Enterprise AE at Databricks - High-OTE FinServ Sales in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a high-upside Enterprise Account Executive role at one of the most prominent Data + AI companies in the market, targeting the lucrative Financial Services vertical. Here's what career-minded professionals should know:
Compensation & Earning Potential: Databricks Enterprise AE roles in Financial Services typically carry OTE (On-Target Earnings) in the range of $300,000–$450,000+ (base + variable), with accelerators kicking in above 100% quota — meaning top performers can significantly exceed OTE. No salary figures are listed, so negotiate carefully with benchmarks in mind.
Skills Development:
- Deep expertise in cloud data platforms, Apache Spark, and AI/ML solutions — skills in extreme demand across the industry
- C-suite relationship building and enterprise deal management in regulated Financial Services environments
- Complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycle navigation — a highly transferable, senior-level competency
Company Stage & Culture: Databricks is a late-stage unicorn (valued at $62B+ as of 2024) with IPO speculation ongoing. It operates with startup energy but enterprise scale — 20,000+ customers and 70% of Fortune 500. This is a strong résumé brand for future career moves.
Green flags: Accelerator structure rewards overachievement; massive TAM in Financial Services; strong product-market fit. Red flag to watch: High quota pressure and "hunter" framing signals a performance-intensive culture — ensure quota expectations are realistic before accepting.
Role ID: SLSQ128R164
As an Enterprise Geo Hunter Account Executive at Databricks, you are a seasoned sales professional with experience selling to Financial Services accounts. You know how to sell innovation and change through customer vision expansion 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 System Integrators. Always looking for new opportunities, you will be asked to hunt after net new logos. Along with the chance to close exciting deals, we also offer accelerators above 100% quota attainment.
The impact you will have:
- Meet with CIOs, IT executives, LOB executives, Program Managers, and other key partners
- Close both new accounts and existing accounts
- Identify and close quick, small wins while managing longer, complex sales cycles
- Exceed activity, pipeline, and revenue targets
- Track all customer details including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce
- Use a solution-based approach to selling and creating value for customers
- Promote Databricks' enterprise cloud data platform powered by Apache Spark™
- Ensure 100% satisfaction among all customers
- Prioritize opportunities and apply appropriate resources
- Build a plan for success internally at Databricks and externally with your accounts
What we look for:
- Previous experience at an early-stage company and ability to navigate and succeed in that environment
- Field sales experience within big data, Cloud, or SaaS sales
- Prior customer relationships with CIOs, program managers, and key decision makers
- Ability to simply articulate intricate cloud technologies
- 4+ years of experience exceeding sales quotas
- Expertise with financial services institutions (preferred)
- Demonstrated success closing net new business
- Understanding of Spark and big data (preferred)
- Passion for cloud technologies
- Bachelor's Degree
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
Benefits
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