Sr. Recruiter, GTM & Field Engineering

Databricks
London, United Kingdom
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with experience in EMEA recruiting for SaaS and Data/AI companies, working in high-growth environments with a focus on strategic collaboration and passive candidate engagement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a track record in recruiting for high-growth SaaS and Data/AI firms across EMEA markets
    — “Experience building strategic partnerships within the business and cross-functionally
  • Individuals who have led full-cycle hiring strategies and mentored teams in talent acquisition
    — “Experience serving as a mentor and expert regarding all recruiting-related activities

Things to consider

  • The role requires navigating local nuances in multiple EMEA markets, which may demand cultural adaptability
    — “Experience across multiple EMEA markets and navigating the local nuances that come with it
  • Candidates may need to be prepared for direct leadership engagement and challenging hiring assumptions
    — “running intake and calibration sessions, challenging assumptions on role design and seniority

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to build long-term talent pipelines and engage passive candidates effectively
    — “Build engaged talent pipelines for roles across Field Engineering, with active and passive candidates
  • Emphasize your experience in influencing senior stakeholders using data-driven insights
    — “influencing senior stakeholders with data rather than opinion
  • Demonstrate your background in scaling recruitment for high-growth software or AI companies
    — “experience recruiting for Go To Market professionals... within the software industry
  • Showcase your ability to lead with data in workforce planning and forecasting
    — “Lead the business with data to promote future workforce planning decisions
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • building talent pipelines
  • partnering with leadership
Typical background
recruiting experience in high-growth tech companies

Skills & requirements

Required

Recruitment StrategyTalent AcquisitionData AnalysisCandidate Engagement

Preferred

Software Industry KnowledgeDiversity And Inclusion

Stack & domain

RecruitingData AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingSoftwareSalesEngineering

About the role

Original posting from Databricks

GAQ427R209

We're looking for a Senior Recruiter with experience driving recruitment in the EMEA region within our Field Engineering, GTM team, to help us identify and hire great people for Databricks as we continue our expansion. You will conceive practical and creative ways to identify leading talent and invest considerable time activating and engaging passive candidates. You will use data to set benchmarks and metrics to create targeted recruiting strategies while partnering with leadership to build inspired teams. You will report directly to the Manager, EMEA Talent Acquisition.

The impact you will have:

Apply your knowledge to meet our hiring needs within Field Engineering and develop unique full-cycle hiring strategies.

Build engaged talent pipelines for roles across Field Engineering, with active and passive candidates which can sustain long-term hiring goals.

Act as a trusted advisor to Field Engineering leaders across EMEA — running intake and calibration sessions, challenging assumptions on role design and seniority, and holding hiring managers to a consistently high bar.

Create closing approaches to manage partner expectations through market data

Lead the business with data to promote future workforce planning decisions and accurate forecasting

Help Databricks to provide a positive interview experience for all and periodically review experiential data to enhance our offering and drive Diversity and Inclusion in our hiring

What we look for:

Experience with recruiting for Go To Market professionals, specifically Pre-sales Engineers and Post-sales engineers from Entry level to Director within the software industry.

Experience building strategic partnerships within the business and cross-functionally, and influencing senior stakeholders with data rather than opinion.

Experience recruiting across multiple EMEA markets and navigating the local nuances that come with it.

You will have had success in scaling a high-growth software/Data/AI company and be able to bring your learning from your success to our team.

Experience serving as a mentor and expert regarding all recruiting-related activities and be comfortable sharing your knowledge within the business and our wider team

Significant experience in a recruiting environment, ideally in-house, focussed on the SaaS software, ideally within the Data and AI space.

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

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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Source: Databricks careers

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