Sr. Manager, Field Engineering UAE

Databricks Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 133,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Field Engineering Manager to lead a UAE‑facing team of pre‑sales solutions architects and engineers. You will coach sales and pre‑sales teams, communicate complex, value‑driven solutions, and influence large enterprise accounts across the UAE market.

You will hire and mentor the UAE team, promote a customer‑obsessed, collaborative culture and drive ROI of field engineering in complex sales cycles. Strong leadership and bilingual fluency in Arabic and English are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Big Data, cloud or SaaS teams.
• Experience in UAE market or similar regional environments.
• Fluency in Arabic and English; strong communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Hire, mentor and grow the UAE pre‑sales team.
• Build a collaborative culture within a hyper‑growth team.
• Drive ROI and ensure value‑based field engineering in sales cycles.
• Lead cross‑functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing and Partners.
• Engage customer executives to strengthen strategic partnerships.
• Align with partners and internal services to define implementation strategies.

Skills

Big Data

Cloud platforms

SaaS solutions

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Arabic language

English language

Job description

Location: London, UK, with the expectation that the successful candidate will relocate to the UAE approximately six months after joining.

As a Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of technical pre‑sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers across the UAE market. Your experience partnering with the sales organisation will help drive revenue with the right approach whilst coaching sales and pre‑sales teams to work together.
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 build relationships with important partners in large corporations.

The impact you will have:

• Hire, mentor and grow the pre‑sales team for the UAE market
• Build a motivated collaborative culture within a hyper‑growth team to embody and promote Databricks customer‑obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture
• Support increased return on investment of SA involvement in sales cycles
• Ensure a solution and value‑based selling within the field‑engineering organization
• Display an understanding of needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region
• Engage with key customer executives to build and strengthen strategic partnerships
• Ensure close alignment with partners and internal services to secure implementation strategies within accounts
• Continue to build Databricks' brand as a member of the Leadership team in partnership with Marketing and Sales teams across the region

What we look for:

• Experience managing a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals
• Experience in consumption based business environments
• Have experience mentoring and scaling technical teams
• Success in instituting processes for technical field members to lead efficiency and product focus
• Ability to partner and collaborate with Sales and other cross‑functional leaders
• Passionate about data and AI market and Cloud software models and being able to deliver a strong POV on the value of Databricks solutions
• Technical or consulting background either in Data Engineering, Database technologies or Data Science
• Experience dealing with clients in UAE
• Fluency in Arabic and English

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About Databricks

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 .
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