Sales Account Executive – Public Sector

About the role

Join Cloudera’s Swiss sales team to drive data‑driven transformation for public sector and key enterprise accounts across the Swiss German market. You will own relationships, build trust, and lead large‑scale deals that generate significant revenue.

Key responsibilities

• Align with company objectives, grow revenue and market share for designated enterprise accounts.
• Develop business plans addressing customer priorities, deliver intelligence on technology footprints and competitive landscape.
• Own account relationships, build consensus with executives, influencers and decision makers.
• Lead large‑scale transactions, build pipeline, forecast business and communicate updates.
• Exceed quarterly and annual targets for software subscriptions, renewals, professional services and training.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 + years of enterprise software sales success.
• Deep understanding of the Swiss enterprise landscape, especially public sector and manufacturing verticals.
• Ability to travel within Switzerland and occasionally across DACH/Europe.
• Fluent in German/Swiss German.

Required skills

• Data Management, Data Lifecycle Management, Data Warehousing, Data Lakehouse architectures.
• Enterprise AI/ML workloads, Hybrid Cloud/Multi‑Cloud strategies.
• Containers and Kubernetes infrastructure.

What we offer

• Generous PTO policy with Unplugged Days.
• Flexible work‑from‑home options.
• Mental & physical wellness programs and phone/internet reimbursement.
• Career development, comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation.