Strategic Core Account Executive - Financial Services

    Databricks

    🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    greenhouse

    About this role

    SLSQ227R476

    As a Strategic Enterprise Account Executive - Financial Services at Databricks, you are a strategic sales professional experienced in selling into enterprise accounts. Having experience working with Financial Services accounts is preferred. You know how to sell innovation and change through customer vision expansion 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 System Integrators. Always looking for new opportunities, you will be asked to drive consumption. Along with the chance to close an exciting deal, we also offer accelerators above 100% quota attainment.

    The impact you will have:

    • Meet with CIOs, IT executives, LOB executives, Program Managers, and other important partners
    • Close both new accounts and existing accounts
    • Identify and close quick, small wins while managing longer, complex sales cycles
    • Exceed activity, pipeline, and revenue targets
    • Track all customer details including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce
    • Use a solution-based approach to selling and creating value for customers
    • Promote Databricks' enterprise cloud data platform powered by Apache Spark™
    • Ensure 100% satisfaction among all customers
    • Prioritize opportunities and applying appropriate resources
    • Build a plan for success internally at Databricks and externally with your accounts

    What we look for:

    • You have previously worked in an early stage company and you know how to navigate and be successful
    • Field sales experience within big data, Cloud, or Sa

    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

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    Manager-Level

    Departmental buyers and team leads

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    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.

    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

    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.

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

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