Alliance Sales Executive, Associate Director, Snowflake - Industrials & Energy

Location: Houston, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas Alliance Sales Executive, Associate Director, Snowflake - Industrials & Energy About Sales & Strategic Pursuits (S&SP) EY’s Sales & Strategic Pursuits (S&SP) function unites sales leadership, sector insight, technology expertise, and solution depth to drive market‑leading growth. The Opportunity As a Snowflake Alliance Sales Executive, you will operate at the front edge of growth for one of EY’s fastest‑growing alliance relationships. This is a true sales hunter role—focused on originating net‑new opportunities, building pipeline, and closing sales through deep partnership with Snowflake and direct engagement with Industrial Products & Energy clients, including O&G, P&U, Industrial Products, Mobility and Aerospace & Defense. You will be a market‑facing, quota‑carrying, executive seller with deep expertise across the Snowflake platform and depth across consumer products, retail, health services, life sciences, and healthcare organizations. You will proactively create demand, not respond to it, identifying whitespace opportunities, shaping transformative conversations, and positioning Snowflake‑powered EY solutions that address the most complex challenges facing the Energy industries. You will also be expected to embed AI‑driven thinking and tools into every aspect of your sales role—how you prospect, identify patterns, qualify opportunities, orchestrate pursuits, influence buyers, and accelerate time‑to‑close—serving as a model for modern, AI‑enabled enterprise selling at EY. Key Responsibilities Relentlessly originate net‑new pipeline in Energy industry groups by identifying unmet needs, emerging priorities, and transformation opportunities Drive sales across three core channels: Direct client origination Snowflake/EY co‑sell motions EY account team‑led pursuits Lead early‑stage opportunity identification and qualification, independently shaping pursuits from signal detection through deal maturation Snowflake Alliance Leadership Demonstrate deep understanding of I&E clients’ most pressing challenges, including: Fragmented operational, engineering, and commercial data across upstream, midstream, and downstream value chains Cloud data modernization across legacy operational systems, historians, and enterprise platforms Data governance, security, and trust across regulated, safety‑critical, and geographically distributed environments Advanced analytics and AI enablement for asset performance, forecasting, and optimization Data resiliency, availability, and reliability to support mission‑critical operations and grid / production stability Translate Snowflake platform capabilities—secure data sharing, governed data access, advanced analytics, and AI—into business outcomes that resonate with senior Energy executives Build trusted executive relationships that position EY as a strategic transformation partner, for Snowflake and beyond Industry Impact Demonstrate strong understanding of I&E organizations’ key business drivers, including operational efficiency and asset reliability, margin pressure and cost optimization, decarbonization, energy transition, and sustainability commitments, regulatory, environmental, and safety requirements, Supply chain complexity and market volatility Translate Snowflake capabilities into high‑value outcomes, such as: Enterprise data unification across operations, trading, finance, and sustainability Asset performance management and predictive maintenance Demand, production, and price forecasting Grid modernization, resiliency, and outage analytics Emissions tracking, ESG reporting, and sustainability analytics AI‑driven insights to improve efficiency, safety, and decision‑making Enterprise data modernization, unifying manufacturing, ERP, IoT, and operational data into a scalable cloud data platform Data monetization and AI use cases (e.g., predictive maintenance, demand forecasting, digital twins, supply chain optimization) Operational efficiency and resilience through real‑time analytics across production, logistics, and asset performance Build executive relationships with clients to position EY as a strategic transformation partner for Snowflake and beyond, focused on aligning data strategy with growth, cost optimization, and innovation priorities AI‑Enabled Selling & Innovation Infuse AI into the full sales lifecycle, including: Account and opportunity analytics Intelligent prospecting and prioritization Pattern recognition across pipeline and buying signals AI‑supported storytelling, proposal shaping, and pursuit orchestration Integrating and leveraging digital sales agents across the entire sales lifecycle Champion AI‑enabled EY and Snowflake solutions with credibility, demonstrating both technical fluency and business impact Serve as a role model for modern, AI‑forward sales execution, helping elevate sales effectiveness across teams Market Leadership & Collaboration Deep sector and Snowflake technology expertise, with the ability to translate that knowledge into enterprise‑scale transformations that deliver measurable business outcomes. Be the face of EY’s Snowflake Alliance within EY’s I&E businesses and the face of EY to Snowflake Energy and Industrial Products teams This role requires an individual who can envision and activate a multi‑alliance ecosystem, helping position EY as the firm that orchestrates partners, platforms and services to unlock new growth and transformation opportunities for clients. Orchestrate cross‑service line and cross‑functional teams to bring the best of EY to pursuit opportunities Coach and influence account teams and peers through active leadership in the market—not authority alone Skills & Attributes For Success Hunter mindset with a strong bias for action, curiosity, and persistence Exceptional executive presence with the ability to influence senior client, EY, and Snowflake stakeholders Proven ability to navigate and succeed in a highly matrixed, alliance‑driven environment Consultative selling style—trusted advisor, not transactional seller Strategic thinker with the ability to connect technology to business outcomes Comfortable leveraging data and AI insights to guide decisions and storytelling To Qualify, You Must Have 10+ years of quota‑carrying sales experience in professional services, technology, and/or enterprise solutions Demonstrated success as a net‑new business hunter, not solely an account or alliance manager Direct experience & success selling to I&E clients and deep expertise in the key issues and opportunities facing I&E clients Strong Snowflake ecosystem experience, including co‑sell and channel‑led motions Deep knowledge of the Snowflake platform Experience with the broader Snowflake partner ecosystem and how Snowflake fits into a multi‑vendor landscape Prior experience selling at a Big Four firm or large global systems integrator Exceptional client relationship management and executive communication skills Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) Ideally, You’ll Also Have Technical background or delivery/program leadership experience Experience selling large, complex, multi‑stakeholder transformation programs Strong coaching and mentoring capability Proven team‑selling experience across alliances and solution teams Willingness to travel up to 50% What We Look For Successful Alliance Sales Executives at EY are growth creators. You proactively shape demand, pursuits and win strategies, bringing differentiated points of view, to help clients re‑imagine what’s possible through technology—particularly AI‑powered transformation. You are digitally fluent, AI‑enabled, and deeply connected across your clients’ ecosystems. You collaborate to design the right solutions while challenging assumptions and elevating conversations—from technology to mission impact. What We Offer You We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $221,410 to $280,070 plus participation in an incentive compensation program applicable to Sales Executives. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $265,650 to $318,290 plus participation in an incentive compensation program applicable to Sales Executives. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team‑led and leader‑enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40‑60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well‑being. Equity & Employment Information EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. 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