Sr. Manager, Field Engineering UAE

Databricks
London, United Kingdom
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience leading technical pre-sales teams in the UAE and have a background in Big Data or Cloud technologies.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with pre-sales leadership experience in the UAE and a technical background in Big Data or Cloud technologies
    — “lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers across the UAE market
  • Individuals with a history of mentoring and scaling technical teams in consumption-based environments
    — “Experience managing a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals
  • Candidates who have driven revenue through technical pre-sales support and complex sales cycles
    — “drive revenue with the right approach whilst coaching sales and pre-sales teams to work together

Things to consider

  • Relocation to the UAE is required approximately six months after joining
    — “the expectation that the successful candidate will relocate to the UAE approximately six months after joining
  • Fluency in Arabic is a mandatory requirement for this position
    — “Fluency in Arabic and English

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in building collaborative cultures and scaling technical teams
    — “Build a motivated collaborative culture within a hyper-growth team
  • Highlight your ability to communicate complex technical solutions with business value
    — “expert at communicating complex, business value-focused solutions
  • Showcase your track record in working with large corporate clients and key executives
    — “Engage with key customer executives to build and strengthen strategic partnerships
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • hiring and mentoring technical teams
  • building strategic partnerships
Typical background
experience in technical pre-salesbackground in data engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical Pre-salesTeam ManagementSolution ArchitectureComplex Sales Cycle Support

Preferred

Cloud Software ModelsData Engineering

Stack & domain

Big DataCloudSaasTechnical Pre-salesSolutions ArchitectureSolutions EngineeringCommunicationMentoringData EngineeringDatabase TechnologiesData Science

About the role

Original posting from Databricks

FEQ427R248

Location: London, UK, with the expectation that the successful candidate will relocate to the UAE approximately six months after joining.

As a Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers across the UAE market. Your experience partnering with the sales organisation will help drive revenue with the right approach whilst coaching sales and pre-sales teams 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 important partners in large corporations.

The impact you will have:

Hire, mentor and grow the pre-sales team for the UAE market

Build a motivated collaborative culture within a hyper-growth team to embody and promote Databricks customer-obsessed, teamwork and diverse culture

Support increased return on investment of SA involvement in sales cycles

Ensure a solution and value-based selling within the field-engineering organization

Display an understanding of needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region

Engage with key customer executives to build and strengthen strategic partnerships

Ensure close alignment with partners and internal services to secure implementation strategies within accounts

Continue to build Databricks' brand as a member of the Leadership team in partnership with Marketing and Sales teams across the region

What we look for:

Experience managing a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionals

Experience in consumption based business environments

Have experience mentoring and scaling technical teams

Success in instituting processes for technical field members to lead efficiency and product focus

Ability to partner and collaborate with Sales and other cross-functional leaders

Passionate about data and AI market and Cloud software models and being able to deliver a strong POV on the value of Databricks solutions

Technical or consulting background either in Data Engineering, Database technologies or Data Science

Strong communication skills. 

Experience dealing with clients in UAE

Fluency in Arabic and English

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About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Benefits

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