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Enterprise Account Executive

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Fivetran is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to win and expand large enterprise accounts for its data movement and analytics infrastructure platform. The role owns complex, value-led sales cycles, executive discovery, pipeline generation, partner relationships, forecasting, and new-logo growth. Candidates need at least eight years of enterprise software sales experience and strong familiarity with the modern data technology ecosystem. This Minnesota-based role is primarily remote but requires travel for a mandatory in-person onboarding bootcamp. Compensation includes a disclosed base-pay range, with uncapped commission and RSUs addressed separately.
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USD 151,351–189,189 / yr
Department
Sales
Employment
Full Time
Experience
Director
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About this role.

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About Us
Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.

Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.

Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.

As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.

During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About the Role

The Enterprise Account Executive will drive towards aggressive new customer and partner revenue goals, while growing our footprint in the Enterprise market.

This is a full-time, remote position and must be based out of Minnesota in the United States. Please note that the compensation listed below does not include commission (uncapped 50/50 split) or RSU value.

What You’ll Do

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, customer success, alliances, operations, and analytics to drive pipeline generation and exceed revenue goals.
  • Accelerate the growth & adoption of Fivetran in the Enterprise Market through value-driven sales cycles.
  • Lead in-depth discovery and demonstrate a deep interest in our Enterprise customers’ data challenges, identify required capabilities and positive business outcomes to drive towards valuable long term customer engagements.
  • Speak comfortably about Fivetran’s vision to a broad range of audiences from C-level executives to individual contributors.
  • Seek out and land deals with new Enterprise target accounts, then look to grow their footprint with Fivetran through new use cases, cross-sells and expansion.
  • Build strategic relationships with partners in order to identify new opportunities and accelerate deal cycles.
  • Forecast accurately and provide clear visibility on sales and revenue performance by actively managing and progressing opportunities.

Skills We’re Looking For

  • 8+ years of large enterprise software sales experience and well-developed pattern recognition for navigating complex organizations.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to hold multiple stakeholders accountable throughout a complex value-driven sales cycle.
  • In-depth familiarity with the modern data technology industry and key players.
  • You are familiar with a solution-based approach to selling, have experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities.
  • You thrive in an extremely fast-paced, ever changing work environment.
  • You’re able to keep up with a highly motivated team in a market that is growing extremely fast.
  • You are extremely organized.
  • You are able to juggle lots of things at once while not letting anything drop.
  • You are a strategic thinker.
  • You are able to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way.
  • You are a problem solver.
  • You are resilient and creative, able to be resourceful to proactively seek out a solution to a problem.
  • You are enthusiastic!
  • You exhibit passion and excitement for your work and you have a can-do attitude.
  • Previous experience with data integration, database, ETL, or business intelligence technologies is a plus, but not required

Please note that the base + uncapped commission compensation listed below does not include RSU value. This position qualifies for Fivetran’s incentive plan, and it’s common for employees in this role to achieve the total on-target earnings.

As part of our commitment to setting new hires up for success, all new sales team members attend a one-week, in-person Revenue Bootcamp during their second week at Fivetran. This bootcamp, held at one of our designated company locations, requires travel and is a mandatory part of the onboarding process.

The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.

Pay Range

$151,351—$189,189 USD

OTE (On Target Earning)

$302,702—$378,378 USD

Perks and Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
  • Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off.
  • RSU stock grants*
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
  • Monthly cell phone stipend
  • Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type – please reach out to your recruiter for more information

Click here to learn more about Fivetran’s Benefits by Region.


We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.

To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here.


We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don’t hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.

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Role DNA

A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description.

Job Complexity

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5/5
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Autonomy Level

5/5
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AI insightThis is a senior enterprise sales role requiring navigation of complex stakeholder groups, long deal cycles, accurate forecasting, and aggressive revenue targets. Success depends on independent pipeline creation and credible executive-level business conversations.

Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Highly competitive
$170,270
US market range (per year)$145k–$195k
AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. The disclosed USD 151,351–189,189 pay range is treated as yearly base pay based on the compensation scale and standard US full-time enterprise-sales conventions; the posting does not explicitly state an annual cadence. The midpoint is USD 170,270 per year. Uncapped commission, OTE of USD 302,702–378,378, and RSU value are separate from the base-pay analysis. Estimated US market base pay for a comparable enterprise software Account Executive is USD 145,000–195,000 per year.

Core skills

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Sample interview questions
How do you approach a complex enterprise sales cycle with multiple stakeholders?

I begin with structured discovery to identify business priorities, technical requirements, decision criteria, and the buying process. I map stakeholders and build a mutual action plan that ties each milestone to a measurable customer outcome, while maintaining executive alignment throughout the cycle.

Describe how you create pipeline when entering a new enterprise territory or segment.

I segment target accounts by strategic fit, data maturity, and likely use cases, then develop account-specific outreach with marketing, partners, and SDR resources. I prioritize multi-threading early, use relevant business triggers, and inspect conversion metrics weekly to refine the approach.

How would you position Fivetran to a data leader evaluating several data integration platforms?

I would focus on the customer’s desired business outcomes: reliable data availability, reduced engineering maintenance, trusted analytics, and faster time to value. I would validate their source, destination, governance, and scalability needs, then connect Fivetran’s automated data movement capabilities to quantified operational and strategic impact.

What practices help you deliver an accurate forecast?

I use clear stage-exit criteria, validate compelling events and decision processes directly with buyers, and document risks rather than assuming they will resolve. I review deal health regularly with internal stakeholders and distinguish committed opportunities from upside based on verified evidence.

Tell us about a time you recovered a stalled enterprise opportunity.

In a stalled opportunity, I would reassess the original value hypothesis and identify whether the issue is priority, sponsorship, technical uncertainty, or procurement. I would then re-engage the executive sponsor with a concise business case, bring in the right technical or partner resources, and agree on a specific next-step plan with dates and owners.

This analysis is generated from the job description. Salary estimates, role characteristics and sample answers are guidance, not employer-provided facts.
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