Hybrid Pre-Sales Engineering Manager: AI-Powered Retail CPG

Databricks Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. in London, United Kingdom, is seeking a Pre-sales Engineering Manager for Retail & CPG to lead a team of Solutions Architects and drive adoption of the Data + AI Platform across major retail and consumer goods accounts.

The role emphasizes hiring, scaling and coaching, with a focus on using AI to accelerate workflows and improve outcomes. It offers a hybrid work model and opportunities to shape revenue growth and customer success in the UK & Ireland.

Qualifications

• AI native builder mentality using AI to enhance your own productivity
• Experience in a pre-sales leader role—developing, managing and building a team of successful Big Data, AI, or Cloud professionals.
• Experience in a customer-facing role across the Retail and CPG sectors in the UK and Ireland
• Experience in complex strategic accounts
• Have experience scaling and mentoring field and technical teams
• Knowledgeable in and passionate about data-driven decisions, AI, and Cloud software models
• Great at instituting processes for technical field members to improve efficiency

Responsibilities

• Manage hiring, onboarding and building your Pre-Sales Solutions Architect team
• Where required, rapidly scale the designated team without sacrificing quality
• Comfortable leading by example by using AI to improve day-to-day workflows to scale the team output
• Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. To embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture
• Support an increase in consumption revenue through the investment of Solutions Architect involvement in sales cycles
• Promote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organisation
• Display an understanding of business needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region
• Build Databricks' brand in UK&I in partnership with the Marketing and Sales team
• Lead from the front by engaging directly with key customer stakeholders to ensure and speed up customer projects and technical implementation decisions
• Help Databricks continue to expand by inspiring our customers as we evolve our processes to support our business and technical growth

Job description

Databricks Inc. in London, United Kingdom, is seeking a Pre-sales Engineering Manager for Retail & CPG to lead a team of Solutions Architects and drive adoption of the Data + AI Platform across major retail and consumer goods accounts.

The role emphasizes hiring, scaling and coaching, with a focus on using AI to accelerate workflows and improve outcomes. It offers a hybrid work model and opportunities to shape revenue growth and customer success in the UK & Ireland.