Commercial Sales Director (Benelux)

Fivetran; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Generous PTO

RSU stock grants

Professional development

Team events and virtual happy hours

Cell phone stipend

Mental health support

Job summary

Fivetran, Dublin, is seeking an Account Executive to manage a commercial customer base and drive dbt Cloud adoption. You will identify new business opportunities, close deals, and deepen existing relationships across analytics tech stacks.

You will engage with stakeholders from developers to CTOs, navigate long sales cycles, and collaborate with product to shape the enterprise roadmap. A proactive, inclusive teammate with SQL knowledge is ideal.

Qualifications

• 2+ years closing experience in technology sales with targets met.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into a consultative sale.
• Excellent written, verbal, and in-person communication across stakeholders.
• Resilience to long, intricate sales cycles and multi-team execution.
• Comfort in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and inclusive teamwork.
• Familiarity with dbt or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage and close your own pipeline of customers for dbt Cloud.
• Expand dbt Cloud footprint in existing accounts to maximize impact.
• Engage with technology partners to extend reach in the region.
• Contribute to sales process improvements and work with product on roadmaps.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and management throughout deals.

Skills

Sales experience

Technical understanding

Communication skills

Sales cycles

Adaptability

Inclusion & teamwork

SQL familiarity

Tools

SQL

dbt

Job description

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About Us

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry‑leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions. As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact. During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About The Role

As an Account Executive, you will be responsible for managing our commercial customer base. The ideal person will be a proactive and curious member of our growing Sales team, identifying new business with prospects and growth opportunities for clients. A certain level of foresight and knowledge working with intrinsic sales cycles will take this individual confidently into the future of dbt Labs. This person will be located in Dublin.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Build, manage and close your own pipeline of companies that you believe will benefit from the dbt Cloud offering
• Manage, and deepen the dbt Cloud footprint in existing accounts, optimizing our impact on these companies
• Engage with technology partners and ecosystem service providers to optimize our impact and reach in the region
• Lead and contribute to team projects that develop our sales process
• Work with product to build and maintain the dbt Cloud enterprise roadmap

We’re looking for someone who has:

• 2+ years closing experience in technology sales, with a proven track record of exceeding annual targets
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts and develop them into a consultative sale
• Excellent verbal, written, and in-person communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels of an analytics organization (individual developer up to CTO)
• The diligence and organizational skills to work long, intricate sales cycles involving multiple client teams
• Ability to operate in an ambiguous and fast‑paced work environment
• A passion for being an inclusive teammate and involved member of the community
• Experience with SQL or willingness to learn

You have an edge if you have:

• Prior experience in analytics, ETL, BI, and/or open-sourced software
• Knowledge of or prior experience with dbt
• Prior experience of selling into Benelux.

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation packages commensurate with experience, including salary, RSUs, and where applicable, performance-based pay. Our Talent Acquisition Team can answer questions around dbt Lab’s total rewards during your interview process.

What to expect in the hiring process (all interviews will be conducted via Zoom):

• Interview with a Talent Acquisition Partner to align on the role and the skills and experiences we mutually value
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Team Interviews (1:1s) with members of the Sales and Solutions Architecture team
• Sales Challenge

Perks And Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance
• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays (including a year end Global Week of Rest), and volunteer days off
• RSU stock grants*
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high‑quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world‑class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.