Startup Core Account Executive

Databricks · London, United Kingdom · Sales & BD

Posted 2026-10-02

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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 technical consultancy for businesses to scale their data & company strategies effectively

Promote the value of Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform

Ensure 100% satisfaction among all customers

What we look for:

Demonstrated experience driving consumption growth and closing commit deals in a direct sales role

Experience in relevant software sales roles with a consumption-based sales motion

Some exposure to the software industry and some basic concepts of selling SAAS, Big Data and Business Value

Basic understanding of the data platform and cloud ecosystems

Understanding of the life cycle of a startup and its decision-making process

Experience exceeding sales targets/quotas

Success in closing new accounts while working on existing accounts

General understanding of MEDDPICC

Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience

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