Startup Hunter Account Executive, France

    databricks

    🇫🇷 Paris
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted Today
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇫🇷 French

    About this role

    Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager for South Europe, as a Startup Hunter Account Executive at Databricks, you will focus on acquiring new accounts across France. As a successful candidate, you are a self-starter who understands how to generate pipeline and manage full sales cycles.  You have experience with the consumption business, you know how to sell innovation and value to new prospective customers, identify first or new use cases,  and can guide them 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 case opportunities within new accounts, we also offer accelerators above 100% quota accomplishment. You will be offered huge potential for career progression with the pace of the team's growth.


    The impact you will have:

    • 1-2 years of experience in a direct account executive/closing role
    • Assess your territory and develop a successful account execution strategy 
    • Identify and activate new accounts to execute account activation target activate new accounts
    • Exceed activity and 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 prospects
    • Promote the value of the Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform 
    • Ensure 100% satisfaction among all customers


    What we look for:

    • Experience penetrating new accounts, executing on first use cases, growing initial consumption and closing deals in a direct sales role
    • Ex

    Tools & Tech Stack

    Salesforce

    Commission Structure

    Base Salary

    Not disclosed — ask in interview

    Commission

    Structure not specified

    Ramp Period

    Not mentioned — clarify timeline

    Accelerators

    Yes

    Selling Motion

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Geographic

    Region-based territory assignment

    Requirements at a Glance

    Experience·2+ years required
    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.

    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

    Enterprise 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

    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.

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