Product Adoption Manager, Strategy and Execution
Own the AI-first prospecting program at Databricks, driving adoption and performance across the sales development organization.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
You use AI tools as part of your daily workflow as a multiplier.
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Sales Dev AI Program Manager at Databricks is responsible for managing the operational aspects of an AI-driven prospecting program, focusing on metrics, reporting, and governance to enhance sales development efforts. This role requires a strong command of AI tools and operational rigor, as well as the ability to redesign workflows from the ground up. Ideal candidates are self-starters with a background in program management or GTM strategy, particularly in high-growth environments. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of AI-native prospecting within a rapidly evolving tech company.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Databricks's career page.
- Databricks has 922 other open roles including Lead Learning Product Manager, Senior Scale Solution Engineer, Scale Solution Engineer.
- 5144 active AI/ML roles on Joblaze right now.
- 2277 active SQL roles on Joblaze right now.
- 8 active Genie roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Sales/Marketing roles (median ~$140,000).
- Pays more than 11% of the 2236 salaried AI/ML roles we track (median $180,000). See AI/ML salary trends
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Databricks lists $108,900–$149,700 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Databricks SQL, Genie, SQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Product Adoption Manager, Strategy and Execution role at Databricks.
From the original posting
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Databricks is looking for a motivated Manager to join our Strategy & Operations team to strengthen our product-focused planning and execution, provide strategic analysis, and instill operational thoughtfulness in our successful and fast-growing GTM teams
You will use data and qualitative information to help our Sales and Field Engineering Leadership manage the business with a specific focus on Platform health and adoption. This role will support our Genie and AI product lines. This includes serving as a strategic partner for VP-level GTM leaders, supporting essential aspects of our GTM design and annual planning process, building our data and analytics foundation (including executive reporting), and providing health of business reviews. You will work with our Field Engineering, Sales, Product, Finance, Data, Partnerships, and other GTM teams. You will report to the Director of FE Strategy and Ops.
The impact you will have:
- Serve as a strategic business partner for both Sales and Field Engineering leadership
- Lead executive analyses, strategies, and deliverables (e.g., board materials, QBR)
- Provide operational visibility and performance tracking against targets (weekly reviews, async updates)
- Generate deep dives into performance trends with/action-oriented outcomes
- Spearhead GTM operations for new products and partnerships, providing reporting, insights, and recommendations
- Drive necessary GTM changes to scale new initiatives, working with varying x-functional teams
- Inform and enhance product roadmap with voice of the field and quantitative analysis
- Improve GTM visibility into product roadmap and feature releases
- Guide annual GTM planning process (FY and long-range modeling, KPI setting, HC planning)
What we look for:
- Relevant experience: 7+ years of strategy & operations experience (eg. Enterprise SaaS experience, top tier strategy consulting, investment banking, business operations)
- Business Ownership: Leadership and confidence to support VP-level GTM stakeholders like you own the business
- Relentless problem solving: Ability and passion to analyze, set priorities, and solve complex problems, digging deeper to find root causes; unafraid to ask questions
- AI and technical fluency: Leverages cutting edge AI and data tools for analysis, problem solving, data visualization, and automation; continually learning and expanding skillset; familiarity with common GTM tech stack and tools (Databricks, SFDC, Tableau, SQL, etc)
- Comfort with ambiguity: You’ll be on the cutting edge of our Go-to-market engine, things won’t always be clean or easy. But you embrace that challenge and are excited to build for scale
- Zero to C-Suite: Capable of going deep in analysis while elevating your findings and communication to exec level reportingPassion for your customer: You recognize that Strategy and Ops is a customer-facing job; you prioritize your customer and their needs
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipated utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
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.
Benefits
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