Sales Account Executive

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Hiring Remotely in Texas, USA
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Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Software • Big Data Analytics
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The Role
Own and grow enterprise customer accounts, revenue, and market share. Develop account plans, build executive-level relationships, lead large software transactions, manage pipelines and forecasts, coordinate internal teams, and achieve subscription, renewal, services, and training sales targets. The role requires enterprise software sales experience, data management or warehousing knowledge, familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, and public cloud infrastructure, and travel up to 50%.
Summary Generated by Built In

Business Area:

Sales

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description: 

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.  Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

Cloudera Sales empowers the world's largest enterprises across every industry to use data to solve some of the most complex challenges that impact businesses, communities and lives. We have a platform that delivers incredible Data and Analytics technology across On- Prem, Public Cloud, and in a Hybrid model. We’re at an exciting point in our transformation as we successfully execute on our strategy. 

As part of the Sales team, you will have autonomy to engage with leading enterprise customers, prospects and partners. You will help foster long term, sustainable, and mutually rewarding relationships. This is your opportunity to be part of something intellectually stimulating, fast paced, transform a customer’s business, and earn financial rewards along the way. 

As a Sales Account Executive you will:

  • Align with the company's strategic objectives, handle and grow revenue and market share at designated Enterprise accounts to improve customer success at all levels in the customer organization. 

  • Develop and deliver business plans to address customer and prospect priorities and critical needs.

  • Convey public and acquired intelligence about customer technology footprints, strategic growth plans, technology strategies and competitive landscape and trends Introduce domain product and service experts/specialists while maintaining account oversight.

  • Own account relationships and drive overall customer success for these assigned accounts.

  • Build consensus and develop relationships at multiple levels – executive sponsors, influencers and decision makers.

  • Lead large scale transactions to close large scale deals. Build pipeline, forecast business, lead the internal team, communicate key updates and competitive intelligence.

  • Exceed quarterly and annual new and expansion software subscription, renewals, professional service and training business goals.

We’re excited about you if you have:

  • Minimum 8+ years of exceeding enterprise software sales targets

  • Fast moving start-up and vertical use case driven experience

  • Data management or Data warehousing experience

  • Containers, Kubernetes and public cloud infrastructure technology knowledge and experience

  • Requires up to 50% travel (approximately 2 weeks out of every month)

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What you can expect from us:

  • Generous PTO Policy 

  • Support work life balance with Unplugged Days

  • Flexible WFH Policy 

  • Mental & Physical Wellness programs 

  • Phone and Internet Reimbursement program 

  • Access to Continued Career Development 

  • Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages 

  • Paid Volunteer Time

  • Employee Resource Groups

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Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience exceeding enterprise software sales targets
  • Experience in fast-moving startup environments and vertical use-case-driven sales
  • Data management or data warehousing experience
  • Knowledge and experience with containers, Kubernetes, and public cloud infrastructure
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time

Cloudera Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay practices are presented as equity-audited with a recognized Fair Pay Workplace certification and ongoing internal reviews. Compensation is often characterized as competitive for similar-sized peers, with visible market-aligned ranges for key roles.
  • Healthcare Strength Benefit descriptions emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, alongside life and disability insurance, an EAP, wellness programming, and U.S. gym reimbursement. Health coverage is described as strong in practice.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Policies include generous PTO and holidays plus recurring companywide Unplugged Days that create extended weekends. Parental and medical leave are also highlighted as part of the core package.

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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, CA
3,092 Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

Why Work With Us

Impact at Scale: The infrastructure we build solves massive problems for top global banks, telecommunications giants, and healthcare providers. Cutting-Edge Tech: Work directly at the intersection of Open Source, Machine Learning, and Generative AI. Unmatched Flexibility: Enjoy a remote-friendly, hybrid culture that respects your time—including

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