Enterprise Sales Director, Utilities & Telco

Neon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in the UK and Ireland is seeking a high‑growth enterprise sales leader to drive a team of Named and Strategic Account Executives in the Telco & Utilities vertical. You will coach the team to exceed quotas, build territory plans, and grow consumption across strategic customers.

You will report to the RVP, Enterprise, and partner with cross‑functional teams to ensure accurate forecasting, a robust GTM program, and long‑term customer value.

Qualifications

• Experience leading high‑growth enterprise software sales teams in UKI within Data/AI/Cloud/SaaS sales.
• Experience in Telco or Utilities verticals.
• History of exceeding quotas in similar fast‑growth tech companies.
• Ability to hire sales talent and build a team.
• Strong skills coaching with MEDDPIC and a Challenger mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of account executives and coach them to succeed.
• Establish territory plans, team structure, quotas and patches.
• Report on revenue forecast and strategic GTM programs.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to manage revenue and customer success.

Skills

MEDDPIC

Challenger selling

Leadership

Forecasting

Job description

Do you want to help solve the world's toughest problems with big data and AI? This is what we do every day at Databricks!

Leading a team of Enterprise Named and Strategic Account Executives, you will be measured by achieving your team's overall quota and growing Databricks consumption. This is a team of account executives that are passionate about building a data ecosystem for UKI, technically knowledgeable and have a strong desire to drive value for our customers.

You will oversee the Telco & Utilities senior sales team, implementing sales plans, expanding existing business and delivering accurate sales forecasting and reporting.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build upon a highly successful team achieving significant year on year growth, in a fast growing business which is hugely impactful part of the UKI sales organisation. We are looking for owners, who will go the extra mile and want to be the very best at what they do.

The position will report directly to the RVP, Enterprise.

The impact you will have:

• Lead a team of account executives, ensuring you coach them to develop the skills and behaviours they will need to succeed
• Establish company territory plans, team structure, individual quotas and patches for your team, including investment capacity requirements
• Report on revenue forecast and strategic GTM programs
• Partner with cross-functional teams to manage a complete revenue and customer success process
• Inspire a culture of teamwork, leading with value and achieving desired customers outcomes
• Develop trust-based relationships with customers and partners to ensure long‑term success
• Encourage learning and ongoing understanding of technical product details and our future product roadmap
• Establish a revenue growth and investment plan in the first 90 days
• Deliver our strategic growth plans, in collaboration with the other function leaders across EMEA, ensure forecast accuracy and a predictable, high‑growth business

What we look for:

• Experience as a high‑growth enterprise software sales leader with experience leading sales teams serving Named and Strategic customers in UKI within the Data, AI, Cloud, or SaaS Sales Industry
• Experience within the Telco or Utilities vertical
• History of exceeding sales quotas in similar high‑growth technology companies
• Ability to engage with and hire sales talent in the market
• Focus and emphasis on methodology‑based sales coaching, MEDDPIC and a Challenger mentality
• Experience of value‑based sales with both the business and IT stakeholders including C suite
• Experience in leadership roles focused on managing sales organisations to influence, develop, and achieve objectives within Data, AI, Cloud, or SaaS sales
• Extended Executive relationship network with key Telco & Utilities customers.
• Knowledge of the partner ecosystem to help grow Enterprise strategic territories
• Success implementing strategies for consumption and commitment‑based sales revenue models

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.

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