Account Executive - SF Bay Area

  • Full-time

Company Description

We are a friendly and international software developer. Some might say the best place to work when you love data, innovative technologies, and the startup mindset. Our growing team of data scientists, software engineers, marketing, and sales are located in Paris and New York City. Our team is professional, dynamic, and entrepreneurial. We work hard but we also know how to relax. We like data but we also like haikus. We like serious but we also like fun.

Job Description

Dataiku is looking for an experienced Account Executive to join our sales team in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since the launch of our company in the US, we have experienced healthy growth and steady market demand. This individual contributor position is a new position due to business expansion, with responsibility for an extensive west territory.

We’re looking for someone who can express passion about the new technologies and possibilities of Big Data and Advanced Analytics.

The role consists of engaging prospects and customers on the topics of their Big Data and Advanced Analytics initiatives and to help them develop a more efficient approach, leveraging our platform. The Sales Executive is responsible for the entire sales cycle, while being able to leverage various company resources, to reach a successful collaboration with the prospect.

Dataiku is a young company with great momentum and at this early stage, the Account Executive is likely to work cross functionally with Marketing, Product Management and Engineering.

Qualifications

Required Skills

  • 5+ years experience in software field sales
  • Strong belief in a customer centric selling philosophy and applying a consultative approach in customer interactions
  • Background in selling innovation and new concepts to large Enterprises
  • Strong ability to develop a vision match with prospects and customers, to develop alignment across different groups and cultivate champions.
  • Good articulation of competitive positioning
  • Travel 30 to 50%

Desired Skills

  • Experience in ‘data’ – big data, analytics, data science, BI/DW, data integration
  • Early start-up experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.