Partner Enablement Scaled Programs Lead

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Databricks is a partner-first company. Our exponential growth is fueled by the success of our partner ecosystem.

As the Scaled Partner Enablement Lead you will be part of a visionary team that is architecting our partner enablement strategy. You will design build and execute high-impact learning programs spanning technical certifications sales readiness specialization and onboarding programs to ensure our partners sell and deliver Databricks solutions with total confidence.

This role demands a master of strategic planning and operational excellence. You will manage complex global initiatives collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and translate business needs into world-class learning experiences. Youre joining a high-performance team that recently tripled our trained partner base in just 12 months using innovative learning models to transform the Databricks ecosystem at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Alignment: Partner with the leadership partner-facing teams and partners themselves to identify critical needs and translate business requirements into high-impact enablement programs.
• Performance Accountability: Drive and own the results for your partner portfolio maintaining full accountability for key metrics including training completion and certification targets.
• Build Learning Programs: Collaborate with internal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to define best-in-class enablement programs and establish rigorous success measures.
• Roadmap Management: Lead the roadmap for training initiatives including large-scale learning events global workshop schedules and the Go-to-Market strategy for partner enablement programs.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee the end-to-end program lifecycle from initial intake and resourcing to scheduling logistics and task management ensuring seamless execution.
• Data-Driven Insights: Monitor and analyze KPIs such as Certification rates ROI and program impact.
• Quality Assurance: Evaluate audit and coach cross-functional training resources to ensure the delivery of best-in-class learning experiences.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree in a technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 6 years of experience developing and running large-scale training and certification programs within a global tech ecosystem.
• Ecosystem Knowledge: Strong understanding of the System Integrator business model and how technical partners successfully go to market.
• Technical knowledge: Deep understanding of Data AI technologies including topics as Data Warehouse Data Transformation Machine Learning and Generative AI ideally having been certified in at least one of these technologies.
• Program Management: Proven track record of managing technical competency models and learning journeys for geographically dispersed teams.
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Other desired Qualifications:

• Experience specifically within the Data AI or Cloud Infrastructure space.
• Familiarity with scaling programs within the Cloud hypercallers such as Google Microsoft and AWS or similar cloud partner ecosystems.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools to report on program ROI.