Manager, Field Engineering France - Specialist Solutions Architects
Databricks · Paris, France · Field Engineering - Other · listed April 24, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
8
Length
686 words
In the posting’s own words
The Specialist Solutions Architect Manager will lead a team of Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) responsible for key elements of the technical sales cycle. You will grow and develop a dynamic team with expertise in areas including enterprise software, data engineering, and data science/machine learning, who will continue to deepen their knowledge of Databricks as the platform expands. 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 customer architectures; and build relationships with key stakeholders in large corporations.
What it asks for · 8
- Experience in senior roles in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, or machine learning)
- Experience in leading technical overlay customer-facing teams (team sizes greater than 8), preferably in a pre-sales organisation leading technical engagements
- Trusted advisor to technical executives that guide strategic data infrastructure decisions
- Team player, but able to challenge and define priorities
- Self-starter, challenger, strategic planner & analytical thinker
- Lead a team through best practices for technical qualification, proof of concepts, architecture discussions, and product demonstrations
- Experience hiring qualified candidates, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting into larger roles.
- Experience working with other teams such as Sales, Product Management, and Professional Services
What the job covers
- You will hire, train, and grow a diverse team of Specialist Solutions Architects for Databricks, a company in hyper-growth mode
- Exceed your region's consumption targets - by working with your cross-functional counterparts to determine where to deploy your team of technical experts to drive the most critical use cases forward
- Make your customers extremely successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businesses
- Establish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successful
- Grow Databricks platform usage and prevent churn in strategic accounts by overseeing and retiring a regional growth quota
- Create positive morale for the team and help foster a working relationship between Field Engineering, Sales, and other important internal partners
- Help resolve customer questions and concerns on accounts and opportunities deemed strategic by Sales and Pre-sales field leadership
- Act in a supportive manager capacity, including handling escalations, mentoring team members, building a career path for the assigned team members, etc.
Tools and skills named
Data
- Databricks4×
- Data warehouse
Go to market
- Quota
- Solutions architecture
Models & research
- Machine learning2×
Ways of working
- Cross-functional
- Mentorship
Product & design
- Product management
Words the posting leans on
- technical9×
- customer6×
- data6×
- sales6×
- experience4×
- manager4×
- specialist solutions4×
- strategic4×
- accounts3×
- complex3×
- expertise3×
- field engineering3×
- grow3×
- product3×
- relationships3×
- solutions architects3×
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