Sr. Manager, Field Engineering - Public Sector (sled)

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · New York, NY · Field Engineering - FE Direct Regulated

This role is for a Sr. Manager, Field Engineering focused on the Public Sector (SLED) segment. The primary responsibility is to lead and grow a team of Solutions Architects, partnering with Sales to drive revenue and ensure customer success with Databricks' offerings, including generative AI. The role requires strong leadership, technical sales experience, and the ability to build and maintain a high-performing technical team.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will hire, train, and grow a team of Solutions Architects for a company in high-growth mode.
  2. Make your customers extremely successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businesses.
  3. You will maintain a robust hiring pipeline at all times.
  4. Establish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successful.
  5. Keep your team of SAs ahead of the technical curve. An SA adds value by maintaining advanced knowledge of the technology stack. You will make sure that your team is continuously learning and working to provide our customers with the most comprehensive solutions for their needs

Skills

Required

  • Leadership and team management
  • Technical sales and pre-sales experience
  • Customer success and relationship building
  • Hiring and talent development
  • Understanding of data warehousing, big data, machine learning, and generative AI
  • Architectural influence and guidance
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Nice to have

  • Experience with consumption-driven business models
  • Fostering external partnerships with SIs and ISVs

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven experience building and leading technical pre(or post)-sales teams
  • 8+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, machine learning, or more recently with generative AI)
  • Must be technical enough to earn the trust of Engineering talent and leadership at Databricks.
  • Demonstrated architectural influence.