Startup Core Account Executive

    databricks

    🇬🇧 London
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted Today
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    About this role

    SLSQ427R716

    Want to join a fast-growth pre-IPO organisation that could define the next stage of your career?

    Reporting to the Director for Startups as an Account Executive at Databricks, you come with relevant experience selling to Start-up and Mid-Market accounts. As a successful candidate, you are a self-starter who understands the consumption sales process. You know how to sell innovation and value to existing customers, identify new use cases and grow consumption 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 use cases and opportunities within existing accounts.  You will be offered huge potential for career progression as part of an innovative business unit supporting fast-growing customers at Databricks.

    The impact you will have: 

    • Assess your territory and develop a successful execution strategy within the first 30 days 
    • Drive quarter-on-quarter consumption growth in existing accounts
    • Exceed activity and quarterly revenue targets
    • Track all customer details, including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce
    • Identify new use case opportunities and showcase value to existing customers
    • Work closely with cross-functional engineering and product teams to deliver the most value back to your customers, aligned with the adoption of our platform
    • Working with system integrators, ISVs and cloud partners to help customers build a world-class data and AI strategy
    • Drive business and tech

    Tools & Tech Stack

    Salesforce

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Mid-Market

    1–6 month cycles, moderate deal complexity

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Prospecting·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Demos & presentations4–6/week
    Prospecting calls20–30/day
    Proposal writing2–3/week
    Pipeline review2×/week

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

    Role Signals

    Green Flags

    ✓
    Existing Book

    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

    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.

    Template question
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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

    Template question
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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

    As 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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