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Startup Account Executive

Posted 16 Days Ago
In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
Junior
In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
Junior
The Startup Account Executive will prospect for and close new startup accounts while expanding existing customer relationships. Responsibilities include building territory plans, prioritizing accounts, communicating the Databricks Lakehouse vision, managing transactional and strategic sales cycles, achieving pipeline and revenue targets, and maintaining accurate Salesforce and Clari records. The role requires at least one year of closing experience, preferably in big data, cloud, or SaaS sales, along with a demonstrated history of exceeding quotas.
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As a Startup Account Executive at Databricks, you get to work with some of the most exciting, disruptive companies using data to change the world. You are creative and self-motivated with experience running both transactional and strategic sales processes. You know how to sell innovation and change through customer vision expansion 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 opportunities, you will close new accounts while expanding existing accounts. Along with the chance to close exciting deals, we also offer accelerators above 100% quota accomplishment. You will report to a regional sales manager.

The impact you will have:

  • Build a territory plan by 30 days with a clear account prioritization strategy.
  • Align both new and existing customers with the Lakehouse vision and ecosystem.
  • Be able to range from faster transactions to large strategic deals.
  • Meet and exceed activity, pipeline, and revenue targets; you will be expected to prospect in this role.
  • Maintain clear Salesforce and Clari hygiene including use case, MEDDPICC, revenue forecasts, and account notes.
  • Lead with a customer first mindset and focus on business value

What we look for:

  • 1+ years of closing sales experience
  • Prior experience in big data, Cloud, or SaaS sales
  • Be able to quickly learn new technologies and value proposition
  • Experience exceeding sales KPIs and quotas
  • Success closing new accounts while working existing accounts

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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