Lead post-sale technical strategy and execution for strategic Databricks customers, driving adoption, production go-live, and value realization across complex data and AI workloads. Requires 5+ years of technical project delivery experience in data/AI, customer-facing technical roles, and programming skills in Python, SQL, or Scala.
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About the role
Responsibilities
Engage with Solutions Architects to understand the full use case demand plan for prioritized customers
Lead the post-technical win technical account strategy and execution plan for the majority of Databricks use cases within strategic accounts
Be the accountable technical leader assigned to specific use cases and customer(s) across multiple selling teams and internal stakeholders
Drive onboarding, enablement, success, go-live and healthy consumption of workloads
Be the first contact for any technical issues or questions related to production/go live status of agreed upon use cases
Leverage Shared Services, User Education, Onboarding/Technical Services and Support resources, escalating to expert level technical experts as needed
Create, own and execute a point-of-view as to how key use cases can be accelerated into production, coordinating with Professional Services resources
Navigate Databricks Product and Engineering teams for new product innovations, private previews and upgrade needs
Develop an execution plan covering all activities of customer-facing technical roles and teams including:
Main use cases moving from 'win' to production
Enablement / user growth plan
Product adoption strategy
Organic needs for current investment (cloud cost control, tuning & optimization)
Executive and operational governance
Provide internal and external updates including KPI reporting on usage status, customer health, investment status, risks, product adoption and use case progression
Requirements
5+ years of experience accountable for technical project / program delivery within Data and AI domain
Programming experience in Python, SQL or Scala
Experience in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, customer success, or consulting role
Understanding of solution architecture related to distributed data systems
Understanding of how to attribute business value and outcomes to specific project deliverables
Technical program or project management including account, stakeholder and resource management accountability
Experience resolving complex escalations with senior customer executives
Experience conducting open-ended discovery workshops, creating strategic roadmaps, conducting business analysis and managing delivery of complex programs/projects
Track record of overachievement against quota, goals or similar objective targets
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
Ability to travel up to 30% when needed
Nice-to-Haves
Experience with Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, or MLflow
Skills
PythonSQLScalaSolutions ArchitectureDistributed Data SystemsTechnical Program ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementPre-SalesCustomer Success
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