Databricks Partner Solution Leader (Senior Principal)

Slalom; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 158,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Well-being reimbursement

Disability insurance

Job summary

Slalom seeks a Senior Principal Databricks Partner Solution Lead to sit at the intersection of Slalom’s Databricks business unit, regional sales teams, industry leaders, solution architects, and Databricks partner teams.

You will shape high-impact pursuits, translate complex client problems into scalable data and AI solutions, and lead architectural direction across data engineering, lakehouse architecture, analytics, and GenAI workloads.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in consulting, data architecture, analytics, AI, or cloud engineering.
• 5+ years designing and delivering modern data platforms in cloud environments.
• 3+ years leading technical presales, solutioning, or pursuit processes.
• Familiarity with GenAI, agentic AI, RAG, ML/LLMOps, model evaluation, model serving, and governed AI patterns.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP data services, including storage, networking, identity and access management, databases, compute, and security controls.
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into business value for executives, technical buyers, and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Databricks Solution Strategy: Partner with sales, industry, and Databricks teams to shape pursuits, qualify opportunities, define solution strategy, and create compelling proposals, presentations, demos, and statements of work.
• Architect Modern Data and AI Platforms: Design scalable Databricks solutions across data engineering, lakehouse architecture, data warehousing, analytics, machine learning, GenAI, and agentic AI workloads.
• Bring Databricks Platform Expertise: Advise clients on modern Databricks capabilities including Unity Catalog, Lakeflow, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg interoperability, Databricks SQL, AI/BI, Genie, Mosaic AI, Agent Bricks, Model Serving, Vector Search, MLflow, Databricks Apps, and Lakebase.
• Connect Business Value to Technical Decisions: Develop TCO, ROI, modernization, migration, and platform adoption narratives that help clients understand the business impact of Databricks investments.
• Drive Partner‑Led Growth: Work closely with Databricks field teams and Slalom market teams to identify, shape, and expand new and existing opportunities across priority industries and regions.
• Create Repeatable Solutions: Contribute to reusable offerings, demos, reference architectures, accelerators, and sales plays that help Slalom scale its Databricks partnership.
• Guide Delivery Excellence: Provide technical oversight during pursuit‑to‑delivery transitions, ensuring solutions are achievable, well‑scoped, secure, governed, and aligned to client outcomes.

Skills

Databricks

Presales leadership

Solution architecture

Executive presence

Cloud platforms

Delivery credibility

Relationship building

GenAI familiarity

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Slalom seeks a Senior Principal Databricks Partner Solution Lead to sit at the intersection of Slalom’s Databricks business unit, regional sales teams, industry leaders, solution architects, and Databricks partner teams.

You will shape high-impact pursuits, translate complex client problems into scalable data and AI solutions, and lead architectural direction across data engineering, lakehouse architecture, analytics, and GenAI workloads.