Manager, Field Engineering - Strategic Digital Native Business

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · San Francisco, CA · Field Engineering - FE Direct Emerging

Manager for a team of Solutions Architects focused on driving adoption of the Databricks Platform for large, fast-growing tech companies. Responsibilities include team leadership, technical guidance, customer engagement, and collaboration with internal teams. Requires experience in data/AI workloads and leading technical customer-facing teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Hire and develop a team of deeply technical Solutions Architects capable of guiding digital native customers across a wide range of data, analytical, and AI workloads.
  2. Adapt the SA team's skills and engagement model to match the needs of Digital native customers
  3. Consistently meet or exceed targets by making sure the SA team knows how to technically qualify workloads, identify important use cases, build proof of concepts, and establish themselves as trusted advisors throughout the customer life-cycle
  4. Travel to customer sites for executive sessions, technical workshops, and building relationships
  5. Establish relationships across internal organizations (engineering, product, services, sales, etc.) to ensure the success of the customers and team

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, cloud infrastructure, or machine learning)
  • 3+ years of experience building and leading technical customer-facing teams: hiring, onboarding, and supporting team members in a high-growth environment
  • A history of building a territory, growing strategic accounts, and exceeding targets
  • Experience owning executive alignment in accounts that guide strategic decisions

Nice to have

  • Stay current with emerging Data and AI trends in the digital native tech sector

What the JD emphasized

  • deeply technical Solutions Architects
  • technical customer-facing teams
  • technical leader