Enterprise Sales Director, Retail
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Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will lead a team of Enterprise Named and Strategic Account Executives serving Retailers and Grocers. You will build the Retail and Grocery GTM for UK and Ireland, set territory plans and quotas, coach your team, forecast revenue, and build trusted relationships with customers and partners. You will report to the RVP, Consumer Industries, UK and Ireland.
Requirements
- Experience as a high-growth enterprise software sales leader leading Named and Strategic sales teams in UKI within Data, AI, Cloud, or SaaS
- Experience within the Retail vertical
- History of exceeding sales quotas
- Ability to hire sales talent
- Methodology-based sales coaching, MEDDPIC and Challenger mentality
- Value-based sales experience with business and IT stakeholders including C-suite
- Leadership experience managing sales organisations
- Executive relationship network with Retail customers
- Knowledge of the partner ecosystem
- Success with consumption and commitment-based revenue models
Responsibilities
- Lead and coach a team of account executives
- Build the GTM for Retail and Grocery in the UK and Ireland
- Establish territory plans, team structure, individual quotas and patches
- Report on revenue forecast and strategic GTM programs
- Partner with cross-functional teams on revenue and customer success
- Build trust-based relationships with customers and partners
- Establish a revenue growth and investment plan in the first 90 days
- Deliver strategic growth plans with EMEA function leaders and ensure forecast accuracy