CustomerLake Sales Specialist

Databricks · San Francisco, California · HQ Management · listed October 26, 2026

The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
7+ years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
7
Length
611 words

In the posting’s own words

As one of the first members of the CustomerLake specialist sales team , you will help build this business. You’ll partner with regional Account Executives to drive adoption across enterprise and strategic accounts , engaging CMOs and their organizations alongside data and technology leaders.

What it asks for · 7

  • 7+ years of enterprise SaaS sales experience , with consistent quota achievement and success closing complex deals.
  • Proven marketing technology sales experience , including selling directly to CMOs and across their organizations—particularly VPs of CRM, marketing operations, and customer engagement leaders.
  • Marketing and customer data fluency: Understanding of customer profiles, segmentation, activation, personalization, and how marketing teams evaluate investments.
  • Value-based selling: Ability to build quantified business cases and align marketing buyers with data, IT, security, and procurement teams.
  • Collaborative execution: Experience developing and winning opportunities alongside core Account Executives and technical specialists.
  • Experience building a business: Success establishing a new territory, product business, or sales approach while working through ambiguity.
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Also a plus

  • Experience selling CDPs, customer engagement, personalization, or customer data activation software into large enterprises.
  • Familiarity with Databricks, cloud data platforms, consumption-based sales, and AI applications in marketing.
  • Experience developing joint opportunities with technology partners, systems integrators, or marketing services firms.

What the job covers

  • Grow the business: Build pipeline and drive CustomerLake revenue, adoption, and consumption alongside regional Account Executives.
  • Win marketing buyers: Engage CMOs, CRM leaders, and marketing operations teams around retention, personalization, campaign performance, and customer lifetime value.
  • Lead opportunities through close: Coordinate discovery, customer evaluations, business cases, and negotiations with marketing and technical stakeholders.
  • Shape the sales approach: Turn early wins and customer feedback into repeatable sales plays, stronger messaging, and product insights.
  • Enable the broader field: Equip account teams and partners to identify CustomerLake opportunities and communicate its value.

Degree language

  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Tools and skills named

Data
  • Databricks3×
Go to market
  • Quota
  • SaaS
Models & research
  • Evaluations
Operations & finance
  • Recruiting
Security & compliance
  • Security

Words the posting leans on

  • customer11×
  • marketing11×
  • experience9×
  • sales9×
  • business6×
  • customerlake6×
  • data6×
  • enterprise4×
  • specialist4×
  • account executives3×
  • activation3×
  • alongside3×
  • build3×
  • cmos3×
  • customer data3×
  • leaders3×

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