EMEA Learning Operations & Governance Manager

Location: London UK
Job Requisition ID: CSQ126R25
Team: ENGAGE (ENablement Growth and Global Excellence)/Training Operations

About the Role

The EMEA Learning Operations & Governance Manager is a senior leader who builds and runs a scalable predictable data-driven operating model across Europe the Middle East and Africa. Serving as the regions operational backbone and strategic integrator they partner with Sales Professional Services Learning & Enablement (L&E) and Global ENGAGE to translate strategy into measurable aligned execution. With executive presence they drive operational rigour and stakeholder accountability and leverage automation and AI to reduce friction boost efficiency and enable sustainable revenue growth.

What Youll Do

• Strategic Stakeholder Leadership

• Cross-functional Partnership: Act as a strategic partner to EMEA Sales Professional Services (PS) and L&E leadership ensuring regional priorities are aligned with global ENGAGE objectives.
• Operational Discipline: Elevate planning rigour data integrity and execution accountability across stakeholders to strengthen predictability and performance.
• Executive Insight and Presence: Co-lead QBRs and MBRs delivering actionable forward-looking insights that drive decisions.
• Strategy Translation: Convert global strategy into executable regional operating plans tailored to regional market realities.
  
  

• Escalation & Risk Management

• Regional Escalation Authority: Serve as the escalation lead for operational bottlenecks impacting training delivery enablement or revenue.
• Systemic Resolution: Lead root cause analysis with peer teams to convert recurring issues into structural improvements.
• Prioritisation: Balance customer urgency with operational capacity to protect revenue integrity and delivery commitments.
  
  

• Regional Operations & Planning

• Operating Cadence Ownership: Own the full region planning cycle including forecasting capacity modelling QBRs and leadership reviews in partnership with the local L&E leadership.
• Performance Visibility: Build share and maintain executive-ready dashboards that surface key operational metrics and risk signals.
• Risk Intervention: Identify emerging risks early and drive coordinated corrective action across functions.
• Global Alignment: Ensure regional execution aligns with global operating standards while accounting for local nuance.
  
  

• AI-Driven Optimisation & Scale

• Predictive Operations: Champion predictive analytics to improve forecasting accuracy and anticipate demand utilisation and performance gaps.
• Automation/Agentic Workflows: Implement intelligent intake automated workflows and AI-enabled processes to reduce manual workload.
• Scalable Design: Develop standardised repeatable processes that enable regional growth while preserving consistency and flexibility for local markets.
  
  

• Process Governance & Change Leadership

• Workflow Standardisation: Establish clear ownership models (RACI) and standardised operating procedures across the region.
• Change Management: Drive change management to embed new tools automation and data-driven practices.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Influence distributed matrixed teams to accelerate execution and reduce operational friction.

What Success Looks Like:

• Building a predictable standardized global operating model with clear decision rights and executive-ready reporting.
• Real-time predictive visibility into global demand capacity performance and exceptions.
• Demonstrable conversion of operational improvements into capacity unlocks reduced partner spend and revenue uplift.
• Automation and AI embedded into daily operations materially reducing manual overhead and cycle times.
• High regional adoption of CoE standards and tooling.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in Consulting Sales Operations Business Operations Enablement Operations or Professional Services Operations within a high-growth technology companies.
• Proven experience owning regional operating cadence forecasting and execution frameworks.
• Strong analytical capability with experience translating data into executive insight.
• Demonstrated ability to manage escalations and influence senior stakeholders.
• Fluency in AI tools and automation concepts applied to operations.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• 10 years of experience in Sales Operations Business Operations or Enablement Operations within a high-growth technical environment (Data AI or Cloud preferred).
• Proven ability to influence and manage senior Sales and Professional Services leaders with credibility and confidence.
• Demonstrated experience handling high-priority customer and internal escalations with composure structure and decisive resolution.
• Strong analytical rigour with the ability to interrogate data uncover root causes and drive measurable business-impacting change.
• AI fluency with experience leveraging automation and advanced analytics (preferably Databricks tools) to streamline workflows and generate actionable insights.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating in a matrixed international environment with sensitivity to regional and cultural nuances.
• Background in services-oriented operations including utilisation management billable capacity success credits and operational scaling challenges.
• Experience applying automation AI and analytics to improve operational efficiency and predictability.

Why Join Us

You will play a central role in shaping how EMEA training and enablement operations scale at Databricks. This is a high-visibility role with meaningful impact offering the opportunity to design a predictive AI-enabled operating model for one of the companys fastest-growing regions.

If you enjoy turning complexity into clarity and building systems that make growth easiernot harderthis role is for you.

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