Job Description

Company Description

Dear trailblazers, forward-thinkers, and doers - We want you. DataStax is the real-time AI company, with proven technologies that empower any organization to deliver the artificial intelligence (AI) applications that are redefining business. The companys marquee product is Astra DB, the industrys only vector database for building real-world AI applications using real-time customer and streaming data. Built on Apache Cassandrathe massively scalable open source database proven by AI leadersAstra DB delivers production-level AI applications that consistently deliver accurate content and insights without artificial hallucinations. Thousands of developers and hundreds of the worlds leading enterprises, including Audi, Capital One, The Home Depot, Priceline, Verizon, VerSe Innovation, and many more rely on DataStax technologies. We subscribe to a set of principles that guide how we collaboratively work together. We inspire each other with our values, obsessing over developers and enterprises, taking action and focusing on results, innovating in technology, products, and everything we do, and defining success as the team winning. We foster a diverse working environment that is respectful, generates new ideas, promotes ownership, and encourages highly motivated individuals to shape tomorrow. These form the foundation of the DataStax culture and help drive our decisions.



As an Account Executive, you will focus on identifying, negotiating and closing big deals targeting and growing our biggest strategic accounts. You will use your deep industry knowledge to expand and close these complex deals. You will provide account leadership and direction in both the pre- and post-sales processes in a high-energy, dynamic environment.

What you will do:

Drive some of the worlds biggest brands to achieve their most strategic corporate objectives by connecting those objectives to DataStaxs set of solutions.

Listen, identify and understand clients/prospective clients needs and deliver to their expectations.

Command the message, business value selling, and account planning.

Demonstrate expertise in building business cases which clearly show value and differentiation at all levels of your customer / prospect organizations.

In collaboration with Data Architects, develops short and long-range strategies for product expansion; assesses potential application of the company products to meet customer needs

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of DataStax\' competitive positioning in the marketplace, and prepare activity and forecast reports as requested

Your experience should include:

Working with the C-level executives in building strategic and long standing relationships.

Build relationships with multiple stakeholders and influence them in a positive way.

Evangelizing enterprise technology, with particular focus on SaaS and disruptive technologies.

Command the message, business value selling, and account planning.

Demonstrating excellence in Pipeline Generation & Opportunity Progression; including meticulous planning and preparation.

Creating trusted customer relationships and a deep understanding of needs/opportunities within enterprises.

Helping customers to transform their infrastructure into meaningful data that allows them to make strategic business decisions

Cloud based distributed systems

Closing deals $1 million and up

Not sure if you qualify?

Apply anyway! We extend opportunities to a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you\'re new to the corporate world, returning to work after a gap in employment, or simply looking to transition or take the next step in your career path, we are excited to connect with you.

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