Sales Account Executive - Public Sector

About the role

Join Cloudera’s Sales team in Switzerland to drive growth with public sector and key enterprise accounts across the Swiss German market. You will build trusted relationships, challenge the status quo, and deliver large‑scale data solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Align with company objectives, grow revenue and market share at 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 exceeding enterprise software sales targets.
• Deep understanding of the Swiss enterprise landscape, especially public sector and manufacturing verticals.
• Ability to travel within Switzerland and occasionally across the DACH region.
• 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 and Unplugged Days.
• Flexible work‑from‑home and hybrid work model.
• Mental and physical wellness programs.
• Phone and internet reimbursement.
• Access to continued career development and comprehensive benefits.
• Paid volunteer time and employee resource groups.