Manager, Field Engineering

Databricks; Berlin (NH); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks seeks a Field Engineering Manager in Germany to lead a team of pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers. You will coach sales and pre-sales teams to collaborate, communicate complex value-focused solutions, and influence large-scale commercial opportunities.

You will partner with sales and cross-functional leaders to ensure a customer-obsessed, data-driven approach across the region, and you will help build strategic partnerships while strengthening the Databricks brand.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a pre-sales or field-technical team in a tech environment.
• Strong background in Big Data/Cloud/SaaS and data platforms.
• Proven ability to mentor, scale teams, and drive sales-aligned technical strategies.
• Able to collaborate with Sales, cross-functional leaders and partners.

Responsibilities

• Hire, mentor and grow the pre-sales team in Germany.
• Build a collaborative culture within a hyper-growth team.
• Support increased ROI of Solutions Architect involvement in sales cycles.
• Ensure solution and value-based selling within the field-engineering org.
• Engage with customer executives to build strategic partnerships.
• Align with partners and internal services for implementation strategies.

Skills

Team management

Big Data

Cloud

SaaS

Data engineering

Data science

Communication

German language

English language

Job description

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As a Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers in Germany. Your experience partnering with the sales organization will help drive revenue with the right approach whilst coaching sales and pre-sales teams to work together. You will guide and get involved to enhance your team's effectiveness; be an expert at communicating complex, business value-focused solutions, support complex sales cycles, and build relationships with important partners in large corporations.

The impact you will have:

• Hire, mentor and grow the pre-sales team in Germany
• Build a motivated collaborative culture within a hyper-growth team to embody and promote Databricks customer-obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture
• Support increased return on investment of SA involvement in sales cycles
• Ensure a solution and value-based selling within the field-engineering organization
• Display an understanding of needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region
• Engage with key customer executives to build and strengthen strategic partnerships
• Ensure close alignment with partners and internal services to secure implementation strategies within accounts
• Continue to build Databricks' brand as a member of the Leadership team in partnership with Marketing and Sales teams across the region

What we look for:

• Experience managing a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals
• Experience in consumption based business environments
• Have experience mentoring and scaling technical teams
• Success in instituting processes for technical field members to lead efficiency and product focus
• Ability to partner and collaborate with Sales and other cross-functional leaders
• Passionate about data and AI market and Cloud software models and being able to deliver a strong POV on the value of Databricks solutions
• Technical or consulting background either in Data Engineering, Database technologies or Data Science
• Strong communication skills. German native-speaker and fluent in English.

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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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