Startup Core Account Executive

Databricks Inc.; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an Account Executive reporting to the Startups Manager to drive consumption growth in Start-up and Mid-Market accounts. You will guide deals, articulate product value, and identify new use cases to expand adoption of our Data Intelligence Platform.

You will work with engineering and product teams, partners, and cloud ecosystems to deliver measurable business value and cloud-scale data strategies, while ensuring high customer satisfaction across accounts.

Qualifications

• Experience driving consumption growth and closing commit deals in a direct sales role.
• Adept in selling to technical buyers and with a SaaS value narrative.
• Basic understanding of data platforms and cloud ecosystems and startup lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Assess your territory and develop a successful execution strategy within the first 30 days.
• Exceed activity and quarterly revenue targets.
• Track all customer details, including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce.
• Identify new use case opportunities and showcase value to existing customers.
• Work closely with cross-functional engineering and product teams to deliver value to customers, aligned with platform adoption.
• Collaborate with system integrators, ISVs and cloud partners to build data and AI strategy.
• Drive business and technical consultancy to scale data & AI strategies.
• Promote the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
• Ensure 100% satisfaction among all customers.

Skills

Consumption growth

Close deals

Sell to tech buyers

SaaS familiarity

MEDDPICC knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Want to join a fast-growth pre-IPO organisation that could define the next stage of your career?

Reporting to the Manager for Startups as an Account Executive at Databricks, you come with relevant experience selling to Start-up and Mid-Market accounts. As a successful candidate, you are a self-starter who understands the consumption sales process. You know how to sell innovation and value to existing customers, identify new use cases and grow consumption and can guide deals forward to compress decision cycles. You love understanding a product in depth and are passionate about communicating its value to customers and partners. Always prospecting for new use cases and opportunities within existing accounts. You will have significant career progression opportunities as part of an innovative business unit supporting fast-growing customers at Databricks.

The impact you will have

• Assess your territory and develop a successful execution strategy within the first 30 days
• Exceed activity and quarterly revenue targets
• Track all customer details, including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce
• Identify new use case opportunities and showcase value to existing customers
• Work closely with cross-functional engineering and product teams to deliver the most value back to your customers, aligned with the adoption of our platform
• Working with system integrators, ISVs and cloud partners to help customers build a world-class data and AI strategy
• Drive business and technical consultancy for businesses to scale their data & company strategies effectively
• Promote the value of Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform
• Ensure 100% satisfaction among all customers

What we look for

• Demonstrated experience driving consumption growth and closing commit deals in a direct sales role
• Adept in selling to technical buyers
• Experience in relevant software sales roles with a consumption-based sales motion
• Some exposure to the software industry and some basic concepts of selling SAAS, Big Data and Business Value
• Basic understanding of the data platform and cloud ecosystems
• Understanding of the life cycle of a startup and its decision-making process
• Success in closing new accounts while working on existing accounts
• General understanding of MEDDPICC
• Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram .

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