Account Executive (Hunter)
Skills & Technologies
Joblaze summary
In the role of Account Executive at Databricks, the individual will focus on acquiring new customers in the Energy and Utilities sector, driving initial consumption of the company's services. Key skills include strong prospecting and lead generation abilities, along with a solid understanding of Databricks' platform and its value proposition. This position is ideal for seasoned sales professionals with a proven track record in customer acquisition and a background in Big Data or SaaS technologies. The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure customer success and effective pipeline management.
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- Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Databricks's career page.
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Quick facts
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Sales, Cloud, Customer Engagement, Big Data, SaaS.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Account Executive (Hunter) role at Databricks.
From the original posting
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Databricks is looking for a Senior Geo Hunter Executive to join us in Melbourne, Australia. This role is designed as a Hunter role with a focus on Energy and Utilities. As a Hunter at Databricks, you are pivotal in driving the company's growth by acquiring new customers and expanding into new territories. You will focus on converting prospects into customers and driving the initial consumption of Databricks' services. You will report to the Director, Enterprise.
The Impact You Will Have:
- Activating New Databricks Customers: Get customers to their first dollar, or Databricks Unit as we like to call it, and accelerate Pay-as-you-go customers past their initial use-cases.
- Driving Consumption: Help customers derive value from the platform by identifying key use cases and increasing usage.
- Securing Strategic Committed Deals: Identify, structure and close opportunities to co-invest in high-priority initiatives to accelerate and de-risk project delivery
Key Responsibilities:
- Prospecting and Lead Generation: Use a range of strategies and resources, including intent signals, territory planning, and customer stories, to effectively identify and target leads.
- Prospect Engagement: Leverage BDRs, Marketing and Network to build relationships with key prospects in the territory to displace incumbent technologies.
- Sales Execution: Conduct first meetings with compelling POVs to create urgency for change. Create territory and account plans to prioritise pursuits. Engage in activities such as roundtables, bootcamps and industry events to build relationships and progress pipeline.
- Pipeline Management: Maintain an accurate and updated Salesforce (SF) pipeline, create proof of concepts (POCs), and manage the sales cycle from initial contact to closing the deal.
- Collaboration: Engage with architects, professional services engagement managers coordinate demand planning sessions, and align with executive sponsors to ensure a comprehensive approach to customer success.
What We Look For:
- Characteristics:
- Takes initiative, is proactive and drives.
- Resiliency
- Unwavering Prioritisation and Grit.
- Detail-oriented.
- Creative
- Coachability
- Open to Change and uncertainty
- Experience: Proven track record in sales, particularly in acquiring new customers and expanding into new territories. Demonstrable experience in selling innovation, ideally in Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS technology in a consumption-first world.
- Industry Experience: This role has a focus on Energy and Utilities, which will be preferred
- Skills: Strong prospecting, lead generation, and customer engagement skills. Ability to drive consumption and secure first-time commits.
- Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including GDRs and Customer Success teams.
- Technical Acumen: Understanding of Databricks' platform and the ability to communicate its value to customers.
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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