On-site
SaaS
greenhouse
About this role
SLSQ227R13
As an Enterprise Account Executive your mission will be to acquire and grow some of our focus customers in Databricks. You know how to sell within the FSI vertical domain 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 growing our business in existing accounts. You will report to the Director, FSI Sales, Japan.
The impact you will have:
- You will secure new logos with strategic accounts in the FSI vertical.
- You will create a focused and targeted logo acquisition strategy.
- Expand Databricks use cases in existing and newly won accounts to maximize impact for customers.
- Establish essential C-Level relationships, including Engineering, Platform, Architecture, and Data Science roles, who will, in turn, be your industry advocates.
- You will build value in all engagements to guide successful negotiations.
- You will plan, document, and drive the growth of Databricks usage for your customers.
- You will develop a deep and detailed understanding of the customer's business.
- Provide leadership to the customer, important staff, and technical teams.
- Identify all important data use cases and buying centers in an opportunity, to increase the impact of Databricks in an organization.
- Orchestrate and use Databricks teams and ecosystem partners to maximize your impact on your sales motions.
What we look for:
- 5+ years experience selling multi-million dollar complex software deals to the region'
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
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
Inherit existing accounts
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
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
Walk me through your discovery process.
Template questionHow do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?
Template questionTell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.
Template questionHow do you build business cases for stakeholders?
Template questionDescribe a deal you lost and what you learned.
Template questionAs an Account Executive with Databricks, you'll own the entire revenue pipeline and be measured on quota attainment.
Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.
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