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Account Executive - Acquisition

Snowflake · Remote · Germany

Base
Not disclosed
OTE
Not disclosed
Quota attainment
Not disclosed
Posted
4d ago

Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.

Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”

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The job

What you'd do
Win new customers among very big companies in Germany, from first call to signed deal. You'll find most of your own prospects by email, phone, and through partners.
What you'd sell

A data cloud for analytics and AI-powered apps

When a company wants answers from its data, that data usually sits in many separate systems. The problem is, hooking those systems together and making sure the numbers can be trusted takes a lot of engineering work. Snowflake's Data Cloud takes data from raw intake all the way to live analytics and AI-powered apps, so the company doesn't have to wire every piece together by hand.

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Who you'd sell to
IT leaders and executives at big companiesIn their words: “Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future IT roadmap to drive the Snowflake solution within the marketplace.”
Where deals come from
Mostly you. Expect a lot of outbound: cold calls, emails and LinkedIn.

The Braun Read

Worth a look

Solid on the basics. Use the first call to fill in the gaps.

Pay
No pay listed at all.
Transparency
Shares 2 of 5: quota, attainment, deal size, territory, sales cycle.
Time on market
Open 4 days.
Company hiring
Ramping up: posted 21 sales roles in the last 30 days. That many open roles can also mean churn. Ask how many reps are still there from last year.

Red lights

None spotted.

Yellow lights

  • German required. The posting asks for fluent German. Worth knowing before you apply if you only sell in English.

Green lights

  • States the quota. You know the number before the first call.

Based only on what the posting says. Lights are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?

    OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.

  2. 2.

    What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?

    Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.

  3. 3.

    Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?

    A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.

  4. 4.

    Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?

    Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.

  5. 5.

    What are the base and the OTE for this role?

    No point investing hours before you know the number.

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.

› When the offer comes

Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.

  1. 1.

    Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?

    What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.

  2. 2.

    Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?

    The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.

  3. 3.

    I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?

    Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.

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Full posting
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. The Account Executive - Acquisition is responsible for acquiring net new logos with enterprise businesses within Germany. People who excel at this job have the ability to prospect (via email, phone, & partner ecosystem), develop, and close business within a timely manner while focusing on the clients’ requirements. The AE's must have the confidence and ability to negotiate and close agreements with clients and support new customers through our on-boarding process. This role is a unique opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to high visibility, high impact projects at a very exciting time for the company. Snowflake is an innovative, high-growth, customer-focused company in a large and growing market. If you are an energetic, self-managed professional with experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities, we’d love to hear from you.   AS AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL: - Achieve sales quotas for allocated accounts and/or territory 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. - Develop marketing plans with the marketing team to drive revenue growth. - Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future IT roadmap to drive the Snowflake solution within the marketplace. - Prospect qualification and the development of new sales opportunities and ongoing revenue streams. - Arrange and conduct initial Executive and CxO discussions and positioning meetings. - Sales process management and opportunity closure. - Ongoing account management to ensure customer satisfaction and drive additional revenue streams. - Be familiar 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. OUR IDEAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WILL HAVE: - BA/BS required. - 3+ years of field sales experience preferred with an emphasis on data or cloud related technology. - 5+ year’s experience focussed on generating new business within Enterprise accounts. - Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships. - Experience hitting quota of $800k+ of ARR per year and experience on averaging 8+ face to face meetings per week. - New business sales focus. - A track record of success in driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement. - Experience determining customer requirements and presenting appropriate solutions. - Pro-active, independent thinker with high energy and a positive attitude. - Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and relationship management skills. - Ability to thrive in fast-paced startup environment. - Executive level relationship management. - Ability to understand the "bigger picture" and the business drivers around IT. - Fluent German language required BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: - Experience implementing MEDDPICC. - Experience selling software or cloud based applications to the Enterprise is desired.   Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake. How do you want to make your impact? For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com
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