Director, Field Engineering

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Field Engineering - Other

Director, Field Engineering role in Benelux to lead pre-sales Solutions Architects, focusing on complex accounts and driving expansion across various industries. The role involves partnering with sales, coaching teams, and building customer relationships to promote Databricks' data and AI platform.

What you'd actually do

  1. Hire and manage first line Managers and a growing team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects
  2. Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. To embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture
  3. Support increased return on investment of Solutions Architect involvement in sales cycles
  4. Create trust-based relationships with customers for the long term and understand category-specific landscapes and trends, reporting on the forces that shift the strategic direction of accounts
  5. Promote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organisation

Skills

Required

  • Leadership experience (manager of managers)
  • Enterprise software pre-sales experience
  • EMEA region experience
  • Ability to drive large transactions and high growth customers
  • Influencing, developing, and empowering teams
  • Building customer relationships and cross-functional partnerships
  • Knowledge of data-driven decisions, AI, and Cloud software models
  • English and Dutch fluency

Nice to have

  • Experience in complex strategic accounts generating +$5M ARR
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of second-line leadership experience, manager of managers with teams of 20+ individuals
  • Relevant high-growth enterprise software pre-sales success with senior-level tenure at a reputable software company, with experience of the EMEA region
  • Proven leadership ability to influence, develop, and empower your team to achieve objectives with a team approach
  • Knowledgeable in and passionate about data-driven decisions, AI, and Cloud software models
  • Fluency in English & Dutch required