Emerging Enterprise Core Account Executive

    Databricks

    🇨🇦 Calgary, Canada; Montréal, Canada; Toronto, Canada
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    greenhouse

    About this role

    Emerging Business, Canada | Toronto, ON (Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal considered)

    About the role

    As an Emerging Enterprise Account Executive at Databricks, you'll own a book of 10 to 20 mid-sized Canadian companies that are already building on Databricks. These are enterprises and growth companies that are modernizing their data platforms and putting AI from POC to Production. 

    You'll run the full sales cycle yourself, from discovery through close, with a dedicated Solutions Architect as your technical partner. You're expected to talk to a data engineering lead in the morning and a VP of Finance in the afternoon, and be credible in both conversations. This is a consumption-based role. Signing the contract is only part of the job. You're measured on whether customers actually use what they buy.

    You'll report to the Sales Director, Emerging Business Canada, and work alongside Startup and Geo AEs on a team that covers everything from Series A startups to established Canadian enterprises.

    The impact you will have

    • Build a territory and account plan within your first 30 days that ranks your accounts by consumption potential and names your top use case targets.
    • Grow consumption across your book by finding new workloads and teams, then partnering with your SA to move use cases from scoping to production.
    • Close commit deals on your own, from first-time Jumpstart commits to multi-year agreements, and bring in your manager and deal desk on the more complex ones.
    • Build net new pipeline every quarter through prospecting and account development. 
    • Build Business Value Assessments and ROI cases that tie Databricks to outcomes your buye

    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

    Greenfield

    Build territory from scratch — net-new logos

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Prospecting·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Executive presentations2–3/week
    Business cases & RFPs1–2/week
    Forecast & pipeline2×/week
    Champion coachingDaily

    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

    Commercial & Mid-Market Sales
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

    Template question
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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

    Template question
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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    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
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    Account Executives are the revenue engine of any sales organization — this role will require strong pipeline management and closing skills.

    Top SaaS reps often earn significant upside through accelerators once quota is exceeded.

    The Canadian sales market is growing rapidly, with competitive compensation increasingly matching US benchmarks.

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