Cloudera

Key Account Director

Cloudera$130K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in North Carolina, US
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise software sales with a proven track record of exceeding targets
  • 5+ years of direct sales experience in financial services vertical, particularly with major accounts like American Express and MasterCard
  • Proficient in AI and its implications for business transformations
  • Knowledgeable in data management, analytics, engineering, and warehousing
  • Familiar with containers, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure technologies
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university is required
  • Willingness to travel as needed

Responsibilities

  • Own and develop account relationships to drive revenue growth
  • Build consensus and connect with executives, decision-makers, and influencers
  • Align Cloudera products with customer needs and maintain account oversight
  • Lead complex sales cycles and manage large transactions
  • Regularly engage with accounts to stimulate demand for Cloudera products
  • Forecast business outcomes and communicate updates within the team
  • Achieve quarterly and annual goals for software subscriptions and cloud consumption

Benefits

  • Generous PTO policy to support time off
  • Unplugged days to enhance work-life balance
  • Flexible work-from-home policy
  • Programs focused on mental and physical wellness
  • Reimbursement for phone and internet expenses
  • Opportunities for continued career development
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Paid time for volunteer activities and involvement with employee resource groups
Full Job Description
Business Area:
Sales

Seniority Level:
Mid-Senior level

Job Description:

Job Description

Cloudera Sales empowers the world's largest enterprises across every industry to use data to solve some of the most complex challenges that impact businesses, communities and lives. We have a platform that delivers incredible Data and Analytics technology across On- Prem, Public Cloud, and in a Hybrid model. We're at an exciting point in our transformation as we successfully execute on our strategy.

As part of the Sales team, you will have autonomy to engage with leading enterprise customers, prospects and partners. You will help foster long term, sustainable, and mutually rewarding relationships. This is your opportunity to be part of something intellectually stimulating, fast paced, transform a customer's business, and earn financial rewards along the way.

As the Key Account Director you will:
  • Own the overall account relationship, in order to drive net-new revenue in the account and ensure customer success
  • Build consensus and develop relationships at multiple levels: executive sponsors, decision-makers, influencers
  • Align Cloudera domain products and service experts to key customer stakeholders, while maintaining account oversight
  • Lead large scale sales cycles and transactions
  • Meet regularly with the account to generate new Cloudera demand and net-new pipeline
  • Forecast the business, lead the internal team, and communicate key updates
  • Exceed quarterly and annual goals for new software subscription and cloud consumption


We're excited about you if you have:
  • Minimum 10+ years of exceeding enterprise software sales targets
  • Minimum 5+ years of experience selling to financial services vertical, in particular, with accounts such as American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, Capital One, London Stock Exchange.
  • AI proficient, understanding of the impact AI will have on businesses
  • Data management, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing experience
  • Containers, Kubernetes, data infrastructure, public cloud infrastructure technology experience
  • Four year degree (Bachelor's) from accredited university required
  • Ability to travel


This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

What you can expect from us:
  • Generous PTO Policy
  • Support work life balance with Unplugged Days
  • Flexible WFH Policy
  • Mental & Physical Wellness programs
  • Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
  • Access to Continued Career Development
  • Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
  • Paid Volunteer Time
  • Employee Resource Groups


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About Cloudera

Cloudera is a software company that provides a unified platform for data management and analytics. The company's platform enables organizations to store, process, and analyze large amounts of data in a variety of formats, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Cloudera's platform is used by some of the world's largest and most innovative organizations, including Airbus, Credit Suisse, and Expedia. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Learn more about Cloudera
Size
2,728 employees
Market Cap
$4.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$162.7 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+39.2%
Revenue
$869.2 million
NASDAQ

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