Sr. Manager, Field Engineering Qatar & Africa
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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About Databricks
Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers across Qatar and Africa, partner with Sales on complex cycles, engage customer executives and build partner relationships. The role is based in Paris or London.
Requirements
- Experience managing a team of Big Data, Cloud or SaaS professionals
- Experience in consumption based business environments
- Experience mentoring and scaling technical teams
- Success instituting processes for technical field teams
- Ability to partner with Sales and cross-functional leaders
- Technical or consulting background in Data Engineering, Database technologies or Data Science
- Strong communication skills
Responsibilities
- Hire, mentor and grow the pre-sales team
- Build a motivated collaborative culture
- Increase return on investment of SA involvement in sales cycles
- Ensure solution and value-based selling
- Understand needs and revenue potential for accounts in the region
- Engage key customer executives
- Align with partners and internal services on implementation
- Build Databricks' brand as part of the Leadership team
