On-site
SaaS
greenhouse
About this role
SLSQ427R902
Databricks Enterprise Sales team is looking for an Account Executive to join us in Singapore. This is a role to double down on the opportunity identified in the Indonesian market.
As an Account Executive, you will have a strong command of the SaaS sales process. You know how to present innovation and change through customer vision expansion and can guide opportunities forward to compress decision cycles. You love understanding a product in-depth and are passionate about communicating its value to customers and partners, and importantly, the business value that technology can unlock. Always prospecting for new opportunities, you will engage new accounts whilst continuing to increase value within existing accounts.
The impact you will have:
- Assess your accounts and develop a strategy to identify and engage
- Use a solution approach and create value for customers
- Identify the most valuable use cases in each account to maximize Databricks' impact
- Orchestrate and work with teams to maximize the impact on your ecosystem
- Build value with all engagements to promote successful negotiations to close
- Promote Databricks' enterprise cloud data platform powered by Apache Spark
- Be customer-focused by delivering technical and business results using the Databricks Platform
What we look for:
- You have previously worked in an early-stage company, and you know how to navigate and be successful in a fast-growing organization
- Sales experience within Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS
- Experience working with C-Level exec
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
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.
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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 questionThis Account Executive position at Databricks involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.
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