Manager, Field Engineering

Databricks
Tokyo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Collaboration","Communication","Interpersonal skills"]

Lead and mentor a Japan-region pre-sales team of technical Solutions Architects. Drive enterprise customer engagements by collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Services, and cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities and deliver data-driven solutions. Establish best practices to improve team efficiency and customer impact, build trusted partnerships during digital transformation efforts, and represent Databricks on the regional leadership team. Requires strong technical background in data, cloud, and AI and fluent Japanese.

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Manager, Field Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead and mentor a Japan-region pre-sales team of technical Solutions Architects. Drive enterprise customer engagements by collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Services, and cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities and deliver data-driven solutions. Establish best practices to improve team efficiency and customer impact, build trusted partnerships during digital transformation efforts, and represent Databricks on the regional leadership team. Requires strong technical background in data, cloud, and AI and fluent Japanese.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead, mentor, and support a high-performing pre-sales team.
  • •Foster continuous learning and psychological safety aligned with company values.
  • •Collaborate with Sales and other teams to identify opportunities and deliver data-driven solutions.
  • •Establish best practices to improve team efficiency, collaboration, and business impact.
  • •Represent Databricks as a strategic advisor for customers’ digital transformation and contribute to the regional leadership team.

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience leading or managing technical teams in Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS environments, or equivalent hands-on engineering or consulting experience.
  • •A track record of coaching and developing diverse, high-performing technical teams.
  • •Strong collaboration skills and the ability to partner effectively with Sales, Marketing, and other cross-functional leaders.
  • •Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • •Technical background in Data Engineering, Databases, or Data Science, preferably with consulting or customer-facing experience; fluent Japanese required.
Experience:Big DataCloudSaaSConsultingData EngineeringData scienceCustomer-facing
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCollaborationCommunicationInterpersonal skills
Languages:JapaneseEnglish
Tech Stack:Databricks Data + AI PlatformGenieLakehouseUnity CatalogLakebaseAgent BricksLakeflow

Company Brief

Databricks
Provides a unified data analytics platform powered by Apache Spark to simplify building, deploying, and scaling data engineering, data science, and machine learning workloads for enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2013
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