Enterprise Account Executive - Public Sector (Local Government and Education)

Menlo Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data and AI company is seeking a professional to drive new business development within public sector accounts in the UK. This role focuses on promoting their Data Intelligence Platform to enhance decision-making processes in Local Government and Education sectors. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in sales, particularly in the public sector, and experience with cloud software. The position offers a collaborative work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Diversity and inclusion commitment

Qualifications

• Strong background in closing deals with public sector accounts.
• Experience with public sector procurement frameworks.
• Knowledge of driving software adoption and co-selling.

Responsibilities

• Assess accounts and develop engagement strategies.
• Use a solution-based approach to selling.
• Support Data and AI transformation goals for customers.

Skills

New business development

Sales experience in public sector

Understanding of cloud software

Building effective partnerships

Technical business results delivery

Education

Eligibility for SC clearance

Job description

Do you want to help solve the world’s toughest problems with Data and AI? This is what we do everyday at Databricks.

Reporting to the Head of Public Sector, you will partner with a team of accomplished Data, AI and industry specialists. Your mission will be to promote the use of Databricks across a select group of Public Sector organisations. You will come with an informed and compelling point of view on the Data and Advanced Analytics space which will guide your successful strategy and together with both our teams and partners, allow you to provide exceptional value to our customers within the Local Government and Education sectors. Always looking for new opportunities, you will close new accounts while growing some existing accounts.

The impact you will have:

• Assess your accounts and develop a strategy to identify and engage all buying centres, guiding deals forward to compress decision cycles
• Use a solution‑based approach to selling and creating value for new logo accounts
• Identify and close quick, small wins while managing longer, complex sales cycles
• Support the broader Data and AI transformation goals of your customers through a combination of strategic partnerships, well scoped professional services, training and targeted Executive engagement
• Build exceptional value with all engagements to guide successful negotiations to close
• Orchestrate and work with teams to maximise the impact on your ecosystem
• Own the consumption story with your customers, using demand plans to identify the most viable use cases in each account to maximise Databricks’ impact.
• Be Customer focused by delivering technical and business results using the Databricks Intelligence Platform

What we look for:

• Strong background in new business development, closing experience and quota over‑achievement when selling to public sector accounts
• Experience of Public Sector procurement frameworks and mechanisms
• Sales experience within Cloud software, open source technology, or Data and AI space
• Experience driving successful adoption of usage‑based subscription services (SaaS) and co‑selling with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud teams
• Understanding of how to identify all key uses cases and buying centres in an opportunity to increase the impact and business value of Databricks in an organisation
• Methods for co‑developing business cases and gaining support from C‑level Executives
• Experience of building effective champions, collaborative teams and partnerships to support execution of your territory plan.
• Understanding of consumption based land and expand sales models
• Experience of following robust sales methodologies and process, e.g. account planning, MEDDPICC, Value Selling and accurate forecasting
• We value demonstrated contributions and a consistent track record
• Eligibility for SC clearance (existing clearances held would be an advantage)

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide— including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500—rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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