Sr. Manager, Field Engineering Qatar&Africa
Posted by employer 5 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 5 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
Skills & Technologies
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Sr. Manager for Field Engineering at Databricks, the individual will oversee a team of pre-sales Solutions Architects and Engineers, focusing on enhancing team effectiveness and driving revenue in the Qatar and Africa markets. Key skills include experience in Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS environments, along with strong communication abilities to convey complex solutions. This position is ideal for someone with a background in technical management and a passion for data and AI, who can foster collaboration within a rapidly growing team.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 5 months ago — first seen on Joblaze May 7, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 9, 2026.
- SaaS appears in 8.8% of 68 comparable senior management roles in United Kingdom; Data Science appears in 1.5% of 68 comparable senior management roles in United Kingdom.
Quick facts
- Is the Sr. Manager, Field Engineering Qatar&Africa role remote?
- It's hybrid — Databricks expects some on-site time in London, United Kingdom; Paris, France.
- Where is the role based?
- Databricks is hiring for this position in London, United Kingdom; Paris, France.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Big Data, Cloud, Data Engineering, Data Science, SaaS, database technologies.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Sr. Manager, Field Engineering Qatar&Africa 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 across the Qatar & Africa markets. Your experience partnering with the sales organisation 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 for the Qatar & Africa markets
- 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.
Note: Location for the role is either Paris or London (i.e. within commutable distance).
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