Databricks Associate Director

Primus; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting and technology organization in New York, NY is seeking a Databricks Associate Director to lead client engagements and enhance delivery capabilities. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Databricks, presales experience, and the ability to mentor teams. This hybrid position offers up to $180,000 base salary plus bonus and stock options.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, leading and assuring Databricks implementations in production.
• Strong presales and solution architecture background with commercial acumen.
• Ability to communicate effectively across technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead Databricks delivery across US clients, ensuring solution quality and business impact.
• Shape presales and commercial activities from scoping to proposals.
• Mentor and develop internal teams to expand Databricks expertise.

Skills

Databricks expertise

Solution architecture

Presales experience

Data engineering leadership

Communication skills

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

Databricks Certified 🧱 Connecting Top-Tier Data Talent with Dynamic Businesses📈

Databricks Associate Director

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid / Client-Facing)

Compensation: Up to $180,000 base (DOE) + 20% bonus + stock options

Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $180,000.00/yr

We’re partnering with a leading global consulting and technology organization seeking a Databricks Associate Director, to lead delivery, capability growth and partner engagement across the US. You’ll guide teams delivering next generation data and AI solutions, shape go-to-market strategies and co‑lead the consultancy’s relationship with Databricks.

Key Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Lead Databricks delivery across US clients, ensuring solution quality, scalability and business impact.
• Shape presales and commercial activity, from scoping and architecture to proposals and proof of concepts.
• Act as technical sponsor and advisor for Databricks engagements, driving best practices in governance, security and performance.
• Co‑own the strategic partnership with Databricks, contributing to joint initiatives.
• Mentor and develop internal teams to expand Databricks expertise and adoption.
• Oversee delivery governance, margin protection, and quality for fixed‑price engagements.
• Proven experience designing, leading and assuring Databricks implementations in production.
• Strong presales and solution architecture background with commercial acumen.
• Ability to communicate effectively across technical and executive audiences.
• Hands on leadership and mentoring experience within data engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of modern data engineering practices and the software delivery lifecycle.
• Experience across multi‑cloud or hybrid environments (Azure, AWS, etc.) is a plus.
• Exposure to AI/ML solutions leveraging Databricks preferred.

If you’re passionate about Databricks and leading a practice, click apply now!