Pre-sales Manager (Data & AI - Financial Services)

As a Pre-sales Manager (Data & AI - Financial Services - Banking and Capital Markets) you will lead a team of pre-sales Solutions Architects focusing on complex Enterprise accounts, helping to lead our UK&I expansion. Your experience partnering with sales organisations will help to close revenue, whilst coaching new sales and pre-sales team members to work together. You will guide your team and be involved with opportunities to enhance your team's effectiveness. You must be an expert at communicating complex, business value-focused solutions; supporting complex sales cycles; and building relationships with key stakeholders in large corporations.
You will report to the Director, Field Engineering Manager

The impact you will have:
Describe what a person needs to accomplish in a role. Make sure it is objective and Manage hiring, onboarding, and building your Pre-Sales Solutions Architect team. Analyses team skills gaps and proactively make plans to address them.Rapidly scale the designated team without sacrificing quality. Accountable for achieving the targets of the group.Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. To embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, teamworkSupport increase in Consumption on investment of Solutions Architect involvement in sales cyclesPromote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organisationDisplay an understanding of business needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned verticalBuild Databricks' brand in UK&I in partnership with the Marketing and Sales team

You will typically have experience in pre and/or post-sales in a relevant technical domain. Experience in pre-sales manager role in developing, managing and building a team of successful Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS professionalsExperience in complex strategic accounts and navigating technical challenges.Have experience scaling and mentoring field and technical teamsExpertise in Big Data or AI/ML solutions, ideally familiar with real hands-on experience, building in production workloads.Knowledgeable in and passionate about data-driven decisions, AI, and Cloud software modelsGreat at instituting processes for technical field members to improve efficiencyMarket experience of the UK&I regionBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent work experience

Private medical insurancePrivate dental insuranceHealth Cash PlanLife, income protection & critical illness insurancePension PlanEquity awardsEnhanced Parental LeavesFitness reimbursementAnnual career development fundHome office & work headphones reimbursementBusiness travel accident insuranceMental wellness resourcesEmployee referral bonusAbout Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide including Comcast, Cond Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.BenefitsAt 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, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.
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