
Strategic Hunter Account Executive - BFSI
About the role
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Strategic Enterprise Account Executive - BFSI
Databricks is seeking a Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, specialising in the Financial Services Industry to join our team in Melbourne, Australia.This is a critical "Strategic Hunter" role focused on driving significant company growth.
You will report directly to the Director of Enterprise Sales.
The Impact You Will Have:
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 projects delivery
Prospecting and Lead Generation: Use various strategies and resources, such as intent signals, account planning, and leveraging customer stories, to effectively prospect and target leads.
Prospect Engagement: Leverage BDRs, Marketing and Network to build relationships with key prospects in 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.
Unwavering Prioritisation & Grit.
Detail-oriented.
Creative
Coachability
Open to Change and uncertainty
Ambiguity: Proven ability to navigate complex and ambiguous customers and situations.
Experience: Proven track record in sales in the banking industry is perferred. Demonstrable experience in selling innovation, ideally in Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS technology in a consumption-first world.
Skills: Strong prospecting, lead generation, and customer engagement skills. Ability to drive consumption and secure customer commitment.
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.
Impact: Ability to generate blast radius impact from planned activities.
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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