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We seek a seasoned technical leader for the Sr. Director of Field Engineering (Lakebase) position for North America. In this role, you will lead a leadership te...
We seek a seasoned technical leader for the Sr. Director of Field Engineering (Lakebase) position for North America. In this role,
you will lead a leadership team managing technical field practitioners covering the end-to-end Databricks customer journey from
Pre-Sales to Go-Live. Your teams will be accountable for driving the technical/business wins for the Databricks platform as well
as accelerating the consumption of the Databricks platform, and driving workloads to production for all customers in your segment.
Hiring, coaching, and motivating the team to success will be critical.
Req ID: FEQ327R205
Lakebase Field Engineering organization scaling to over 50 SAs.
prioritization and distribution.
inclusivity and resilience.
adoption, production migration velocity, application launch timelines, and low-latency workload success).
comprehensive solutions strategy, and build trust and credibility in the account.
definitive storage layer for modern data apps and AI agents.
experience in the database market.
streaming, application APIs, and AI/ML state frameworks (like vector search extensions or agentic workflows), alongside a
strong understanding of core Lakehouse architecture.
durable, long-term growth.
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and
over 50% of the Fortune 500 — 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.
Benefits
At 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 click here.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to
ensure that 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.
Compliance
If 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.
RDQ427R507 At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems by partnering with the ISVs that drive innovation across every line of business. We enable our partners to bring deep intelligence into the critical workflows their customers rely on every day, from delivering real-time CRM behavioral insights to optimizing complex HR workforce planning. We do this by building and running the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform, so our customers can focus on the high-value challenges that are central to their own missions. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Databricks has grown from a tiny corner office in Berkeley, CA to a global organization with over 8,000 employees. Thousands of organizations, from small startups to Fortune 100, trust Databricks with their mission-critical workloads, making us one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the world and one of the top 5 move valuable private companies. As the Partner Development Manager, Business Application Partnerships, you will be responsible for developing, managing, and scaling our global partner ecosystem that makes Databricks the best place to run data-and-AI-intensive workloads central to core enterprise Line of Business operations. You will build and own strategic partnerships with a set of top ISVs across CRM/CSM, HCM, Finance, ERP — building joint solutions, co-creating joint GTM plays, and helping our field and customers realize the value of combining Databricks with leading Business Application partners. The impact you will have: We are looking for someone who has previously managed Business Application ISVs at a hyperscaler or worked at a leading Business Application ISV. The role demands both technical and GTM acumen — able to work with Product and Engineering teams on integrations, as well as with Sales and Marketing teams on go-to-market execution. It is a fast-paced, cross-functional role requiring strong communication, prioritization, and presentation skills, and the ability to quickly context-switch between product, engineering, and field conversations. Success will require deep subject matter expertise in large-scale technology ecosystems, coupled with a scrappy, entrepreneurial spirit to build partnerships that establish Databricks as the best place to run Business Application workloads for years to come. * Build and own comprehensive, end-to-end partnership business plans for a portfolio of top-tier ISVs, integrating GTM strategies, product innovation roadmaps, and marketing initiatives to deliver measurable business outcomes. * Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of top ISV partnerships in the Business Applications category, from joint business planning to solution development and execution. * Drive enablement and field readiness to ensure both Databricks and partner teams can effectively position and deliver these joint offerings. * Serve as the internal voice of top partners in category, collaborating with Product, Sales, and Marketing leadership to influence our roadmap and ensure our strategy addresses the evolving needs of the Business Application landscape. What we look for: * 7+ years in product partnerships, business development, or partner management, including 5+ years focused on Business Applications or cloud ecosystems. * Proven success launching ISV integrations and GTM motions in Business Applications with hyperscalers * Deep understanding and network across Business Application ecosystems — CRM/CSM, HCM, Finance, ERP, and related workflows, and ability to develop joint value propositions that resonate with technical and business decision-makers alike. * Strong cross-functional leadership skills — able to influence Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Business Operations teams. * Experience navigating co-opetition dynamics and sensitive partner relationships. * Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills * Grit, humility, and the ability to operate in a high-growth, founder-led environment. Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here. Zone 1 Pay Range $178,800—$245,850 USD Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here. Zone 2 Pay Range $161,000—$221,300 USD Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here. Zone 3 Pay Range $152,000—$209,000 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — 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. Benefits At 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 click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that 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. Compliance If 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.
FEQ327R144 As a Partner Solutions Architect, you will focus on cultivating technical relationships with one of our largest Global C&SI partners. You will strengthen our relationships with key data and application leaders to accelerate indirect revenue, enable their data and application development practices, and execute on long-term GTM strategy. The impact you will have: * Strategic Technical Partnership: Be a technical partner and thought leader to the Databricks GTM partnerships team, providing technical expertise to better understand the partner landscape, driving key strategic programs, and identifying opportunities to deepen partner technical capabilities. You will embed with the partner technical teams to enable their practices, support troubleshooting, evangelize Databricks in their developer communities, and serve as an escalation point for complex technical issues. * Joint Solution Development: Collaborate with partners to identify high-value industry-specific GenAI applications, develop joint solutions, and codify reference architectures / best practices to accelerate time to deployment. * Customer Deal Support: Intervene directly to unblock strategic customer deals where the partner is the primary delivery vehicle, providing deep technical expertise and solution architecture guidance. * Partner Ecosystem & Events: Represent Databricks at partner events (PKO, DAIS, EBC, etc), customer workshops, AWS/Azure summits, and industry conferences. Lead or support partner-specific developer events, hackathons, and technical enablement sessions, especially for technically native communities. * Product Feedback: Validate and gather feedback on Databricks products and offerings, especially as they relate to partner use cases and deployment patterns, and deliver this feedback to relevant product teams to inform product roadmap and partner strategy. What we look for: * 8+ years of experience in technical customer-facing/partner-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Partner Sales Engineer, Technical Account Manager * Track record of successfully partnering with Global C&SIs and/or cloud providers to solve complex technical challenges, from initial solution design through customer delivery * Exceptional ability to build relationships with and communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders, including C-suite executives, engineering & IT teams, and more * Strong presentation & technical communication skills with technical and business stakeholders * Familiarity with common Agentic frameworks, application development, or a background in machine learning or data science * Excitement to engage in cross-organizational collaboration, working through trade-offs, and balancing competing priorities * A love of teaching, mentoring, and helping others succeed * Passion for thinking creatively about how to use technology in a way that is safe and beneficial, and ultimately furthers the goal of advancing AI systems * Can travel up to 30% when needed Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here. Local Pay Range $219,100—$301,300 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — 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. Benefits At 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 click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that 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. Compliance If 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.
REQ ID - FEQ227R360 Location: Houston TX Mission We are looking for experienced pre-sales professionals who have a successful track record helping large enterprises become more data-driven. Working with the Enterprise Account Executive (AE), the Enterprise SA defines and directs the technical strategy for our largest and important Oil, Gas, and Energy accounts, leading to more widespread use of our products and wider and deeper adoption of ML & AI. You will lean upon your solid background in value selling, technical account management and technical leadership to maximize success in these accounts. While you work with a team that includes hands-on resources who will build proofs of concept and demonstrate Databricks' products, you need to be technical and must understand the relevance and application of ML & AI within a range of use cases important to the target accounts in the Oil, Gas, and Energy space. Outcomes * You work with multiple clients as the main technical voice for Databricks. * You lead your customers on a transformational journey, helping them to evaluate and adopt Databricks as part of their strategy * You implement the technical strategy in the account, in close understanding of the strategy. * You build a movement of technical champions within the account. * You align technical strategies around Databricks solutions. * You provide structured mentorship for other team members. * Gain the respect of your peers based on your experience, insight, and contributions. Competencies: * Proficiency at establishing virtual teams, and leading them to ultimate success within the account. * Experience working very large (> $1m ARR), global accounts. * Form relationships with executives and influencers. * Present a convincing point-of-view to important decision-makers that leads them down a path of success. * Technical in big data, data science and cloud. * An ability in data-driven business transformation, and driving change with data. * Production programming experience in Python, R, Scala or Java * Nice to have: Databricks Certification Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here. Zone 3 Pay Range $219,100—$301,300 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — 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. Benefits At 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 click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that 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. Compliance If 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.