Account Executive - Acquisition

Snowflake Snowflake · Data AI · Oslo-MSO, Norway · Sales

Snowflake is seeking an Account Executive to drive new client acquisition within enterprise businesses, focusing on selling Snowflake's solutions in the context of the 'agentic enterprise' era. The role involves prospecting, developing, and closing business, managing the sales process, and acting as a trusted advisor to clients by understanding their IT roadmaps. While the company emphasizes AI's role in the future of work, this specific role is focused on sales and client acquisition, not direct AI/ML model development or deployment.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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.
  2. Develop marketing plans with the marketing team to drive revenue growth.
  3. Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future IT roadmap to drive the Snowflake solution within the marketplace.
  4. Prospect qualification and the development of new sales opportunities
  5. Sales process management and opportunity closure.

Skills

Required

  • Sales strategy development
  • Territory management
  • Marketing plan development
  • Customer relationship management
  • Prospect qualification
  • Sales process management
  • Negotiation
  • Presentation skills
  • Listening skills
  • Organization
  • Contact management
  • MEDDPICC implementation
  • Norwegian language proficiency

Nice to have

  • Data or cloud related technology sales experience
  • Industry specific experience
  • Selling software or cloud based applications to the Enterprise

What the JD emphasized

  • 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.
  • Professionally proficient in Norwegian