SLSQ227R380
Location: London (relocation to Dubai expected early 2027)
Want to help solve the world's toughest problems with data and AI? This is what we do every day at Databricks.
Databricks operates at the leading edge of the Data and AI space. Our customers turn to us to lead the accelerated innovation their businesses need to gain first-mover advantage in today's ultra-competitive landscape.
We are looking for an Account Executive to manage our most strategic customer in the UAE. The role will be based in London and will require you to travel to the UAE on a regular basis.
As a Strategic Account Executive, you are a sales professional experienced in selling to large Enterprise 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 Partners. Always looking for new opportunities, you will close new accounts while maintaining existing accounts.
You will report to the Sales Director for the UAE.
The impact you will have:
- Assess your territory and develop a successful execution strategy
- Exceed activity and quarterly revenue targets
- Track all customer details including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce
- Identify new use case opportunities and showcase value to existing customers
- Promote the value of the Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform
- Orchestrate and utilise our field engineering teams to ensure valuable outcomes for clients
- Build and demonstrate value with all engagements to guide successful negotiations to close point
What we look for:
- Extensive understanding of the data platform, open source and cloud ecosystems
- Highly skilled in prospecting research and ability to map out key stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in Value Selling and developing a mutual action plan
- Ability to influence decision-making and strategy with customer leadership teams
- Ability to establish credibility with the C-suite
- Adept in selling to technical buyers
- Mastery of MEDDPICC
- Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience
- Fluency in English is required, fluency in Arabic is preferred
- Willingness to relocate to Dubai in early 2027
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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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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Skills Required
- Extensive understanding of the data platform, open source and cloud ecosystems
- Highly skilled in prospecting research and ability to map out key stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in Value Selling and developing a mutual action plan
- Ability to influence decision-making and strategy with customer leadership teams
- Ability to establish credibility with the C-suite
- Adept in selling to technical buyers
- Mastery of MEDDPICC
- Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience
- Fluency in English is required
- Fluency in Arabic is preferred
Databricks Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Databricks and has not been reviewed or approved by Databricks.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are a meaningful part of offers, and periodic tender opportunities and secondary options have made private equity more tangible for many employees. This perceived upside contributes to strong total-compensation sentiment in key roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with mental‑health resources and wellness reimbursements, indicating a robust health package. Multiple summaries highlight broad coverage that employees can practically use.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays/sick time, and fully paid parental leave are frequently described, with hybrid/remote flexibility common in the U.S. These policies expand time‑off accessibility across different life stages.
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What We Do
As the leader in Unified Data Analytics, Databricks helps organizations make all their data ready for analytics, empower data science and data-driven decisions across the organization, and rapidly adopt machine learning to outpace the competition. By providing data teams with the ability to process massive amounts of data in the Cloud and power AI with that data, Databricks helps organizations innovate faster and tackle challenges like treating chronic disease through faster drug discovery, improving energy efficiency, and protecting financial markets.
