Director, Field Engineering Emerging Enterprises & Startups
Databricks · San Francisco, California · Field Engineering - FE Direct Emerging · listed September 18, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Director
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
14
Length
877 words
In the posting’s own words
As a Director, Field Engineering, you will lead a multi-team Field Engineering organization and own strategy, talent, operating model, and execution for a significant business area. You will scale customer and business impact through other leaders while influencing broader go-to-market, partner, Product, Engineering, and company priorities.
What it asks for · 14
- Extensive experience leading technical customer-facing organizations in enterprise software, cloud, data, AI, analytics, technical consulting, or a related environment.
- Track record of recruiting exceptional talent, developing leaders, addressing complex performance situations, and evolving organizational structure for scale.
- Strong strategic and business judgment, with the ability to connect customer and market insight to organizational priorities and measurable business outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders across Sales, Professional Services, Marketing, Partners, Product, Engineering, Support, and executive stakeholders.
- Executive-level customer-advisory skills, including the ability to guide complex programs, critical escalations, technical strategy, and long-term transformation roadmaps.
- An AI-first, builder mindset demonstrated through experimentation, adoption, and scalable application of AI to customer outcomes and organizational effectiveness.
- Demonstrated alignment with Databricks Culture Principles and a track record of preserving and strengthening culture during growth and change.
- Experience leading multi-team technical customer-facing organizations and managing through other leaders.
- Experience leading complex customer transformations and cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience in data platforms, analytics, AI, cloud, software, technical consulting, or a related technical domain.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with Databricks or comparable data and AI platforms.
- Experience leading across multiple business units, countries, customer segments, or Field Engineering practices.
- Experience building leadership pipelines, succession plans, communities of practice, and scalable talent systems.
Degree language
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Tools and skills named
Data
- Databricks3×
- Experimentation
Go to market
- Go-to-market4×
Ways of working
- Cross-functional3×
Operations & finance
- Recruiting
Security & compliance
- Security
Words the posting leans on
- experience12×
- customer11×
- technical10×
- business9×
- engineering9×
- leaders6×
- operating6×
- organizational6×
- partner6×
- priorities6×
- strategy6×
- talent6×
- complex5×
- data5×
- field engineering5×
- impact5×
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