Core Enterprise Account Executive, Nordics

Databricks
Stockholm, SE
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to senior sales professionals with a track record in software sales and territory management, based in the Nordics.

Best fit for

  • Experienced sales professionals who excel in consumption growth and commit deals.
    — “Experience growing consumption, and closing commit deals in a direct sales role
  • Self-starters with a deep understanding of the consumption sales process.
    — “high-achieving sales professional and self-starter who understands the consumption sales process
  • Candidates fluent in both English and a Nordic language.
    — “Business fluency in English and a Nordic language is required

Things to consider

  • Preference for candidates based in Stockholm, with limited flexibility for other Nordic locations.
    — “strong preference for the candidate to be based in Stockholm
  • Requires tracking and forecasting customer details in Salesforce.
    — “Track all customer details including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate a proven track record of exceeding sales targets in your resume.
    — “Proven track record of exceeding sales targets/quotas
  • Highlight your experience with MEDDPICC and Value Selling methodologies.
    — “Advanced understanding of MEDDPICC and Value Selling
  • Showcase your ability to identify and develop new use cases for customers.
    — “Identify new use case opportunities and showcase value to existing customers
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • exceeding sales targets
  • driving consumption growth
  • managing customer satisfaction
Typical background
sales experiencesoftware industry background

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales ExperienceSoftware Industry KnowledgeMeddpicc And Value SellingProspecting ResearchCustomer Relationship Management

Preferred

Open SourceData PlatformAi/ml InfraCloud InfrastructureCloud Security

Stack & domain

SalesCustomer Relationship ManagementProduct KnowledgeForecastingSales StrategyRisk ManagementCustomer SatisfactionLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkDecision-makingTime ManagementNegotiation

About the role

This role involves driving growth and innovation within large enterprise accounts in the Nordics, requiring a strategic thinker who excels in sales and can navigate complex customer relationships to expand the use of Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform.

Original posting from Databricks

SLSQ327R42

Note: There is a strong preference for the candidate to be based in Stockholm, though we are open to strong candidates located in Denmark or Finland.

Want to help solve the world’s toughest problems with data and AI? This is what we do every day at Databricks.Databricks operates at the leading edge of the Data and AI space. Our customers turn to us to lead the accelerated innovation their businesses need to gain first-mover advantage in today’s ultra-competitive landscape.

As a Core Enterprise Account Executive, you will own a focused territory of ~10 large Enterprise spending accounts across the Nordics. As a successful candidate, you are a high-achieving sales professional and self-starter who understands the consumption sales process. You know how to sell innovation and value to existing customers, are always prospecting and identifying new use cases and growing 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. You will report to the Director of Enterprise Sales, Nordics.

The impact you will have:

Assess your territory and develop a successful execution strategy

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

Promote the value of the Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform

Ensure 100% satisfaction among all customers

What we look for:

Minimum 4+ years of sales experience in the software industry, preferably in open source, data platform, AI/ML Infra, Observability, cloud infrastructure or cloud security

Experience growing consumption, and closing commit deals in a direct sales role

Proven track record of exceeding sales targets/quotas

Advanced understanding of MEDDPICC and Value Selling

Competent with prospecting research and ability to map out key stakeholders

Business fluency in English and a Nordic language is required

Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Benefits

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