Lead Solutions Architect - Strategic Customers

Requirements

• Enterprise Architecture: Experience influencing technology change at a global-scale enterprise level, with a particular focus on Data & AI strategy and implementation.
• Collaboration: You can orchestrate diverse teams to achieve a common goal and explain complex tech to non-technical leaders.
• Travel: This role requires travel to customer sites in the UK and London offices (approx. 20-30%). We support flexible scheduling to help manage this travel alongside your personal life.
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Req ID: FEQ126R19 Location: London Industry Sector: All verticals - Strategic Customers The Opportunity: Shaping The Future of Data & AI With Our Largest Customers Data & AI are the engine driving transformation across our customer base. We are seeking a strategic technical leader to collaborate with our most significant, complex enterprise customers to accelerate that transformation across the UK & Ireland. As a Lead Solutions Architect in the UKI Field Engineering practice, you will be an expert in driving organisational transformation through technology, data and AI . You will work with Databricks UKI leadership to identify and engage a select group of customers at the executive level to advise on and drive Databricks adoption to achieve their business objectives. You will demonstrate our builder culture to the highest standards. At Databricks, we believe in "show, not tell", and you will leverage the latest in Data & AI technologies to inspire customer CTOs, VPs and senior leaders to think bigger and go further in democratising Data & AI across their organisations. You will act as a peer leader for the Databricks UKI technical communities, demonstrating thought leadership, working to establish and maintain best practices and collaborating across our leadership teams to drive collective success and develop the next generation of solutions architecture talent. Why You'll Love This Role Strategic Influence: You will move beyond pure technology to shape long-term data strategies for complex, enterprise-scale organisations operating at the cutting edge of Data & AI. Independent Ownership & Execution: As a Lead Solutions Architect, you will be encouraged to define your own approach to hitting our organisational goals, supported by our UKI leadership teams and extensive support functions. High Velocity & Growth: Databricks grew by over 65% across the last financial year and we have no intention of slowing down. Our product portfolio continues to expand and innovate, enabling you to bring a high-velocity reality to some of the UK & Ireland's most recognisable brands and to evolve your own skills along the way. How You Will Make an Impact Trusted Advisory: You will build authentic partnerships with stakeholders-from developers to C-suite executives-helping them understand the vision of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Strategic Planning: Partner closely with Account Executives & UKI Leadership to design engagement strategies that address the specific needs of our largest customers. Team Coaching: Act as a mentor for the wider practice, guiding them on how to approach complex customer scenarios and engage at an executive level with credibility. Ecosystem Integration: Solution complex engagements involving the broader cloud ecosystem (AWS, Azure, GCP) and third-party tools to ensure a seamless experience for the customer. Thought Leadership: Elevate your profile by leading executive engagement, creating customer-facing content, and speaking at industry events.

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