Account Executive - Acquisition

Technical Instructor @ Snowflake; Deutschland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake seeks an Account Executive for Germany to drive net new logos within enterprise customers. You will prospect via email, phone, and partner ecosystem, develop opportunities, and close deals while guiding customers through onboarding.

The role requires managing complex sales processes, negotiating with executives, and delivering compelling presentations. Fluency in German is essential, with a track record of hitting aggressive quotas.

Qualifications

• BA/BS required.
• 3+ years of field sales experience with data or cloud tech.
• 5+ years focused on generating new business within Enterprise accounts.
• Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships.
• Experience hitting quota of $800k+ ARR per year and averaging 8+ face-to-face meetings per week.
• Fluent German language required.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales quotas for allocated accounts and territory by developing a sales strategy and territory plan.
• Develop marketing plans with marketing to drive revenue growth.
• Be the trusted advisor by understanding IT roadmaps to drive Snowflake solutions.
• Prospect qualification and development of new opportunities and revenue streams.
• Arrange and conduct initial Executive and CxO discussions and positioning meetings.
• Manage sales process and close opportunities.
• Maintain ongoing account management to drive additional revenue.
• Sell with a solution-based approach and manage a complex sales process.

Skills

Fluent German

Enterprise sales

New business generation

Quota attainment

C-suite negotiation

Cloud/data tech familiarity

Education

BA/BS

Tools

CRM tools

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don't just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset - who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

The Account Executive - Acquisition is responsible for acquiring net new logos with enterprise businesses within Germany. People who excel at this job have the ability to prospect (via email, phone, & partner ecosystem), develop, and close business within a timely manner while focusing on the clients' requirements. The AE's must have the confidence and ability to negotiate and close agreements with clients and support new customers through our on-boarding process.

This role is a unique opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to high visibility, high impact projects at a very exciting time for the company. Snowflake is an innovative, high-growth, customer-focused company in a large and growing market. If you are an energetic, self-managed professional with experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities, we'd love to hear from you.

AS AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL:

• Achieve sales quotas for allocated accounts and/or territory on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a sales strategy in the allocated territory with a target prospect list, and a regional sales plan.

• Develop marketing plans with the marketing team to drive revenue growth.

• Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future IT roadmap to drive the Snowflake solution within the marketplace.

• Prospect qualification and the development of new sales opportunities and ongoing revenue streams.

• Arrange and conduct initial Executive and CxO discussions and positioning meetings.

• Sales process management and opportunity closure.

• Ongoing account management to ensure customer satisfaction and drive additional revenue streams.

• Be familiar with solution-based approach to selling, have experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities.

OUR IDEAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WILL HAVE:

• BA/BS required.

• 3+ years of field sales experience preferred with an emphasis on data or cloud related technology.

• 5+ year's experience focussed on generating new business within Enterprise accounts.

• Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships.

• Experience hitting quota of $800k+ of ARR per year and experience on averaging 8+ face to face meetings per week.

• New business sales focus.

• A track record of success in driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement.

• Experience determining customer requirements and presenting appropriate solutions.

• Pro‑active, independent thinker with high energy and a positive attitude.

• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced startup environment.

• Executive level relationship management.

• Ability to understand the "bigger picture" and the business drivers around IT.

• Fluent German language required

BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:

• Experience implementing MEDDPICC.

• Experience selling software or cloud based applications to the Enterprise is desired.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?