Databricks Solution Lead - Senior Principal, Data & AI

Slalom; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 158,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus target

Health, dental & vision coverage

Job summary

Slalom is hiring a Senior Principal Databricks Solution Lead in Chicago to sit at the intersection of Slalom’s Databricks business, regional sales, and partner teams. You will shape pursuits, define solutions, and craft proposals that connect Databricks capabilities with Slalom’s broader consulting and delivery offerings.

The role requires deep Databricks expertise, senior leadership, and a track record of translating complex technical topics into business value for executives and delivery

Qualifications

• 8+ years in consulting, data architecture, analytics, AI, or cloud engineering; 5+ years designing and delivering data platforms in cloud environments.
• Hands-on Databricks experience with lakehouse architecture, governance, analytics, and production patterns.
• 3+ years leading technical presales, solutioning, or pursuit efforts with sales/consulting leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead Databricks solution strategy with sales and Databricks teams; shape pursuits and create compelling proposals, demos, and statements of work.
• Architect modern data and AI platforms across data engineering, lakehouse, data warehousing, analytics, ML, GenAI, and agentic AI workloads.
• Provide technical oversight during pursuit-to-delivery transitions, ensuring scalable, secure, and client-outcomes aligned solutions.

Skills

Data & AI Architecture

Databricks Expertise

Presales Leadership

GenAI Familiarity

Cloud Platforms

Executive Communication

Delivery & Ops

Relationship Building

Tools

Databricks

SQL

MLflow

Vector Search

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Slalom is hiring a Senior Principal Databricks Solution Lead in Chicago to sit at the intersection of Slalom’s Databricks business, regional sales, and partner teams. You will shape pursuits, define solutions, and craft proposals that connect Databricks capabilities with Slalom’s broader consulting and delivery offerings.

The role requires deep Databricks expertise, senior leadership, and a track record of translating complex technical topics into business value for executives and delivery