Sr. Manager, Field Engineering - Public Sector (Intel, Navy, Air Force)

About the Role

Job ID: FEQ427R261

We are seeking a Sr. Manager, Solutions Architects (SAs) to lead our Intelligence Community (IC), Navy, Air Force and Space Force team. You will lead and promote a dynamic team focusing on enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, data science, data warehousing and generative AI. Leading the technical sales team, you will partner with Sales (and other Field Engineering technical segments) to increase revenue and help customers become wildly successful. You'll scale and maintain an outstanding Field Engineering team that operates efficiently to help accelerate Databricks' market growth.

Responsibilities

• Alongside the Sales Director, set the vision and strategy for how this team will accelerate transformative outcomes for our IC and DoD customers
• Hire, train, lead and grow the Solutions Architect team for a company in high-growth mode
• Help customers achieve exceptional success with Databricks and deliver substantial value to their businesses
• Maintain a robust hiring pipeline at all times
• Establish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successful
• Keep your team of SAs ahead of the technical curve — an SA adds value by maintaining advanced knowledge of the technology stack; ensure the team is continuously learning and working to provide customers with the most comprehensive solutions for their needs

Requirements

• Proven experience building and leading technical pre- or post-sales teams — hiring, on-boarding, and enabling pre- or post-sales professionals
• 5+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, machine learning, or more recently with generative AI)
• Alternatively, 5+ years of experience in mission-focused space impacting the IC or DoD from a technology perspective
• Trusted advisor to technical executives that guide strategic data infrastructure decisions
• Lead a team through best practices for technical qualification, technical validations, architecture discussions, and product demonstrations
• Strategic mindset focused on driving customer outcomes in an accelerated fashion
• Experience hiring candidates that continually raise the bar, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting into larger roles
• Create a positive morale for the team and help foster a working relationship between Field Engineering, Sales, and other important internal cross-functional teams
• Experience working cross-functionally with other teams such as Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success
• Technical and business skills to earn the trust of Engineering talent and leadership at Databricks
• Demonstrated architectural influence — able to influence and review complex architectures; guiding your team and customers towards ideal solutions that scale

Pay

Local Pay Range: $192,100—$264,175 USD

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors unique to each candidate, including job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. The total compensation package may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

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.