Lead Solutions Architect

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 12-09-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

FEQ126R221

We are seeking a Lead Data Strategist to join our Field Engineering organisation in this role you will work side-by-side with Databricks strategic customers as well as partner with regional leaders and account teams. You will act as a visionary and an innovative industry expert and have the opportunity to apply your successful track record of realising Data & AI transformation within large global institutions.

You will drive global cross-industry adoption of the Lakehouse architecture through sustained thought leadership at the CXO-level. To serve as a trusted advisor to our top customers as well as providing application and experience of large scale data transformation to guarantee success using the Databricks platform. Support and guarantee data transformation success through people and process change and evolve the organisation to adopt the change.

This is a high impact position with responsibilities including supporting strategic sales opportunities with account teams closely following industry trends and direction to shape engineering and product priorities and regularly evangelising Databricks solutions and how we can lead customers through Data & AI transformation at industry conferences trade shows and with industry press and analysts. It is a unique role for the well-rounded technologist at heart with a leadership background in data transformation who possesses deep industry knowledge in this space and a passion for evangelising.

The impact you will have:

Have direct involvement with our most strategic customers and partners building trusted relationships with the c-suite technical stakeholders participate in executive briefing sessions and lead co-innovation projects
Translate Voice of the Customer to help deliver the best of breed products and solutions to our Industry customers
Be the voice of the customer identifying industry trends functional requirements and technical gaps to partner with product management for prioritisation
Help to drive repeatability by creating Databrickss industry specific technical selling assets (c-suite guides and lessons reference architectures use cases demos customer case studies and solutions)
Collaborate with counterparts in Global and Regional System Integration partners to jointly define Databricks centric offerings.
Contribute and participate in industry marketing activities such as webinars conferences blogs etc
Interact with our regional go to market leaders and account teams to ensure we are the strategic partner guiding our customers through their Data & AI transformation.
Work closely with regional sales and technical leaders to elevate the account strategy to support the c-suite through Data & AI transformation
Regularly coach and enable regional account teams on how to engage the C-suite. Through your extensive C-suite network build new connections with customers leadership teams
Collaborate with our industry go-to-market team to prioritise industry-specific capabilities in future product roadmaps and drive Databricks industry sector product vision into the market

What we look for:

Experience leading Data & AI transformation within at least one company ideally at the C level
Well-versed in the overall challenges impacting the various industry verticals around security compliance legal and regulations to make sure we are current with our solutions
Broad range of experience with strategy or execution of technical and design direction including large-scale database and/or data warehouse technology ETL analytics and public cloud technologies
Understanding of Data Science & Machine Learning concepts and applications to the business
Prominent in CIO Fora and CDO forums (or similar) with good C level connections across EMEA
Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
Experience working with C-level executives and an ability to quickly establish credibility with senior leadership
Bachelors Degree required Masters Degree in computer science engineering mathematics or related fields or equivalent experience preferred

FEQ126R221We are seeking a Lead Data Strategist to join our Field Engineering organisation in this role you will work side-by-side with Databricks strategic customers as well as partner with regional leaders and account teams. You will act as a visionary and an innovative industry expert and have t...

FEQ126R221

The impact you will have:

Have direct involvement with our most strategic customers and partners building trusted relationships with the c-suite technical stakeholders participate in executive briefing sessions and lead co-innovation projects
Translate Voice of the Customer to help deliver the best of breed products and solutions to our Industry customers
Be the voice of the customer identifying industry trends functional requirements and technical gaps to partner with product management for prioritisation
Help to drive repeatability by creating Databrickss industry specific technical selling assets (c-suite guides and lessons reference architectures use cases demos customer case studies and solutions)
Collaborate with counterparts in Global and Regional System Integration partners to jointly define Databricks centric offerings.
Contribute and participate in industry marketing activities such as webinars conferences blogs etc
Interact with our regional go to market leaders and account teams to ensure we are the strategic partner guiding our customers through their Data & AI transformation.
Work closely with regional sales and technical leaders to elevate the account strategy to support the c-suite through Data & AI transformation
Regularly coach and enable regional account teams on how to engage the C-suite. Through your extensive C-suite network build new connections with customers leadership teams
Collaborate with our industry go-to-market team to prioritise industry-specific capabilities in future product roadmaps and drive Databricks industry sector product vision into the market

What we look for:

Experience leading Data & AI transformation within at least one company ideally at the C level
Well-versed in the overall challenges impacting the various industry verticals around security compliance legal and regulations to make sure we are current with our solutions
Broad range of experience with strategy or execution of technical and design direction including large-scale database and/or data warehouse technology ETL analytics and public cloud technologies
Understanding of Data Science & Machine Learning concepts and applications to the business
Prominent in CIO Fora and CDO forums (or similar) with good C level connections across EMEA
Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
Experience working with C-level executives and an ability to quickly establish credibility with senior leadership
Bachelors Degree required Masters Degree in computer science engineering mathematics or related fields or equivalent experience preferred