Manager, Field Engineering
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Joblaze summary
In the role of Manager, Field Engineering at Databricks, the individual will oversee a team of Solutions Architects dedicated to large strategic clients, focusing on enhancing pre-sales effectiveness and building strong customer relationships. Key skills include expertise in Big Data architecture and experience in managing technical teams, particularly in the banking and financial services sectors. This position is ideal for someone with a solid background in pre-sales and a passion for data-driven solutions, looking to contribute to a rapidly growing team in a dynamic environment.
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Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Manager, Field Engineering role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Cloud, AI/ML, Big Data, Databricks, Apache Spark, SaaS.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Manager, Field Engineering role at Databricks.
From the original posting
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As a Manager, Field Engineering (Data & AI), you will lead a team of Solutions Architects focusing on large & strategic customers in India. You will help lead our team in India expansion, you will build and lead a technical pre-sales team. You will guide and get involved to enhance your team's effectiveness; be an expert at positioning and articulating business-value-focused solutions to our customers and prospects; whilst coaching new sales and pre-sales team members to work together, support various stages of the sales cycles; and build relationships with key stakeholders in large corporations.
The impact you will have:
- Manage hiring, building the Pre-Sales team consisting of Solutions Architects in the Data & AI domain.
- Rapidly scale the designated Field Engineering segment organisation without sacrificing calibre.
- Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. To embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture.
- Support increasing Return on Investment of SA involvement in sales cycles by 2-3x over 18 months.
- Promote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organisation.
- Coach and mentor the Solutions Architect team to understand our customers’ business needs and identify revenue potential in their accounts.
- Interface with leadership & C-suite stakeholders at strategic customers in the assigned region to position the strength of Databricks, the comprehensive solutions strategy, and build trust and credibility in the account.
- Build Databricks' brand in India in partnership with the Marketing and Sales team
- Bring the experience, priorities, and takeaways of the field engineering team to the planning and strategy roadmap of the organisation.
What we look for:
- 6+ years experience in a pre-sales / consulting / customer facing managerial role: developing, managing and building a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals
- Experience working with strategic Banking / Financial Services / Digital Enterprise accounts generating +$1M ARR
- 6+ years experience in Big Data Architecture incorporating components of Data Engineering / Data Warehouse / Machine Learning / Data Science
- Experience in scaling and mentoring field and technical teams managing both in-person and remote working models
- Knowledgeable in and passionate about data-driven decisions, AI, and Cloud software models
- Knowledgeable in Apache Spark™ / Databricks ecosystem
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
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