Sr. Manager, Field Engineering Qatar&Africa

Databricks· London, United Kingdom; Paris, France· Field Engineering - Other

Posted 2026-11-01

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As a Field Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers across the Qatar & Africa markets. 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 Qatar & Africa markets
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.

Note: Location for the role is either Paris or London (i.e. within commutable distance).

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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.

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