Manager, Field Engineering Italy

Databricks Inc.; Town of Italy (NY); Hybrid; USD 92,850 - 116,063; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Inclusive culture

Diversity commitment

Job summary

A leading data and AI company seeks a Field Engineering Manager to lead a team of Solutions Architects and Engineers focusing on the Italian market. Responsibilities include mentoring staff, promoting a collaborative culture, and strategically engaging with customers. Ideal candidates should have experience in leading successful teams in Cloud or SaaS environments and a deep passion for data and AI solutions. Fluent communication in Italian and English is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals.
• Ability to mentor and scale technical teams effectively.
• Fluent in Italian and English with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Hire, mentor, and grow the pre-sales team in Italy.
• Build a motivated, collaborative culture within a hyper-growth team.
• Engage with key customer executives to build strategic partnerships.

Skills

Experience managing a team

Passion for data and AI market

Strong communication skills

Experience in consumption-based environments

Collaboration with cross-functional leaders

Job description

Overview

Note: Location for the role is in Milan (i.e. within commutable distance).

As a Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers in Italy. 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 Italy
• 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. Italian native-speaker and fluent in English.

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache SparkTM, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit the official benefits page of the company.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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