Director - Sales; Snowflake

We are looking for aDirector, Snowflake Sales to drive the next phase of our growth. This is a high-impact, quota-carrying role for a seller who possesses the architectural literacy to engage deeply with Snowflake’s technical teams and client stakeholders. You are not just a relationship manager; you are a technical navigator who can comfortably discuss Medallion Architecture, data migration, ecosystem partner capabilities, and AI/ML strategy to qualify and advance complex deals.

You are able to act both as a co-prime seller partnering with our industry sales teams as well as a prime seller owning the entire sales lifecycle—from aggressive pipeline development and partnership cultivation to the final negotiation and closure of services engagements. You will be supported by dedicated Pre-Sales Engineers and/or Delivery Architects for deep-dive demos and technical scoping, allowing you to focus on strategic positioning and deal execution.

• Full-Cycle Sales Ownership: Lead all phases of the consultative sales cycle, including proactive opportunity identification, qualifying complex requirements, driving proposal development, and managing negotiations through to close.
• Ecosystem Orchestration: Serve as the primary liaison between Coastal and Snowflake, co-developing joint account plans with Snowflake license sellers and their leadership to ensure Coastal is the partner of choice for their deals.
• Strategic Discovery &
  
  Qualification:
  
  Conduct initial discovery sessions focused on business innovation, identifying high-level technical blockers and mapping them to business outcomes.
• Technical Credibility: Build immediate trust with technical stakeholders by demonstrating a conceptual understanding of data modernization frameworks and Snowflake’s core platform capabilities.
• Resource Management: Orchestrate the transition of qualified opportunities to the Pre-Sales and/or Delivery teams for detailed technical validation, demos, and scoping.
• Target Achievement: Consistently meet or exceed quarterly and annual services bookings and revenue targets.
• Partner and Co-Sell: Collaborate with our industry sellers, enable them to identify Snowflake opportunities and co-sell with them.

• 6+ years of experience in GTM customer facing roles with a proven record of closing multi-million-dollar deals.
• Architectural Literacy: Strong conceptual (non-hands-on) understanding of Medallion Architecture, Data Lakehouse concepts, and the infrastructure required for AI/ML.
• Snowflake Ecosystem Expertise: Demonstrated success navigating the Snowflake (or similar such as Databricks) sales organization and driving revenue through partner-led opportunities.
• Consultative Closer: Ability to lead a consultative engagement while maintaining a relentless focus on the commercial milestones required to close business.
• Work Authorization: Must have full-time permanent US work authorization.

• Professional Services Background: Experience selling / delivering data consulting or digital transformation services rather than just software licenses.
• Salesforce Awareness: Familiarity with the Salesforce ecosystem (Tableau, Mule Soft, Data 360, Informatica) is a plus but not required.
• Strategic Planning: Proven ability to build and execute territory plans in a matrixed environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to balance strategy, execution, customer advocacy and contributing to continual optimization of the GTM strategy.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred, or equivalent experience.

• Flexible working hours with an emphasis on a life-work balance (in that order!)
• Remote flexible work, live by the beach, work in the Cloud, plus company office locations in Palm Coast, FL;
  Atlanta, GA;
  Tysons, VA & Lexington, KY; travel as required to client locations
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (RTO), 401K with Company Match, and Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage
• Competitive quarterly bonus opportunities
• Continuing education and certification reimbursements, specifically within the Salesforce and Snowflake ecosystems; plus occasional in-house competitions with spot bonuses
• A flexible and fun team culture! We value transparency, support, flexibility, growth, teamwork, fun, and so much more
• Frequent team and culture activities, virtual & in-person, including Lunch and Learns, Happy Hours, team-building events
• Monthly All-Hands calls to bring the company together, and an open-door leadership policy with access to mentorship and guidance
• Opportunities for accelerated growth, networking, and career guidance and support
• Trust, transparency and respect across all levels of the company

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