Manager, Field Engineering - Financial Services Industry

About the Position

Manager, Field Engineering - Financial Services Industry

Location: Toronto, ON

The Databricks Field Engineering team activates and accelerates the value our customers get from their data and AI. Major Enterprises in Canada are leveraging the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to securely deliver AI’s potential to every audience, at scale. Our Field Engineering team is hiring a dynamic Solution Architecture leader who is not only focused on team culture but also can translate their team vision into a tangible and effective strategy in order to drive our customers’ data and AI experiences forward.

Reporting to the Director of Field Engineering, the Manager, Field Engineering will help lead a team of SAs for the Commercial and Enterprise segment of Databricks’ Field Engineering team focused on the Financial Services Industry. You will lead and promote a dynamic team focusing on enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, and data science. Leading the technical split-focused team (70% pre-sales, 30% technical acumen/demonstrations), 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 is efficient in its operations to help accelerate Databricks' growth in the market.

The impact you will have:

• Hire, train, grow, and manage a team of Solutions Architects for a company in high-growth mode.
• Make customers extremely 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 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. An SA adds value by maintaining a deep understanding of the technology stack. You will make sure that your team is continuously learning and working to provide our customers with the most comprehensive solutions for their needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Solutions Architects.
• Partner with Sales and other Field Engineering segments to increase revenue.
• Establish relationships across the business to ensure customer and team success.
• Maintain a robust hiring pipeline.
• Ensure the team is technically proficient and up-to-date with the latest solutions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience building and leading technical pre-sales teams.
• 7+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, or machine learning).
• A deep technical understanding of the impact which Data & AI can drive within various industry segments.
• Trusted advisor to technical executives that guide strategic data infrastructure decisions.
• Experience hiring candidates, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting into larger roles.
• Experience working with other teams such as Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success.
• Must be technical enough to earn the trust of Engineering talent and leadership Databricks.
• Demonstrated architectural influence. Able to influence and review complex architectures, guiding your team and customers towards ideal solutions that scale.

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $178,100-$244,850 CAD.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge Data and AI technologies.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.

About the Company

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. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Benefits

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