DatabricksRemote
Director, Field Engineering
United States of America
Full Time
2 weeks ago
$218,000 - $300,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
Data WarehousingBig DataMachine LearningData Collaboration EcosystemCustomer Data PlatformsClean RoomsData MarketplacesData ArchitecturePre-Sales Team LeadershipTechnical Pre-SalesData & AIMedia Industry Data SolutionsAd Tech Industry KnowledgeMartech Industry KnowledgeSports Industry DataEnterprise SoftwareData EngineeringData ScienceAIAnalyticsDatabricksLeadershipProduct ManagementCollaborationCustomer SuccessSales
About this role
Databricks is a data and AI company that empowers organizations to unify and democratize data, analytics, and AI. They are seeking a Director of Field Engineering to lead a team focused on enterprise software, big data/analytics, and data science, driving customer success in the Media industry. This role involves managing a team of Solutions Architects, partnering with sales leadership, and ensuring the team stays ahead of technical trends.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of 5 FLMs with a total indirect org size of ~60
- Your team will hire, train, grow, and manage a team of Solutions Architects for a company in high-growth mode
- Make your customers in the Media segment successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businesses
- You will maintain a robust hiring pipeline at all times
- Establish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successful
- Partner with sales leadership to hit sales and consumption targets and ensure customer success
- Keep your team of SA Leaders and SAs ahead of the technical curve
- An SA adds value by maintaining advanced knowledge of the technology stack, while tying it back to key initiatives and trends across the Media industry
- You will make sure that your team is continuously learning and working to provide our customers with the most comprehensive solutions for their needs
Requirements:
- 10+ years of professional experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, or machine learning)
- 5+ years of professional experience in the field, architecting and delivering data-driven solutions for major accounts within the Media industry
- Deep familiarity with the buy-side and supply-side ecosystem
- Very strong understanding of the ad tech and martech industries
- Extensive experience in creating network effects between publishers, ad spenders, and agencies
- Understanding of leagues, teams, and data providers within the sports industry
- Demonstrated expertise with data collaboration ecosystem (eg. customer data platforms, clean rooms, data marketplaces)
- Proven thought leader on key industry imperatives for Media
- 5+ years of experience building and leading technical pre-sales teams - hiring, on-boarding, and enabling pre(and post)-sales professionals and leaders
- A deep technical understanding of the impact that Data & AI can drive within the Media and Entertainment industry
- Extensive experience in building out repeatable industry assets and scaling those across a BU+2 and globally to other teams within Databricks
- Trusted advisor to technical executives who guide strategic data infrastructure decisions
- Experience hiring leader and IC candidates, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting them into larger roles
- Build team morale and foster working relationships among Field Engineering, Sales, and other key internal partners
- Experience working with teams across Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success
- Must be technical enough 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 toward ideal solutions - that scale