Sales Specialist, Data Engineering

Snowflake

10d

About The Position

Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level. Snowflake is seeking an accomplished Principal Sales Specialist, Data Engineering Platform (Openflow and Iceberg/Polaris) to drive sales execution for our ingestion workloads. Reporting to the Managing Direction, Data Engineering Platform Sales, this is a strategic role that works closely with the broader field organization to ensure the successful customer adoption of Snowflake’s Data Engineering and Data Lake capabilities.

Requirements

10+ years of professional experience and at least 6 of years sales experience with consistently exceeding sales objectives selling technical solutions and software products into the enterprise market
A strong track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets in highly competitive markets
A familiarity with solution-based approach to selling, have experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities
Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships
Strong presentation and communication skills, capable of engaging with senior executives and key decision-makers at both technical and business levels.
In-depth knowledge of Data Engineering, Data Lakehouse, Ingestion and Transformation technologies, with proven expertise in driving successful sales initiatives within these domains
Strong ability to work across cross-functional teams including Sales Engineering, Professional Services, Marketing, and Product

Nice To Haves

Experience operating in overlay sales role and/or driving product consumption through workloads and use cases
Technical background with an understanding of the data space and market
Bachelor’s Degree

Responsibilities

Achieve pipeline generation and revenue targets for allocated accounts and/or territory on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a sales strategy in the allocated territory with a target account list
Execute tailored sales plays to capture market opportunities in Data Engineering, helping customers optimize their use of Snowflake's platform.
Work directly with customers to understand their Data Engineering needs, communicating insights to inform Snowflake’s product roadmap and ensuring alignment with customer requirements.
Become an expert in Snowflake’s Data Engineering and Data Lakehouse capabilities and provide executive-level insights to customers and partners, guiding strategic discussions that emphasize the value of Snowflake’s Data Engineering capabilities.
Work with our Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Leadership and Field CTOs to drive customer engagements from discovery and qualification through solution implementation and deployment
Track, analyze, and report on Data Engineering sales performance metrics, using data-driven insights to optimize strategies and drive continuous improvement
Partner with the broader cross-functional organization to integrate Data Engineering sales efforts with Snowflake’s overall go-to-market plans.
Driving the forecast of the region and exceeding revenue targets on consumption