Sales Proposal Specialist

Profound is an NYC-based AI startup helping brands measure and improve their visibility in AI platforms such as ChatGPT. We partner with some of the biggest brands and marketing agencies, including companies like MongoDB, Indeed, Mercury, DocuSign, Zapier, Ramp, Rho, Golin, Workable, Mejuri, Eight Sleep, G2, US Bank, Chime, and Clay.

We recently raised a $35 million Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with continued backing from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Saga VC, and South Park Commons, as well as angel investors including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel) and Andrew Karam (Applovin).

Learn more at tryprofound.com.

Profound is on a mission to help companies understand and control their AI presence. We’re creating a new category at the intersection of AI, search, and brand visibility — helping brands measure and influence how they show up across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and beyond.

As our Sales Proposal Specialist, you’ll play a key role in helping Profound win enterprise deals by managing the proposal process from end to end. You’ll coordinate responses to RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires, ensuring every submission is accurate, timely, and compelling. This is an ideal role for someone who’s detail-oriented, process-driven, and excited to learn how complex SaaS deals come together.

• Manage and coordinate security questionnaires, RFIs, and RFPs from enterprise prospects.

• Build and maintain a knowledge base of responses, best practices, and reference materials to make future submissions faster and more consistent.

• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Legal, Security, and Product teams to ensure proposals are accurate, compliant, and persuasive.

• Identify opportunities to improve the deal process, making it faster, more repeatable, and scalable.

• Support the Sales and Solutions Consulting teams with ad-hoc deal enablement and documentation requests.

• Detail-oriented and process-minded, with strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Excited to learn how enterprise SaaS deals get done and gain exposure to multiple parts of the business.

• Able to balance multiple priorities and deadlines with precision and professionalism.

• Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Interested in growing into roles in Solutions Consulting, RevOps, or Security as you deepen your understanding of Profound’s business and customers.

This is an on-site role based in our Union Square office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.

For this role, the expected base salary range is $85,000 – $110,000. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.