Startup Hunter Account Executive

Cacheflow; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks, the Data and AI company, is seeking a Startup Hunter Account Executive to drive new business across ASEAN. You will engage startup and mid-market accounts, articulate Databricks value, and guide deals through a defined sales methodology.

You will report to the Sr. Manager, Emerging Enterprise & DNB and work with cross‑functional teams to close deals and accelerate customer value realization.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of startup/emerging enterprise sales with quota attainment.
• Experience in a consumption-based sales motion.
• Proven ability to close complex deals and exceed quotas.
• Experience selling cloud software / data & AI solutions.
• Experience co-selling with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Identify buying centers within accounts and develop a strategy to engage them.
• Lead solution-based selling and create business value for new logo accounts.
• Articulate product value to customers and partners to drive decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to close new business and grow ASEAN accounts.
• Maintain accurate forecasting and track opportunities in Salesforce.

Skills

Startup sales

Emerging enterprise

Consumption-based sales

Closing expertise

Cloud software sales

Co-selling with cloud providers

MEDDPICC / value selling

Territory planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

SLSQ127R134

Do you want to help solve the world's toughest problems with data and AI? At Databricks, we do this every day.

As a Startup Hunter Account Executive at Databricks, you come with relevant experience selling to Startups/Commercial/Mid-Market accounts. As a successful candidate, you are a self-starter who understands the sales process. Passionate about solving business challenges, you excel at initiating and advancing conversations to value delivery using a defined methodology. Skilled at selling innovation, you guide deals to accelerate decision‑making, articulate product value to customers and partners, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to close new business and grow existing accounts in ASEAN market.

You will report to the Sr. Manager, Emerging Enterprise & DNB

The impact you will have:

• Assess your accounts and develop a strategy to identify and engage all buying centers
• Use a solution-based approach to selling and creating value for new logo accounts
• Be comfortable switching between technical stakeholder and business buyer personas, in order to connect the customers challenges to business value through the entire sales cycle
• Identify and close quick wins while managing longer, complex sales cycles
• Track all customer details including projects, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce
• Map the whitespace opportunity across your defined territory, and use methodology to identify the most viable use cases in each account to maximise Databricks impact
• Orchestrate and work with teams to maximise the impact on your ecosystem
• Build value with all engagements to promote successful negotiations to close point
• Be customer-focused by delivering technical and business results using the Databricks Intelligence Platform

What we look for:

• 2-3 years of Startup/ Emerging Enterprise Sales experience exceeding quotas, covering Singapore/ SEA accounts or territory
• Experience in working in a consumption-based sales motion
• Strong closing experience and evidence of exceeding sales quota
• Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-growing organization
• Sales experience within Cloud software, open source technology, or ideally Data and AI space
• Experience driving successful adoption of usage-based subscription services (SaaS) and co‑selling with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud teams
• Methods for co‑developing business cases and gaining support from C‑level Executives
• Familiarity with sales methodologies and processes (e.g. Territory and Account planning, MEDDPICC, and value/discovery selling)
• Simply articulate intricate cloud technologies
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience preferred

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.

Benefits

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