About this role.
Collibra is hiring a Senior Account Executive II to sell its data and AI governance SaaS platform to large Australian enterprises. The role owns both greenfield prospecting and expansion within existing accounts, leading complex consultative sales cycles through negotiation and close. Success requires 7+ years of enterprise data-management software sales experience, a consistent record of quota attainment, and credibility with C-level and technical stakeholders. The successful candidate will maintain rigorous pipeline coverage and forecasting while operating independently in a high-growth environment.
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Sample interview questions
I would explain how I identified a high-value account, mapped economic buyers and technical champions, quantified the customer’s business problem, and built a mutual action plan. I would include the deal size, sales-cycle length, obstacles encountered, and measurable customer outcome.
I segment accounts by strategic fit, installed footprint, urgency, and expansion potential. I set separate prospecting and account-growth cadences, use account plans to identify whitespace, and review pipeline coverage regularly so near-term expansion does not displace net-new creation.
I focus on executive outcomes such as trusted AI adoption, regulatory risk reduction, faster analytics delivery, and improved data accountability. I translate platform capabilities into a quantified business case, align technical validation with the customer’s architecture, and secure executive sponsorship early.
I base forecasts on verified customer commitments, stakeholder alignment, next steps, procurement status, and clear exit criteria rather than optimism. I update Salesforce promptly, identify risks early, and distinguish pipeline stages using evidence from buyer activity and mutual close plans.
I use approved AI tools to summarize account research, prepare meeting agendas, identify themes in discovery notes, and draft first-pass follow-up communications. I validate outputs, protect confidential information, and ensure that customer-facing recommendations are grounded in verified facts and my own judgment.
Joining Collibra’s Sales team
Join Collibra’s Sales team as a Senior Account Executive II and work with some of Australia’s leading enterprises as they build trusted, AI-ready businesses. In this role, you will partner with executive stakeholders across complex organizations to solve high-impact data and AI challenges, driving growth across both existing accounts and new customers in your territory.
As part of our Enterprise Sales team, you will lead complex SaaS sales cycles, build strategic customer relationships, and position Collibra as a critical platform for data and AI governance. You’ll operate at the intersection of enterprise technology, AI transformation, and business strategy, collaborating across teams to deliver measurable customer outcomes.
This role is based in Australia, with candidates expected to be located in Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane.
This is an opportunity for a consultative enterprise seller who thrives in high-growth environments, values autonomy and accountability, and wants to influence how global organizations govern and scale data and AI.
Senior Account Executives II at Collibra are responsible for
- Expanding relationships with existing customers across all verticals.
- Prospecting for net new accounts, greenfield building, and developing relationships with existing customers.
- Maintain active deal pipeline and ideal quota coverage in your territory.
- Managing and creating demand for expansion on existing customers to widen the footprint of Collibra within these accounts.
- Managing complex deal cycles, from lead origination to stakeholder mapping, through negotiation to close and expansion.
- Successfully collaborating with customers, partners, and peers in a consultative sales process where you will identify value and ROI to support customer’s needs.
- Reliable, accurate forecasting, with Salesforce updates reflective of real-time activity.
You have
- 7+ years of experience in data management software project enterprise sales familiar with corresponding sales methodologies and comprehensible track records
- Consistently achieved or overachieved your SaaS sales quota.
- Experience in the data management domain required.
- Experience in greenfield and expansion territory.
- Originated and navigated complex, direct sales cycles with multiple technical and business stakeholders.
- Sold net-new business and expansion opportunities to C-level buyers in large enterprise accounts.
- Managed consultative sales processes, with value-based impacts or outcomes.
- Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot) to solve real-world business challenges, drive measurable outcomes, or streamline workflows.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related working experience.
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
You are
- Known for your integrity and commitment to customers.
- Composed, resourceful, and focused in high-growth environments.
- Adaptive, accountable, and execution-oriented.
- A precise communicator and persuasive negotiator.
- Proud of your work and aim for excellence.
- Flexible to travel as required.
Measures of success
- Within your first month, you have completed onboarding, connected with your team members as well as with your
- functional peers.
- Within your third month, you will be in the midst of building a pipeline of business in your assigned territory.
- Within your sixth month, you will have solid foundation of prospective clients who you will be close to closing.
Benefits at Collibra
Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra’s benefits.
We create inclusion and belonging through how we onboard, meet, connect, engage, and communicate. Learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion at Collibra.
At Collibra, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone.
With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category. If you have a need that requires accommodation, let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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