Global Telecom Field Engineering Lead

Devconnectplatform; United States; On-site; USD 173,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Manager, Field Engineering to lead a technical customer advisory team across data, analytics, and AI initiatives. You will partner with Sales and cross-functional teams to translate customer priorities into actionable technical strategies and measurable business impact.

The role emphasizes coaching, collaboration, and psychological safety while maintaining deep knowledge of Databricks platform concepts, cloud architecture, governance, and security.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical customer-facing teams in enterprise software/cloud/data/AI
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; ability to manage stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Field Engineering team
• Partner with account teams to define technical-win strategy and prioritize needs
• Build relationships with Director/VP-level stakeholders
• Guide discovery, architecture discussions, adoption planning, and value realization
• Establish operating rhythms for progress, risk, and business impact
• Represent customer needs and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Support, and Marketing

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Coaching/mentoring

Discovery and solutioning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Information Systems

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Manager, Field Engineering to lead a technical customer advisory team across data, analytics, and AI initiatives. You will partner with Sales and cross-functional teams to translate customer priorities into actionable technical strategies and measurable business impact.

The role emphasizes coaching, collaboration, and psychological safety while maintaining deep knowledge of Databricks platform concepts, cloud architecture, governance, and security.