Director, Field Engineering (CPG & Retail)

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><strong>REQ ID:</strong> FEQ427R375</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1846"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Mission:</strong></p> <p>As the Director of Field Engineering, you will be responsible for partnering with our enterprise&nbsp;Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Retail customers to democratize Data and AI within&nbsp;their organizations, leveraging Databricks solutions and expertise to address their most critical&nbsp;business challenges.</p> <p>Reporting to the Tech GM of Field Engineering for Retail &amp; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG),&nbsp;the Director, Field Engineering will lead a team of pre-sales Managers and Solutions Architects&nbsp;focused on acquiring new customers and expanding strategic relationships across the Retail&nbsp;and CPG industry. You will work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Success,&nbsp;and executive stakeholders to drive strategy and execution against our ambitious growth&nbsp;goals.</p> <p>You will foster a culture of psychological safety while developing and scaling a&nbsp;high-performing team with expertise in enterprise software, data engineering, analytics, AI/ML,&nbsp;and cloud technologies. Your experience partnering with Sales will help drive complex&nbsp;enterprise opportunities while coaching managers and field engineering teams to deliver&nbsp;exceptional customer outcomes. You will guide your team through strategic engagements,&nbsp;communicate complex technical solutions in terms of business value, support enterprise sales&nbsp;cycles, and build trusted relationships with senior business and technology leaders across the&nbsp;Retail and CPG industry.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2006"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">The impact you will have:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2289">Hire and manage first-line Managers and a growing team of technical pre-sales<br>Solutions Architects.</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-