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About This Role
We are looking for a motivated Enterprise Account Executive to join our growing sales team. This is a hunting role where you will open new doors, create opportunities, and lead the full sales cycle from prospecting to close. At the same time, you will be part of a collaborative culture where wins are celebrated together and teammates share knowledge and support. You will play a critical role in expanding our customer base and helping shape the future of data.
This role includes some travel to meet with customers and teammates.
What You Get To Do
- Drive growth together: Lead the full sales cycle from prospecting to close while partnering closely with clients and teammates.
- Prospect strategically: Identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities through outbound and inbound channels.
- Position solutions: Deliver compelling demonstrations and craft tailored proposals that align with customer goals.
- Partner with teammates: Collaborate with marketing, sales engineering, and product to ensure a smooth handoff and long-term success.
- Stay informed: Keep current on industry trends and competitive offerings to position Astro as the leading solution.
What You Bring To The Role
- 5+ years of sales experience, ideally in SaaS, data platforms, or cloud solutions.
- 2+ years of field experience with in-person customer engagement.
- Proven success running complex enterprise sales cycles in data infrastructure, developer tooling, or adjacent technical domains selling to engineering, data, or platform teams.
- A history of consistent success in meeting or exceeding new business quotas in high-growth environments.
- Comfort with data orchestration, analytics, or related technologies is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trust and influence senior stakeholders.
- A proactive mindset with perseverance and accountability.
- Proficiency in CRM tools (Salesforce) and sales enablement platforms.
Bonus Points If You Have
- Experience selling to data teams, developers, or technical buyers.
- Background in data orchestration or Airflow-related technologies.
- Prior success in a startup or high-growth environment.
Compensation
The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $260,000 - $300,000, along with an equity component. This range is merely an estimate, and the width of the range reflects willingness to consider candidates with broad prior seniority. Actual compensation may deviate from this range based on skills, experience, and qualifications.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Astronomer, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Key skills/competency
- Sales
- Account Executive
- SaaS Sales
- Enterprise Sales
- Data Platforms
- Cloud Solutions
- CRM
- Sales Cycle Management
- Prospecting
- Customer Engagement
How to Get Hired at Astronomer
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 5+ years of SaaS sales experience, enterprise sales cycle success, and data platform knowledge, specifically mentioning CRM proficiency like Salesforce.
- Showcase your hunting skills: Emphasize your proven ability to open new doors, generate opportunities, and close deals in high-growth environments.
- Demonstrate technical understanding: Articulate your familiarity with data orchestration, analytics, or cloud solutions, and your ability to engage with technical buyers.
- Research Astronomer's culture: Understand their collaborative approach, focus on data teams, and their mission to empower data professionals.
- Prepare for behavioral questions: Be ready to discuss your proactive mindset, perseverance, accountability, and how you build trust with senior stakeholders.
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