AI Sales Director

    Databricks

    🇺🇸 San Francisco, California; United States; West Coast - United States
    SaaS
    Base + Commission
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    greenhouse

    About this role

    SLSQ427R457

    We are looking for a Director, AI Sales (IC) to grow Databricks’ enterprise AI business and shape how we take AI to market. You will work directly with executives and technical teams to win strategic opportunities, get AI applications into production, and expand customer usage. You will also turn what works with customers into sales plays the broader field can execute, with direct influence on our AI product priorities and go-to-market strategy.

    The impact you will have

    • Deliver assigned AI consumption, bookings, and activation goals by prioritizing high-potential strategic accounts and converting underserved or unactivated demand into production usage.
    • Increase the number of enterprise AI opportunities that achieve executive-backed technical validation and progress from experimentation to repeatable production workloads.
    • Build and scale field plays around priority AI platform capabilities including AI Gateway, AI/ML training and serving infrastructure, Agent Bricks for custom agent development, etc. Creating measurable pipeline and consumption growth.
    • Improve field execution by equipping and enabling account teams and specialists with repeatable guidance on AI use-case discovery, qualification, value articulation, pricing, sizing, and opportunity progression.
    • Establish a scalable engagement model across sales, solutions architecture, business-unit enablement, and partners that increases specialist-influenced pipeline and accelerates customer decisions.
    • Turn customer, field, and competitive feedback into clear product and go-to-market recommendations that strengthen Databricks’ position in the enterprise AI market.
    • Build internal and external executive credibility

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    Typical Day — Sales Rep

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Proposals & business cases1–2/week
    Pipeline managementDaily

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    HQ Management
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    How do you coach underperforming reps?

    Template question
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    Describe your forecasting methodology.

    Template question
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    How do you structure onboarding for new hires?

    Template question
    Research Databricks's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Research typical OTE splits for this role level and negotiate accordingly
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    Sales leadership roles require balancing individual contributor revenue with team performance management.

    Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.

    The US market offers the highest OTE potential globally for sales professionals, with a highly competitive talent landscape.

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