Manager, Field Engineering
Lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Engineers in Germany to drive revenue and enhance team effectiveness.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Hire, mentor and grow the pre-sales team
- Build a motivated collaborative culture
- Support increased return on investment of SA involvement
- Engage with key customer executives
- Ensure close alignment with partners and internal services
Must have
- Experience managing a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals
- Experience in consumption based business environments
- Experience mentoring and scaling technical teams
- Strong communication skills
- German native-speaker and fluent in English
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Field Engineering Manager at Databricks, the individual will oversee a team of pre-sales Solutions Architects and Engineers, focusing on enhancing team effectiveness and driving revenue through strategic partnerships. Key skills include experience in Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS environments, along with strong communication abilities in both German and English. This position is ideal for someone with a technical or consulting background who has successfully managed and scaled technical teams. The role also emphasizes building a collaborative culture within a rapidly growing organization.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 6, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 6, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Databricks: Tokyo, Japan.
Quick facts
- Is the Manager, Field Engineering role remote?
- It's hybrid — Databricks expects some on-site time in Berlin, Germany; Munich, Germany.
- Where is the role based?
- Databricks is hiring for this position in Berlin, Germany; Munich, Germany.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Big Data, Cloud, 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 Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers in Germany. Your experience partnering with the sales organization will help drive revenue with the right approach whilst coaching sales and pre-sales teams to work together.
You will guide and get involved to enhance your team's effectiveness; be an expert at communicating complex, business value-focused solutions, support complex sales cycles, and build relationships with important partners in large corporations.
The impact you will have:
- Hire, mentor and grow the pre-sales team in Germany
- Build a motivated collaborative culture within a hyper-growth team to embody and promote Databricks customer-obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture
- Support increased return on investment of SA involvement in sales cycles
- Ensure a solution and value-based selling within the field-engineering organization
- Display an understanding of needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region
- Engage with key customer executives to build and strengthen strategic partnerships
- Ensure close alignment with partners and internal services to secure implementation strategies within accounts
- Continue to build Databricks' brand as a member of the Leadership team in partnership with Marketing and Sales teams across the region
What we look for:
- Experience managing a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals
- Experience in consumption based business environments
- Have experience mentoring and scaling technical teams
- Success in instituting processes for technical field members to lead efficiency and product focus
- Ability to partner and collaborate with Sales and other cross-functional leaders
- Passionate about data and AI market and Cloud software models and being able to deliver a strong POV on the value of Databricks solutions
- Technical or consulting background either in Data Engineering, Database technologies or Data Science
- Strong communication skills. German native-speaker and fluent in English.
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