Manager, Field Engineering France
Skills & Technologies
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 designing impactful solutions that drive business growth. Key skills include a strong technical background in Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS, along with proven leadership in scaling technical teams. This position is ideal for someone with experience in consumption-based business models and a passion for data and AI. The role also emphasizes collaboration across various teams to enhance customer success and brand presence.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Databricks's career page.
- Databricks has 788 other open roles including Solutions Architect Greenfield (New Logo) Start Ups France, Sr. Solutions Engineer - AI Natives Business, Senior Solutions Architect.
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Quick facts
- Is the Manager, Field Engineering France role remote?
- It's hybrid — Databricks expects some on-site time in Paris, France.
- Where is the role based?
- Databricks is hiring for this position in Paris, France.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Cloud, Data Engineering, Big Data, databases, SaaS, Data Science.
- 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 France role at Databricks.
From the original posting
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As a Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a talented team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers based in France. You’ll play a key leadership role at the intersection of technology and business, helping our teams design value-based solutions and drive growth through effective collaboration with Sales.
You’ll coach your team to communicate complex ideas clearly, support strategic sales cycles, and build strong partnerships with customers and stakeholders across large organisations.
The impact you will have:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing pre-sales team in France.
- Foster an inclusive and collaborative culture that reflects Databricks’ values of customer obsession, teamwork, and diversity.
- Partner with Sales to drive growth through solution- and value-based selling.
- Enhance team effectiveness by establishing best practices that improve efficiency and focus on business impact.
- Build trusted relationships with customer executives and strategic partners.
- Collaborate across teams—including Marketing, Sales, and Services—to ensure seamless implementation and customer success.
- Represent Databricks as part of the regional leadership team and contribute to building our brand and presence in the market.
What we look for:
- Proven experience managing technical teams in Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS environments.
- A track record of leading, mentoring, and scaling pre-sales or technical field organisations.
- Understanding of consumption-based business models.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Sales and other cross-functional leaders.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills—fluent in English and native-level French.
- Technical background in Data Engineering, Databases, or Data Science (consulting experience is a plus).
- Passion for data, AI, and cloud technologies and the ability to articulate their business value clearly.
Note: Location for the role is in Paris (i.e. within commutable distance).
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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.
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