Enterprise Account Executive, Observe
Required skills
- Enterprise sales
- quotas
- technical solutions
- enterprise software
- observability
- monitoring
- DevOps
- infrastructure
- data platforms
- Data Warehousing
Nice to have
- AI-native
- agentic enterprise
- experimental mindset
- telemetry
Role summary
Snowflake is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive for its Observe by Snowflake SaaS observability platform. This role focuses on selling AI-powered observability solutions integrated with the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of enterprise sales experience, a strong track record of meeting quotas, and expertise in observability, monitoring, DevOps, data platforms, or adjacent spaces. Responsibilities include conducting discovery calls, demos, managing complex sales cycles, building pipeline, driving full-cycle sales, and achieving revenue targets. The role requires a solution-oriented approach, ownership mentality, and strong collaboration skills.
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.
Observe by Snowflake is a high-growth SaaS observability platform built on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, enabling businesses to troubleshoot modern distributed applications 10x faster. Now, as a core part of Snowflake, we’ve reached a major milestone in the evolution of the Snowflake platform. By bringing AI-powered observability directly into the Snowflake ecosystem, we’ve created the first truly unified platform for telemetry and business data.
This role is a unique opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to high-visibility, high-impact projects within Observe by Snowflake, our observability platform built for modern data-driven organizations. You will be successful in this role if you are able to act with autonomy, take accountability, and remain open to new perspectives and ideas. Our team is deeply curious, always learning, and continuously pushing the boundaries of how customers gain insight from their data to operate more effectively.
AS AN ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, OBSERVE BY SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
Become an expert on the Observe platform and its integration with Snowflake, conducting discovery calls, tailored demos, and presentations for prospective customers focused on observability, monitoring, and data-driven operations
Act as a trusted advisor by understanding customers’ existing and future data, infrastructure, and observability strategies, positioning Observe as a critical component of their modern data stack
Qualify prospects and develop new sales opportunities, while building and maintaining a strong pipeline of recurring revenue
Drive full-cycle sales motions—land, adopt, expand, and deepen relationships with accounts in your region
Achieve and exceed sales quotas on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a strategic territory plan, target account list, and regional go-to-market approach
Collaborate cross-functionally with sales engineering, product, professional services, marketing, legal, and finance teams to deliver value-driven solutions
ON DAY ONE WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:
6+ years of Enterprise sales experience with a strong track record of meeting or exceeding quotas, selling technical solutions and enterprise software products
Experience executing complex enterprise sales strategies within observability, monitoring, DevOps, infrastructure, data platforms, or adjacent spaces such as Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, or AI/ML
A solution-oriented sales approach, with experience managing long, complex sales cycles and strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
The ability to operate like an owner—building the business, defining and executing sales strategies, and leveraging ecosystem, partner, and go-to-market knowledge to drive results
A commitment to providing open, honest, and respectful feedback while contributing to an inclusive and high-performing team culture
A reputation for “Making Each Other Better,” demonstrated through strong internal collaboration and long-standing cross-functional relationships
Proven ability to independently prospect, develop, and close new enterprise client relationships
Experience consistently achieving multi-million dollar annual revenue targets
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee’s duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
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:
The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
- This role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's commission plan and it is common for employees in this role to receive total on-target earnings of $268,000 - $351,750. The estimated base salary for this role is $134,000 - $175,875.
- Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s equity plan.
The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
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Sample Snowflake interview questions
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What metrics do you track to keep your pipeline healthy?
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What strategies would you recommend to reduce unnecessary cloud expenses?
technicalmedium - 3
Can you describe how Snowflake works with partners to deliver value to customers?
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Participate in a role-play scenario.
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Pitch a sales scenario.
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