Enterprise Account Executive - New Business
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value position targeting the growing Retail/CPG sector with opportunities for personal growth and strong team collaboration.
- High potential in expanding Retail/CPG market
- Collaborative team environment focused on innovation
- Requires knowledge and experience in data analytics
- Demands strong sales capabilities and local language proficiency
Pros
- Significant potential in a rapidly expanding market.
- Team-based approach fostering collaboration and innovation.
- Opportunity to engage with various stakeholders.
Cons
- Competition in the CPG market is intense.
- Role may require long hours to meet sales goals.
- Dependency on market trends can affect stability.
Who it's for
Mid Level • Remote with potential travel
Good fit
- Sales professionals experienced in the CPG sector
- Individuals eager to leverage data insights
- Candidates wanting to make a meaningful impact
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without sales history
- Those looking for limited market competition
- Professionals who prefer non-collaborative roles
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
SLSQ226R84
Databricks operates at the leading edge of the Unified Data Analytics and AI space. Our customers in Italy rely on us to drive the accelerated innovation needed to stay ahead in today’s highly competitive landscape.
We are looking for a creative Geo Hunter Account Executive, to join the team in Italy to maximise the phenomenal market opportunity that exists for Databricks in the Retail/ CPG sector. Reporting to the Sales Director, you will come with an informed and compelling point of view on the Big Data and Advanced Analytics space which will guide your successful strategy and together with both our teams and partners, allow you to provide exceptional value to our customers.
The impact you will have:
- You will provide the industry insight and business creativity required to design and develop unique use cases and solutions that differentiate Databricks within the Retail/CPG segment.
- You will co-develop a business plan, with your team and ecosystem partners, that accelerates existing customer success, identifies and acquires new opportunity and enables you to exceed quarterly/annual usage and booking goals
- You will motivate a diverse team of big data and AI professionals to implement your business plan
- You will lead your team, customers, and partners to identify impactful big data and AI use cases whilst proving their value on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
- You will support the broader big data and AI transformation goals of your customers through a combination of strategic partnerships, well-scoped professional services, training, and targeted Executive engagement
- You will build exceptional value with all engagements to guide successful negotiations to close
What we look for:
- 5+ years of experience in direct software sales, including selling enterprise software platforms to large organisations in Italy.
- Successful track record of selling complex software solutions, consistently exceeding quota
- Demonstrated ability to generate demand and create substantial business value
- Ability to build executive-level relationships and develop new business
- Strong understanding of data analytics, AI, and cloud technologies
- Strong understanding of consumption-based, land-and-expand sales models
- Experience driving successful adoption of usage-based subscription services (SaaS) and co-selling with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud teams
- Methods for co-developing business cases and gaining support from C-level Executives
- Experience developing partnerships with "champions" and client teams to support execution of your territory plan
- Experience developing a clear partner strategy and implement it to achieve success
- Familiar with sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC, Challenger, Command of the Message, and account/territory planning
- Fluent in Italian and business-level English
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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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
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