Manager, Field Engineering - Strategic Digital Native Business

Summary

Databricks is the data and AI company, serving over 10,000 organizations globally. The Manager of Field Engineering will lead a team of Solutions Architects, focusing on the adoption of the Databricks Platform among digital native businesses, while ensuring best practices and fostering team development.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Adapt the SA team's skills and engagement model to match the needs of Digital native customers
• 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
• Travel to customer sites for executive sessions, technical workshops, and building relationships
• Establish relationships across internal organizations (engineering, product, services, sales, etc.) to ensure the success of the customers and team
• Stay current with emerging Data and AI trends in the digital native tech sector

Skills

• 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
• Inspiring a team vision about the unique nature of the digital natives business
• A history of execution by managing workloads and consumption with sales, product, and engineering counterparts
• Experience owning executive alignment in accounts that guide strategic decisions

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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
• Inspiring a team vision about the unique nature of the digital natives business
• A history of execution by managing workloads and consumption with sales, product, and engineering counterparts
• Experience owning executive alignment in accounts that guide strategic decisions

Benefits

• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees