Sr. Manager, Field Engineering (Specialist) - HCLS

FEQ327R502 Mission Reporting to the Tech GM of Field Engineering, the Specialist Solutions Architect Manager for Healthcare & Life Sciences (HLS) will lead a high-impact team of Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) and SSA Team Leads/Managers across the North East region. You will cultivate, guide, and scale a dynamic organization focused on enterprise software, big data, healthcare interoperability (e.g., FHIR/HL7), clinical/claims analytics, real-world evidence (RWE), and medical AI/ML applications. Leading this specialized pre-sales engine, you will partner closely with Sales leadership to drive consumption, maximize ARR, and help healthcare providers, payers, and pharmaceutical organizations achieve transformational business and patient outcomes. You will scale and operate a world-class tier of field engineers to accelerate Databricks' dominance within the HLS vertical. The Impact You Will Have: • Hire, train, and develop a high-performing tier of both individual contributors (IC) and frontline managers/leads within the Specialist Solutions Architecture organization. • Maintain a robust, diverse hiring pipeline attuned to deep technical expertise, clinical data structures, and life sciences domain proficiency. • Exceed regional sales and consumption targets by ensuring your management and SA teams rigorously qualify accounts, identify high-value genomic, clinical, or operational use cases, execute secure proof-of-concepts, and serve as trusted advisors across the customer lifecycle. • Drive deep adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, ensuring compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, GxP) are properly mapped to outsized business and regulatory value. • Establish strong matrixed relationships across Product Management, Engineering, Industry Solutions, and Sales to remove blockers and accelerate go-to-market velocity. What We Look For: • 5+ years of leadership experience directly managing technical pre-sales teams, with a proven track record of leading both high-level individual contributors (L6+) and frontline technical managers/pod leads. • 5+ years of deep experience in the data and AI space with highly technical platforms (e.g., distributed computing, cloud data warehousing, MLOps, or generative AI infrastructure). • Comprehensive understanding of the Healthcare and Life Sciences vertical, including hands-on familiarity with industry data models (OMOP, FHIR), regulatory constraints (HIPAA, GxP), and standard enterprise data integration/transformation patterns. • Proven capability as a trusted strategic advisor to HLS technical executives (CTOs, CIOs, Chief Data Officers) guiding large-scale cloud infrastructure and AI roadmap decisions. • Elite command of technical qualification methodologies, architecture design validation, structured proof-of-concept (POC) management, and value-selling frameworks. • Demonstrated history of organizational scaling—successfully hiring complex profiles, accelerating onboarding cycles, coaching leaders, and managing progression pathways. • Strong operational rigor around pipeline tracking, resource allocation, and building cross-functional alignment between Field Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success. Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here . Zone 2 Pay Range $219,600 — $301,875 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé 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 . 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. 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