Director, Field Engineering - Financial Services

<p>FEQ327R500</p> <p>As the Director of Field Engineering, you will be responsible for partnering with our enterprise customers to democratize Data and AI within their organizations, leveraging Databricks solutions and expertise to address their most critical challenges.</p> <p>Reporting to the Tech GM of Field Engineering for Financial Services, the Director, Field Engineering will lead a team of pre-sales Managers and Solutions Architects, focusing on acquisition of new customers. You will also work with various internal and external partners, and be responsible for driving strategy and execution to deliver against our audacious goals. You will create a culture of psychological safety to develop and grow a team experienced in enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, and data science. Your experience partnering with the sales organization will help close revenue opportunities with the right approach whilst coaching new sales and pre-sales team members 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 key stakeholders in large corporations.</p> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>The impact you will have:</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li>Hire and manage first-line Managers and a growing team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects.</li> <li>Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. Embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, truth-seeking, diverse culture and a first principles mindset</li> <li>Create trust-based relationships with customers for the long term and understand your industry and sub-verticals, landscapes and trends, to help influence the direction of our accounts.</li> <li>Promote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organization.</li> <li>Display an understanding of business needs and revenue potential for accounts in the