Senior Manager, Field Engineering - Strategic Media

Role Description

The Sr. Manager, Solutions Architecture, will help lead a team of SAs within Databricks’ Field Engineering team's Agency segment. Reporting to the Director, Field Engineering, you will lead and promote a dynamic team focusing on enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, and data science.

• Hire, train, grow, and manage a team of Solutions Architects for a company in high-growth mode.
• Make your customers in the Agencies segment successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businesses.
• 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 SAs ahead of the technical curve, maintaining advanced knowledge of the technology stack.
• Ensure your team continuously learns and works to provide comprehensive solutions for customer needs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, or machine learning).
• 3+ years of first-line management experience leading technical pre-sales or solutions architecture teams.
• Understanding of the advertising and media agency ecosystem.
• 3+ years of experience building and leading technical pre-sales teams.
• A deep technical understanding of the impact that Data & AI can drive within the Media and Entertainment industry.
• Trusted advisor to technical executives guiding strategic data infrastructure decisions.
• Experience hiring candidates, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting them into larger roles.
• 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, guiding your team and customers toward ideal solutions.

Requirements

• Lead a team through best practices for technical qualification, proof of concepts, architecture discussions, and product demonstrations.
• Build team morale and foster working relationships among Field Engineering, Sales, and other key internal partners.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees.
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and additional benefits.