# Director, Field Engineering Emerging Enterprises & Startups at Databricks

> Remote · United States · Director+ · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Adatabricks%3A8662803002 (read 2026-11-04).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Databricks](https://alderhq.app/companies/databricks)
- Location text: San Francisco, California; Remote - Washington
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Remote · United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco, California; Remote - Washington")
- Posted: 2026-09-18 (47 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8662803002

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 77): p25 $246k, median $289k, p75 $336k
- H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 356, median offered wage $157k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance))
- Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Databricks" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants))
- Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Databricks UK Limited" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers))

## Description (the employer's text)

Req ID FEQ327R163

About the Role

As a Director, Field Engineering, you will lead a multi-team Field Engineering organization and own strategy, talent, operating model, and execution for a significant business area. You will scale customer and business impact through other leaders while influencing broader go-to-market, partner, Product, Engineering, and company priorities.

This role typically oversees a leadership team of approximately 3–5 leaders or an equivalent multi-team scope. Depending on the assignment, you may lead a broad business unit, multiple segments or countries, a major portfolio, or another strategically significant area.

The Impact You Will Have

- Build and lead a strong leadership team that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional Field Engineering talent.
- Own an end-to-end strategy across talent, customer coverage, technical priorities, operating model, execution, and business impact.
- Translate customer, market, competitive, and technical trends into clear priorities and 6–12+ month plans.
- Scale impact beyond individual teams through leaders, cross-functional GTM initiatives, partner ecosystems, and repeatable operating mechanisms.
- Build trusted relationships with senior customer stakeholders, including VP-level and equivalent audiences, and guide complex programs, escalations, and transformation roadmaps.
- Establish operating norms and inspection cadences across the organization that create visibility, accountability, predictable execution, and fast course correction.
- Shape resourcing and organizational design to support growth, customer outcomes, technical quality, and long-term business value.
- Upgrade hiring rigor, talent practices, leadership development, performance management, and succession planning across the organization.
- Influence broader Sales, Professional Services, Marketing, Partners, Product, Engineering, Support, and executive priorities through a clear point of view and strong cross-functional relationships.
- Partner with GTM Strategy & Operations and other functions to create scalable tools, programs, dashboards, and mechanisms; use AI to drive one-to-many organizational impact.
- Act as a recognized resource on data, AI, cloud, customer transformation, and evolving market trends.
- Embed Databricks Culture Principles into hiring, development, recognition, decision-making, and daily operations while maintaining a high bar for performance and customer impact.
What We Look For

- Extensive experience leading technical customer-facing organizations in enterprise software, cloud, data, AI, analytics, technical consulting, or a related environment.
- Proven success leading through managers and building a high-performing leadership team.
- Track record of recruiting exceptional talent, developing leaders, addressing complex performance situations, and evolving organizational structure for scale.
- Strong strategic and business judgment, with the ability to connect customer and market insight to organizational priorities and measurable business outcomes
- Experience designing and running operating models across multiple teams, portfolios, segments, geographies, or countries.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders across Sales, Professional Services, Marketing, Partners, Product, Engineering, Support, and executive stakeholders.
- Executive-level customer-advisory skills, including the ability to guide complex programs, critical escalations, technical strategy, and long-term transformation roadmaps.
- Strong technical credibility across data platforms, analytics, AI, cloud architecture, governance, security, networking, and enterprise adoption, with the judgment to pressure-test complex approaches.
- An AI-first, builder mindset demonstrated through experimentation, adoption, and scalable application of AI to customer outcomes and organizational effectiveness.
- Demonstrated alignment with Databricks Culture Principles and a track record of preserving and strengthening culture during growth and change.
Basic Qualifications

- Experience leading multi-team technical customer-facing organizations and managing through other leaders.

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