Databricks

Databricks

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Enterprise Account Executive - South Africa

Posted Aug 20, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
United Kingdom - London
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
Strong new business development background with a track record of closing and exceeding quota

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Role Summary

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This Enterprise Account Executive role reports to the Middle East and Africa sales leadership team and focuses on driving Databricks adoption across a select group of organisations. Based in London with potential relocation to Dubai in 2027, the role delivers net-new strategic business and helps customers achieve technical and business outcomes through the Databricks Intelligence Platform.

What You'll Do

  • Assess accounts and develop strategies to engage buying centres, drive deals forward, and shorten decision cycles
  • Use a solution-led approach to create value for new logo accounts
  • Identify and close quick wins while managing longer, complex sales cycles
  • Own a defined list of prospects and build strategies targeting critical stakeholders
  • Support customer transformation goals through partnerships, services, training, and Executive engagement
  • Orchestrate cross-functional teams and use demand plans to surface high-value use cases in each account

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Qualifications

Strong new business development background; experience closing and exceeding quota in consumption-based SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS; experience navigating procurement frameworks; background in cloud software, open source technology, or Data and AI; experience driving usage-based SaaS adoption and co-selling with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud; experience with account planning, MEDDPICC, Value Selling, forecasting, integration partners, and C-level sponsorship; fluent English; based in London with availability for travel.

Required

  • Strong new business development background
  • Track record of closing and exceeding quota in consumption-based business, including SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS
  • Experience navigating procurement frameworks and mechanisms
  • Background in cloud software, open source technology, or the Data and AI space
  • Experience driving adoption of usage-based SaaS services
  • Experience co-selling with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • Ability to identify key use cases and buying centres
  • Methods for co-developing business cases and securing C-level sponsorship

Original job description

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SLSQ327R89

Location: London (potential relocation to Dubai in 2027)

Do you want to help solve the world’s toughest problems with Data and AI? That’s what we do every day at Databricks.

Reporting to the Middle East and Africa sales leadership team, you’ll partner with a team of accomplished Data, AI and industry specialists. Your mission is to drive the adoption of Databricks across a select group of organisations. We’re looking for a proven Enterprise Account Executive to join our team in London (relocation to Dubai expected early 2027) to deliver net-new strategic business, bringing an informed point of view on Data and Advanced Analytics. Your insight will shape winning strategies and together with our teams and partners enable you to deliver exceptional value to customers.

The impact you will have:

  • Assess your accounts and develop a strategy to engage all buying centres, driving deals forward and shortening decision cycles
  • Use a solution-led approach to create meaningful value for new logo accounts
  • Identify and close quick wins while managing longer, complex sales cycles
  • Own a defined list of prospects and build strategies targeting all critical stakeholders
  • Support broader customer transformation goals through strategic partnerships, well-scoped services, training, and targeted Executive engagement
  • Build strong value throughout the sales process to guide successful negotiation
  • Orchestrate cross-functional teams to maximise impact across your ecosystem
  • Own the consumption narrative, using demand plans to surface high-value use cases in each account
  • Stay customer-centric by delivering both technical and business outcomes through the Databricks Intelligence Platform

What we look for:

  • Strong new business development background with a track record of closing and exceeding quota in consumption based business (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).
  • Experience navigating procurement frameworks and mechanisms
  • Background in Cloud software, open source technology, or the Data and AI space
  • Experience driving adoption of usage-based SaaS services and co-selling with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
  • Ability to identify key use cases and buying centres to expand Databricks’ value within an organisation
  • Methods for co-developing business cases and securing C-level sponsorship
    Experience building strong champions, collaborative teams and productive partnerships
  • Understanding of consumption-based land-and-expand sales models
    Familiarity with robust sales methodologies (e.g., account planning, MEDDPICC, Value Selling) and accurate forecasting
  • Demonstrated contributions and a consistent track record of success
  • Based in London (potential relocation to Dubai in 2027) with availability for travel.
  • Demonstrable experience working with integration partners 
  • Fluent English

 

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.

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Databricks

Large Enterprise

Databricks is a cloud-based data platform that specializes in providing solutions for data engineering, machine learning, and analytics. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, the company enables organizations to unify data processing and analysis workflows, facilitating collaboration for data professionals. Databricks offers an integrated environment for data scientists, engineers, and business analysts, streamlining the process of building and deploying AI and data-driven applications. With a strong emphasis on simplifying big data management, Databricks helps businesses harness the power of their data to drive innovation and insights.