Account Executive

Posted 10 Days Ago
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Helsinki, FIN
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Cloud • Machine Learning • Software • Database • Analytics
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The Role
Drive enterprise client acquisition by prospecting, developing, negotiating, and closing new business. Build territory sales strategies, achieve quarterly and annual quotas, manage complex sales cycles, engage executive stakeholders, understand customer IT roadmaps, present tailored solutions, and support onboarding. The role requires enterprise technology sales experience, strong relationship management, quota achievement, pipeline development, and professional proficiency in Finnish.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

The Account Executive is responsible for driving new client acquisition within enterprise businesses. Individuals who excel at this job have the ability to prospect, develop, and close business within a timely manner while focusing on the clients’ requirements. The Enterprise AE's must have the confidence and ability to negotiate and close agreements with clients and support new customers through our on-boarding process.

This role is a unique opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to high visibility, high impact projects at a very exciting time for the company. Snowflake is an innovative, high-growth, customer-focused company in a large and growing market. If you are an energetic, self-managed professional with experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities, we’d love to hear from you.

 
AS AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL:
  • Achieve sales quotas on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a sales strategy in the allocated territory with a target prospect list, and a regional sales plan.

  • Develop marketing plans with the marketing team to drive revenue growth.

  • Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future IT roadmap to drive the Snowflake solution within the marketplace.

  • Prospect qualification and the development of new sales opportunities

  • Arrange and conduct initial Executive and CxO discussions and positioning meetings.

  • Sales process management and opportunity closure.

  • Be familiar with solution-based approach to selling, have experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities.

OUR IDEAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WILL HAVE:
  • 8+ years of field sales experience preferred with an emphasis on data or cloud related technology.

  • 5+ year’s industry focused experience generating new business

  • Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships.

  • Experience hitting quota of $1M+ of ARR per year.

  • A track record of success in driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement.

  • Experience determining customer requirements and presenting appropriate solutions.

  • Pro-active, independent thinker with high energy and a positive attitude.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.

  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced startup environment.

  • Executive level relationship management.

  • Ability to understand the "bigger picture" and the business drivers around IT.

  • Experience implementing MEDDPICC.

  • Professionally proficient in Finnish

BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
  • Industry specific experience.

  • Experience selling software or cloud based applications to the Enterprise is desired.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of field sales experience, preferably focused on data or cloud-related technology
  • 5+ years of industry-focused experience generating new business
  • Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships
  • Experience achieving a quota of $1M or more in annual ARR
  • Track record of consistent activity, pipeline development, and quota achievement
  • Experience determining customer requirements and presenting appropriate solutions
  • Proactive, independent mindset with high energy and a positive attitude
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and relationship management skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Executive-level relationship management experience
  • Ability to understand business drivers surrounding IT
  • Experience implementing MEDDPICC
  • Professional proficiency in Finnish
  • Industry-specific experience
  • Experience selling enterprise software or cloud-based applications

Snowflake Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Snowflake and has not been reviewed or approved by Snowflake.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is often characterized as top‑of‑market across multiple roles. The company also points to a Fair Pay Workplace certification, signaling externally reviewed pay‑equity practices.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity is a meaningful part of total compensation, with new‑hire grants, refresh potential, and a discounted ESPP with a favorable lookback. Feedback suggests this ownership component materially boosts perceived total rewards.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Parental leave is described as up to 26 weeks paid in the U.S., paired with flexible or generous PTO and multiple leave types. Family‑building benefits and a dedicated parental‑leave hub further expand support.

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The Company
HQ: Bozeman, MT
9,023 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Snowflake powers the end-to-end data lifecycle – from ingesting and processing data to analyzing and modeling it, to building and sharing data and AI applications – helping engineers, analysts, and leaders innovate faster and achieve more with their data. We're on a mission to empower every enterprise to achieve its full potential through data and AI.

Why Work With Us

Snowflake is where data does more, and so do you. More innovating, more growing, and more collaborating. Here, you’ll find the sweet spot between building big and moving fast, in technology and your career.

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