Manager, Specialist Solutions Architects

Overview

The Specialist Solutions Architect Manager will lead a team of Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) responsible for key elements of the technical sales cycle. You will grow and develop a dynamic team with expertise in areas including enterprise software, data engineering, and data science/machine learning, who will continue to deepen their knowledge of Databricks as the platform expands. 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 customer architectures; and build relationships with key stakeholders in large corporations.Req ID:

FEQ426R330Location:

London, United KingdomReporting to:

Senior Manager, Field Engineering (Specialist)The SSA Team is engaged in our most important and complex customer engagements, providing deep technical expertise to both new and existing customers. Your team provides specialist expertise to the Solution Architect (SA) and Sales teams, which are responsible for developing and overseeing the overall technical account strategy.The Impact You Will HaveYou will hire, train, and grow a diverse team of Specialist Solutions Architects for Databricks, a company in hyper-growth modeExceed your region''s consumption targets by collaborating with cross-functional teams to deploy your experts on the most critical use casesMake your customers extremely successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businessesEstablish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successfulGrow Databricks platform usage and prevent churn in strategic accounts by overseeing a regional growth quotaCreate positive morale for the team and foster collaboration between Field Engineering, Sales, and other internal partnersHelp resolve customer questions and concerns on strategic accounts and opportunitiesAct in a supportive managerial capacity, including handling escalations, mentoring team members, and building career pathsWhat We Look ForExperience in senior roles in the data space with a technical product (e.g., data warehousing, big data, or machine learning)Experience leading technical customer-facing teams (team sizes greater than 8), preferably in a pre-sales organizationTrusted advisor to technical executives guiding strategic data infrastructure decisionsSelf-starter, challenger, strategic planner and analytical thinkerLead a team through best practices for technical qualification, proof of concepts, architecture discussions, and product demonstrationsExperience hiring qualified candidates, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting into larger rolesExperience collaborating with Sales, Product Management, and Professional ServicesAbout DatabricksDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide 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.BenefitsAt Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionDatabricks is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We ensure our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.ComplianceIf access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer''s discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.Seniority level

Mid-Senior levelEmployment type

Full-timeJob function

Engineering and Information TechnologyIndustries

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