Head of EMEA Financial Services GTM
Posted by employer 5 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 5 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 7 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Head of EMEA Financial Services GTM at Databricks, the individual will spearhead the go-to-market strategy for the Banking, Payments, Capital Markets, and Insurance sectors, focusing on driving growth and establishing executive relationships. Key skills include a deep understanding of European financial regulations and the ability to influence decision-makers within large financial institutions. This position is ideal for a seasoned executive with over a decade of experience in the financial services sector, particularly those who have successfully navigated complex organizational landscapes. The role also emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance sales p
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 5 months ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Databricks's career page.
- Databricks has 918 other open roles including Specialist Solutions Architect (Security), Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Financial Services, Solutions Architect - Hunter (Communications, Media, Entertainment and Games).
- 163 active Payments roles on Joblaze right now.
- 19 active Banking roles on Joblaze right now.
- 19 active Insurance roles on Joblaze right now.
- Typical Payments salary we track runs $150,000–$207,000 (median $180,000, across 61 roles).
Quick facts
- Is the Head of EMEA Financial Services GTM role remote?
- It's hybrid — Databricks expects some on-site time in London, United Kingdom.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Head of EMEA Financial Services GTM role.
- Where is the role based?
- Databricks is hiring for this position in London, United Kingdom.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Banking, Capital Markets, Data & AI, Insurance, Payments.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets c-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Head of EMEA Financial Services GTM role at Databricks.
From the original posting
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While candidates in the listed locations are encouraged for this role, we are open to remote candidates in other locations.
As Go-to-Market Leader for EMEA Financial Services, you will drive the go-to-market strategy to grow the Banking/Payments, Capital Markets and Insurance businesses. You will be the domain expert and business executive for financial services within Databricks. You will set the vision, build assets for field productivity, maintain executive relationships with customers and partners, and work with a cross-functional team across Databricks. You have a passion for how Data+AI will transform the banking industry, be familiar with unique challenges that European Financial Service Institutions (FSIs) face, and be effective at influencing decision makers across customers and partners.
This job will require travel for conferences, customer and team meetings. You will report to the VP of Financial Services, Cyber Security and Sustainability GTM.
The impact you will have
- Own the strategy for Financial Services GTM - create growth execution plan, drive C-level relationships with customers, and drive new customers logos and revenue growth
- Work with the sales and pre-sales teams to create account-level, segment-level and region-level go-to-market plans across the globe for the vertical
- Work with partners to develop strategic C-level relationships with ISV and CSI partners
- Identify operational gaps in each sub-segment of the GTM motion, be data-driven about quantifying business opportunities and execute improvement plans
- Develop comprehensive sub-vertical sales plays with Sales Programs teams to build scalable and geographically tailored motions to drive growth in EMEA.
- Act as a thought leader in the industry by authoring white-papers, speaking at events, and engaging with C-suite
- Become trusted advisor to multiple stakeholders within Databricks from product, sales, pre-sales, marketing, to partner teams.
- Work closely with Sales Enablement teams to boost productivity of verticalised sales and pre-sales teams
- Partner with marketing to develop Financial Services content, collateral, blogs and demand generation plan
- Keynote marquee industry events and plan and execute Databricks events in Financial Services
- Ensure Databricks has security messaging and positioning for Financial Services
What we look for
- Experience working as an executive (CxO) in Banking for 10+ years.
- Intimate knowledge of key global regulations in Banking/Payments, Capital Markets and Insurance industries with a particular focus on European regulations
- Experience driving change at large FSI institutions both from technical and business perspective with a strong understanding of how large FSIs make decisions
- Strong customer-facing presence (CXO, IT and Business Leaders), ability to cultivate executive relationships and open doors for the field
- Experience working in with cross-functional resources to built-out Vertical Solutions on an existing technology platform that has generated revenue and value for the customer
- Experience working with sales and technical pre-sales, building go-to-market sales kits to drive market penetration
- Strong knowledge of the technology landscape in banking/payments.
- Hands-on experience with program managing vertical solutions (which includes: collecting, tracking and prioritising vertical business requirements, working with technical resources to ensure timelines are met, collaborating with marketing to develop marketing assets and event planning, working with partner teams to track partner relationship progress ensuring key milestones are met)
- Demonstrated ability to enable and coach sales teams on how to position technology to customers in Financial Services
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
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