Enterprise Account Executive — API Solutions

Job overview

The Enterprise Account Executive — API Solutions role is based in Chicago, IL, with a hybrid work arrangement described by the listing. Base salary is $120,000–$150,000 per year, with competitive on-target compensation. WGSN’s consumer and design forecasts help brands develop products for future consumers. This role drives new-logo acquisition for WGSN Intelligence API integrations. It owns complex enterprise sales from prospecting through signature, aligning API capabilities with client architectures and business cases while protecting intellectual property and maintaining accurate forecasts.

What you'll do

• Source and build a net-new enterprise pipeline
• target senior digital, data, innovation, and product buyers
• lead consultative discovery and end-to-end sales cycles for API integrations
• coordinate internal technical specialists for deep scoping when needed
• structure deals within pricing and legal guardrails, protecting intellectual property and attribution terms
• maintain forecasts, deal-stage hygiene, and pipeline coverage metrics.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

enterprise account executive

api solutions

chicago il

wgsn

hybrid

enterprise sales

new logo acquisition

api integrations

saas

ai/ml

$120k–$150k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• 15 vacation days annually, increasing by one day per service year up to 20
• 12 federal holidays
• six weeks of paid parental leave
• 401(k) with employer match
• dental and vision plans
• health coverage
• life insurance, AD&D, and disability coverage
• and mental health resources including an Employee Assistance Program.

Why this role

Focused on new-logo enterprise sales of direct API integrations, including AI and data use cases.

About the employer

WGSN is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Publishers. Sector: 51.