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dbt Labs

Sales Director, Enterprise (Nordics)

Job Summary

The Sales Director role at dbt Labs focuses on growing and managing the enterprise customer base through building and closing a sales pipeline, managing existing accounts, and engaging with partners. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in technology sales, technical understanding, and strong communication skills to engage stakeholders at various levels. They will work in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on developing sales strategies and contributing to the enterprise roadmap. The role requires a proactive, curious individual with a Hunter mindset and familiarity with SQL or willingness to learn.

Required Skills

Business Development
Communication Skills
Pipeline Management
Technical Sales
Consultative Selling
Enterprise Sales
Organizational Skills
SQL or Data Skills

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave
401k Matching
Unlimited Vacation
Wellness Stipend
Home Office Stipend
Healthcare

Job Description

About Us

dbt Labs is the pioneer of analytics engineering, helping data teams transform raw data into reliable, actionable insights. Since 2016, we’ve grown from an open source project into the leading analytics engineering platform, now used by over 50,000 teams every week.

As of February 2025, we’ve surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and serve more than 5,400 dbt Cloud customers, including JetBlue, HubSpot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. We’re backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter. At our core, we believe in empowering data practitioners:

  • Code-based data transformations unlock transparency, flexibility, and collaboration
  • Analysts should adopt software engineering best practices to build trusted data products
  • Core analytics infrastructure should be open source and user-controlled
  • Analytic code—not just tools—should be shared and community-driven
dbt is now synonymous with analytics engineering, defining the modern data stack and serving as the data control plane for enterprise teams around the world. And we’re just getting started. We’re growing fast and building a team of passionate, curious people across the globe. Learn more about what makes us special by checking out our values.

About the role:

As a Sales Director, you will be responsible for growing and managing our enterprise customer base. The ideal person will have a hunter mindset and be a proactive and curious member of our growing Sales team, identifying new business with prospects and growth opportunities for clients. A certain level of foresight and knowledge working with intrinsic sales cycles will take this individual confidently into the future of dbt Labs. This person will be located in Sweden, preferably Stockholm or Malmo.

In this role, you can expect to:

  • Build, manage and close your own pipeline of companies that you believe will benefit from the dbt Cloud offering
  • Manage, and deepen the dbt Cloud footprint in existing accounts, optimizing our impact on these companies
  • Engage with technology partners and ecosystem service providers to optimize our impact and reach in the region
  • Lead and contribute to team projects that develop our sales process
  • Work with product to build and maintain the dbt Cloud enterprise roadmap

We’re looking for someone who has:

  • Demonstrable ability of building and closing your own pipeline within enterprise accounts.
  • 4+ years closing experience in technology sales, with a proven track record of exceeding annual targets.
  • Ability to understand complex technical concepts and develop them into a consultative sale
  • Excellent verbal, written, and in-person communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels of an analytics organization (individual developer up to CTO)
  • The diligence and organizational skills to work long, intricate sales cycles involving multiple client teams
  • Ability to operate in an ambiguous and fast-paced work environment
  • A passion for being an inclusive teammate and involved member of the community
  • Experience with SQL or willingness to learn

You have an edge if you have:

  • Prior experience in analytics, ETL, BI, and/or open-sourced software
  • Knowledge of or prior experience with dbt

Compensation:

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Equity Stake*
  • Benefits:
    • dbt Labs offers:
      • Unlimited vacation (and yes, we use it!)
      • Excellent healthcare
      • Paid Parental Leave
      • 401k matching
      • Wellness stipend
      • Home office stipend, and more!

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation packages commensurate with experience, including salary, equity, and where applicable, performance-based pay. Our Talent Acquisition Team can answer questions around dbt Lab’s total rewards during your interview process.

  • The typical starting salary range for this role is:
  • 2,064,000.0 SEK to 2,502,000.0 SEK with full range for growth into the 2,900,000's SEK.

What to expect in the hiring process (all interviews will be conducted via Zoom):

  • Interview with a Talent Acquisition Partner to align on the role and the skills and experiences we mutually value
  • Interview with Hiring Manager
  • Team Interviews (1:1s) with members of the Sales and Solutions Architecture team
  • Sales Challenge

dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply—we value potential just as much as a perfect resume.

Want to learn more about our focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at dbt Labs? Check out our DEI page.

dbt Labs reserves the right to amend or withdraw the posting at any time. For employees outside the United States, dbt Labs offers a competitive benefits package. Equity or comparable benefits may be offered depending on the legal or country limitations.

Interested in this job?

Application deadline: Open until filled

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Date PostedMay 15th, 2025
Job TypeFull Time
LocationSweden - Remote
SalaryCompetitive rates
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