Strategic Core Account Executive - Retail
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germanyfull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Databricks is seeking a Strategic Core Account Executive to lead and expand a flagship Retail/OEM account in Germany, driving data and AI strategy, growing platform consumption, and delivering measurable business value through consultative enterprise sales.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of flagship account, define strategy, and drive it to exceed revenue and consumption goals
- Turn strategy into action with urgency and discipline to overachieve targets
- Build boardroom-level relationships and act as trusted advisor on data and AI for senior stakeholders up to C-level
- Uncover and shape new business, expand use cases, and deepen platform consumption across the account
- Orchestrate the full Databricks ecosystem, mobilising internal teams to maximise impact and customer value
- Demonstrate compelling value in engagements and lead negotiations to close opportunities
Qualifications
- Proven record of exceeding revenue targets in complex enterprise sales environments
- Recognised Retail domain expertise in Germany within Retail/OEM accounts
- Proven success selling data, analytics, big data, AI, or other highly technical cloud software solutions in multi-year enterprise sales cycles
- Ability to identify high-impact data and AI use cases and engage key buying centers
- Strong understanding of consumption-based, land-and-expand models with growth within a strategic account
- Experience creating and shaping demand and translating priorities into measurable business value
- Disciplined use of MEDDPICC, account planning, Value Selling, or Command of the Message; strong pipeline management and forecasting
- Track record building executive-level champions and cross-functional account teams
- Experience developing and executing partner strategies to extend reach and accelerate deal velocity
- Willingness to travel to customer sites, company and industry events regionally and internationally
- Fluent in German and English with credibility to engage up to C-level senior stakeholders
Skills
Required:Enterprise salesStrategic account management
Benefits
- Benefit details are region-specific and can be found via the provided link in the job description.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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