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Director, Enterprise Sales, Public Sector

Databricks

Ottawa · Ontario · Posted Oct 12, 2026

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Location
Ottawa · Ontario

About Databricks

  • Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

About the role

  • Databricks is seeking an Enterprise Sales Director to lead the growing Public Sector business in Ottawa.
  • This role involves leading a team of Enterprise Named and Strategic Account Executives, implementing sales plans, expanding existing business, and delivering accurate sales forecasting.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of account executives, ensuring you coach them to develop the skills and behaviors they will need to succeed
  • Establish company territory plans, team structure, individual quotas and patches for your team, including investment capacity requirements
  • Report on revenue forecast and strategic GTM programs
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to manage a complete revenue and customer success process
  • Inspire a culture of teamwork, leading with value and achieving desired customers outcomes
  • Develop trust-based relationships with customers and partners to ensure long-term success
  • Encourage learning and ongoing understanding of technical product details and our future product roadmap
  • Establish a revenue growth and investment plan in the first 90 days
  • Deliver our strategic growth plans, in collaboration with the other function leaders across Canada, ensure forecast accuracy and a predictable, high-growth business

Requirements

  • Experience as a high-growth enterprise software sales leader with experience leading sales teams serving Named and Strategic customers within the Data, AI, Cloud, or SaaS Sales Industry, specifically within the Public Sector space.
  • History of exceeding sales quotas in similar high-growth technology companies
  • Ability to engage with and hire sales talent in the market
  • Focus and emphasis on methodology-based sales coaching, MEDDPIC and a Challenger mentality
  • Experience of value-based sales with both the business and IT stakeholders including C suite
  • Experience in leadership roles focused on managing sales organisations to influence, develop, and achieve objectives within Data, AI, Cloud, or SaaS sales
  • Extended Executive relationship network with key customers.
  • Knowledge of the partner ecosystem to help grow Enterprise strategic territories
  • Success implementing strategies for consumption and commitment-based sales revenue models.

Benefits

  • comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees

Skills

  • MEDDPIC
  • SaaS
  • Cloud
  • AI
  • Data

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Director, Enterprise Sales, Public Sector

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