Recruiting, AMERSan Francisco, CaliforniaNotion$225K–$275K
Fraud Data PartnershipsSan Francisco HQPlaid$186K–$274K
Senior Director, Healthcare PartnershipsRemote - Boston, Massachusetts; Remote - New York, New York; Remote - San Francisco, California; Remote - United StatesOura$232K–$273K
Sr. Systems Engineer, Sales & MarketingSan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$132K–$273K
Sales Enablement Partner, Claude ProductsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$190K–$270K
Enterprise Sales EngineerSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, RetailSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, HealthcareSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer (Spanish speaking)San Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)San Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, Consumer Business ServicesSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Enterprise Sales Engineer, Public SectorSan Francisco, CASierra$160K–$270K
Product Builder, SalesSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$268K
Strategic Partnerships – Credit | Product & DataSan Francisco HQPlaid$203K–$266K
Senior Sales Engineer, EnterpriseSan Francisco, California, United StatesAxon$165K–$264K
Sales Operations ManagerSan Francisco Bay AreaDiscord$232K–$261K
Strategic Finance, PartnershipsSan FranciscoOpenAI$234K–$260K
Strategic Finance, B2B PartnershipsSan FranciscoOpenAI$234K–$260K
Corporate Business Development Manager, ProductSan FranciscoHarvey$200K–$260K
Senior Manager, Head of Sales Data Science & Analytics Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - HybridGusto$218K–$255K
Regional Vice President, Enterprise Sales, Public Sector - US State and LocalBoston, Massachusetts, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; New York, New York, USA; North Carolina, USA, Remote; San Francisco, California, USADatadog$191K–$255K
SMB Innovation Sales & Strategy LeadSan FranciscoOpenAI$227K–$252K
Large Enterprise Sales ManagerSan Francisco, CAKlaviyo$168K–$252K
Partnerships Manager, Government and Public SectorSan Francisco, CASierra$210K–$250K
Product Marketing Manager, PartnershipsSan FranciscoPerplexity$190K–$250K
Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer (San Francisco, CA)San Francisco, CADeepgram$197K–$246K
Manager, Recruiting - SalesSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$169K–$245K
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