Lead Solutions Architect – MedTech (Strategic Account)

Databricks Inc.; City of Amsterdam (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. in New York seeks a technical leader and lead architect to own the Data + AI vision for a strategic health technology account. You will manage the technical relationship across regions, units and regulatory regimes, turning ambition into an executable roadmap.

You will collaborate with an account pod of Solutions Architects, specialists, Professional Services and partners, driving production-grade data and AI solutions and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering, analytics, ML or AI architecture with customer-facing leadership.
• Hands-on expertise in modern data/AI platforms; Spark, Delta Lake and Databricks are a plus.
• Experience designing large-scale data platforms and migrations across environments.
• Enterprise governance and security models, production ML and MLOps.
• GenAI and agent systems; ability to win platform decisions on architecture and cost.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; prototyping with AI-assisted development.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the customer's enterprise Data + AI vision with executive stakeholders.
• Inspire CTOs and engineering leaders with working examples and prototypes.
• Lead the account pod technically and coach Solutions Architects, specialists and partners.
• Partner with Account Executive on strategy and path to value for major initiatives.
• Align pre-sales, delivery and partners into one Databricks team with a single escalation path.
• Build lasting C-level relationships across IT, data & AI, R&D, and business units.
• Scale GenAI and agentic AI from pilot to production across business units.
• Build partner ecosystem relationships to scale delivery.
• Create reusable IP for the Databricks health and life sciences community.

Skills

Data engineering

Analytics

ML/AI architecture

Python

SQL

Stakeholder leadership

Tools

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Databricks

Job description

The Role

You will be the technical leader and lead architect for one of Databricks' most strategic global customers: a health technology company whose diagnostic, therapy, connected-care and consumer health products reach hundreds of millions of people every year. You will own the technical relationship and the Data + AI vision for a single complex enterprise that spans multiple business units, regions and regulatory regimes.

The account is a large, Azure-first Data Intelligence Platform customer. It runs a portfolio of well over a hundred use cases across business units and global functions, delivered as a multi-year program in quarterly releases. You will set the technical direction for that program and turn it into an executable roadmap. You will work as one team with the Account Executive and a dedicated pod of Solutions Architects, specialists, Professional Services and partners. We are looking for a visionary who can see where Data + AI will take health technology, explain that clearly to executives and engineers alike, and bring a large, distributed group of people with them!

The Impact You Will Have

Own and drive the technical vision

• Define the customer's enterprise Data + AI vision with CxO and VP stakeholders, tied directly to business priorities. Be the executive suite's trusted advisor on platform strategy, build‑vs‑buy, responsible AI and regulated‑industry governance.
• Show, don't tell: inspire CTOs, chief architects and engineering leaders with working examples, and build prototypes yourself when it matters.
• Lead the account pod technically: set direction for Solutions Architects, Specialist and Delivery SAs, Professional Services and partners, and coach them to raise the bar.
• Partner with the Account Executive on account strategy and consumption planning, owning technical strategy and path to value for every major initiative.
• Align pre‑sales, delivery and partners so the customer sees one Databricks team, one plan and one escalation path, local to global. Lead discovery and solution design for strategic, high‑risk deployments, driving each to production and measurable outcomes.
• Build lasting C‑level, VP and Director relationships across IT, data & AI, R&D, Quality & Regulatory, Service, Operations and the business units.
• Be the customer's voice internally, shaping Databricks product and go‑to‑market strategy with field insight while leading the account's largest modernisation programs
• Scale GenAI and agentic AI from pilot to production across business units.
• Build partner ecosystem relationships (GSIs, ISVs, hyperscalers) to scale delivery.
• Create reusable IP (reference designs, accelerators, talks, blogs) for the wider Databricks health and life sciences community.

What We Look For

Note: it is not expected that you “tick every box” below and encourage you to apply if you are meeting several of the key criteria and can demonstrate a strong ability to transfer skills and develop quickly in the role!

• Proven record as lead technical figure on a large global enterprise account, or as enterprise/chief architect at a similar organisation, owning the vision over multiple years.
• Experience leading virtual teams without direct authority: setting direction, coaching senior architects and aligning specialists, delivery and partners on one plan.
• Thrives with high autonomy in ambiguous, high‑stakes, multi‑region, multi‑business‑unit environments. Excellent communicator, from boardroom to engineering floor, with clear written thinking.

Technical depth

• 10+ years in data engineering, analytics, ML or AI architecture, with significant customer‑facing technical leadership (pre‑sales, consulting or enterprise architecture).
• Deep, hands‑on expertise in modern data and AI platforms; Apache Spark, Delta Lake and Databricks experience is a strong plus.
• Experience designing:
  • Large‑scale data platforms and migrations from legacy warehouses, Hadoop or other clouds
  • Enterprise governance and security models
  • Production ML, MLOps, GenAI and agent systems
• Proven ability to win platform decisions against hyperscaler‑native and competing platforms on architecture, cost and governance.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; able to prototype quickly, including with AI‑assisted development.

Domain knowledge

• Experience in health technology, medical devices, life sciences or another regulated industry, and a passion for improving patient outcomes with Data + AI.
• Understanding of privacy and data‑sharing regimes (GDPR, HIPAA, European Health Data Space). Familiarity with healthcare data standards (DICOM, HL7, FHIR, OMOP).

Nice to Have

• Familiarity working in or with MedTech and medical AI regulation, with examples such as: EU MDR/IVDR, FDA SaMD, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, ISO 14971
• Experience designing validated, audit‑ready (GxP / 21 CFR Part 11) data and AI environments. Enterprise‑scale SAP data integration (BW, S/4HANA) and semantic harmonisation.
• Public thought leadership: conference talks, publications or open source.
• Dutch is a plus; professional English required.

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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