Manager, Field Engineering

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · Melbourne, Australia · Field Engineering - Other

Manager, Field Engineering (Solutions Architects) to build and lead a pre-sales team focusing on assigned accounts. Responsibilities include hiring, scaling the team, fostering a collaborative culture, increasing the ROI of SA involvement in sales cycles, and promoting value-based selling. Requires experience in Pre Sales Management with Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals, scaling and mentoring technical teams, and background in Data Architecture.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage hiring, building the pre-sales team of Solutions Architects
  2. Rapidly scale the designated Field Engineering segment organisation without sacrificing quality
  3. Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. To embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture
  4. Support increase Return on investment of SA involvement in sales cycles by 2-3x over 18 months
  5. Promote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organisation

Skills

Required

  • Pre Sales Manager experience
  • Team management and building
  • Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS knowledge
  • Scaling and mentoring technical teams
  • Data Architecture background (Data Engineering / Database technologies or Data Science)

Nice to have

  • Experience with Digital Native companies/ecosystems
  • Knowledgeable in and passionate about data-driven decisions, AI, and Cloud software models
  • Instituting processes for technical field members to improve efficiency

What the JD emphasized

  • building a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals
  • scaling and mentoring field and technical teams from scratch