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Field CTO - America Industries

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About the Role

At Databricks, a Most Loved Workplace® certified employer in the Technology space, Democratizing data and AI for every organization worldwide.

<p>Databricks is seeking a Field Chief Technology Officer (Field CTO) for the Americas Industries Business Unit to be a senior, customer-facing technology and business transformation thought leader for our most strategic, often global, accounts in regulated industries. This individual contributor role sits at the intersection of data and AI strategy, industry transformation, and executive relationship-building, working closely with C-level leaders to drive multi-year change on the data platform while representing real-world needs back into Databricks.</p>

<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Impact you will have: </strong></span></h2>

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<li>Build and maintain trusted-advisor relationships with C-level executives (CIO, CDO, CTO, CISO, business COs) in large US-based and global accounts, especially in highly regulated industries (financial services, public sector, healthcare, manufacturing).</li>

<li>Proactively cultivate a strong social and professional network across customer executives, boards, key industry bodies, and partners, knowing which organizations and forums to engage to open doors with the right stakeholders.</li>

<li>Shape executive thinking on modern data and AI architectures, with emphasis on Lakehouse and data platform modernization as the primary lever for long-term Gen AI impact.</li>

<li>Lead C-level briefings, strategy sessions, and multi-day workshops that connect business outcomes, regulatory constraints, and operating model change to concrete Databricks-based roadmaps.</li>

<li>Serve as a deep technical counterpart in the field, maintaining L200–L300 proficiency across Databricks products and being able to credibly engage architects, data engineers, and data scientists on solution design and trade-offs.</li>

<li>Generalize patterns from the field into reusable reference architectures, industry blueprints, and best practices for regulated industries, and share them through blogs, webinars, whitepapers, and conference keynotes.</li>

<li>Orchestrate the broader ecosystem (cloud providers, GSIs, consultancies, ISVs) around customer objectives, ensuring Databricks is at the center of multi-year transformation programs rather than isolated projects.</li>

<li>Partner with Account Executives, Solutions Architects, Industry Leads, and Product Specialists to drive complex, multi-year sales cycles, securing platform decisions and expansions while influencing ACV and consumption growth.</li>

<li>Provide structured, prioritized feedback from strategic customers into Product, Engineering, and Field leadership to influence product roadmap, especially around data, governance, security, and regulated-industry requirements.</li>

<li>Mentor senior Field Engineering and industry-focused talent, contributing to a pipeline of principal- and CTO-level leaders and codifying ways of working for complex, regulated accounts.</li>

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<ul>

<li>15+ years of experience spanning enterprise technology and consulting, including leading or advising on multi-year data platform and analytics transformations in large, complex organizations.</li>

<li>Significant time spent inside a large enterprise software or cloud company (e.g., Microsoft or similar) in roles that required navigating matrixed organizations and driving change at scale, combined with direct industry exposure rather than a career spent solely in horizontal software.</li>

<li>Experience in or with regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, public sector, regulated manufacturing, utilities), with familiarity with regulatory and compliance considerations affecting data and AI platforms.</li>

<li>Background that blends:</li>

<ul>

<li>Hands-on technology and architecture work on data platforms and analytics.</li>

<li>Organizational and operating model change (ways of working, skills, governance).</li>

<li>Executive consulting or advisory, ideally seeing transformations through from strategy to multi-year execution, not only strategy decks.</li>

</ul>

<li>Proven ability to operate as a highly credible peer to C-level executives, driving business-outcome-focused conversations while also diving deep into technical details when needed.</li>

<li>Strong, proactive networker who is naturally curious about which associations, councils, and forums matter for a given customer set, and who uses those networks to create new executive entry points and opportunities.</li>

<li>Demonstrated longevity and impact in prior roles, with evidence of building and sustaining long-term customer relationships and programs rather than frequent short stints.</li>

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<p><strong>Pay Range Transparency</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14px;">Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.&nbsp; Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page <a href="https://www.Databricks.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/us-pay-zone-mapping.pdf">here</a>.<br></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">Local Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$249,800</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$343,400 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About Databricks</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);"><a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://twitter.com/Databricks" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/Databricks&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700237575733000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03FL8fJvOD97ytN02f5G2C">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/Databricks" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/company/Databricks&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700237575733000&amp;usg=AOvVaw15dLk3q8VxTfHEgCUg7NSt">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and</span>&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://www.facebook.com/databricksinc" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/databricksinc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700237575733000&amp;usg=AOvVaw39EcncitnlqV72EG2-RqXJ">Facebook</a></span>.<br><br><strong>Benefits<br><br></strong></span>At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/154un3e8Xav4BceOSlcYFZRGEuQI54xMxVydRwQn54eQ/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.<br><br></p>

<p><strong>Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion</strong></p>

<p>At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.</p>

<p><strong>Compliance</strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.</span></strong></p></div>

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Systemic Collaboration

As Databricks continues our rapid growth, we strive to maintain a culture as open and transparent as it was in Databricks’s early days. Making sure employees have regular access to our CEO and co-founders to hear directly about our vision and priorities helps our employees forge a connection between Databricks priorities and their daily work.

Positive Vision for the Future

Databricks’ culture principles are derived from an internal study of the behaviors that have led to high impact work at Databricks. These values have a direct impact on company culture and play a large part in connecting teams across the organization. We believe in being customer-obsessed, truth-seeking, operating from first principles, having a bias for action, and putting Databricks first. Our co-founders are fully involved in day-to-day operations, including business and technical reviews, working alongside our team members to ensure that we are always aligned with our values.

Alignment of Values

Databricks’ CEO and Co-founder, Ali Ghodsi leads by example with a focus on truth-seeking and first principles thinking, two of Databricks’ core values that stay true to Databricks’s origins in academia. He champions the importance of data and reason to question biases and inform decisions. Ali remains hands-on with research and development and hosts company-wide weekly all hands, with a CEO “ask me anytime” session at the beginning of every agenda. His transparency and accessibility are core to the open and collaborative culture of Databricks.

Respect

At Databricks, we cultivate an environment where all employees can bring their unique selves and are empowered to do the best work of their careers. To ensure all voices are heard and ideas are valued, we conduct annual culture and pulse surveys and host all-hands Q&As to collect feedback from all employees. We then report back to Databricks on the specific changes implemented from the feedback collected to ensure employees feel heard and that their feedback is valued. In addition, we invest in our seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that offer support and employee engagement events for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and allies.

Killer Outcomes

Databricks prioritizes offering an exceptional employee experience by investing in tools, workspaces, and community-building. Our collaboration-first, hybrid model offers flexibility with in-person touchpoints like our annual employee kickoff, weekly CEO all-hands with happy hours, and monthly team building budgets. We are especially focused on maintaining a culture of transparency, honesty, and trust, with leaders actively engaging across channels like Slack and all hands while also championing inclusion efforts through ERG sponsorship. These initiatives help our team feel connected, valued, and empowered to do their best work.

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With the Data Intelligence Platform, Databricks democratizes insights to everyone in an organization. Built on an open lakehouse architecture, the Data Intelligence Platform provides a unified foundation for all data and governance, combined with AI models tuned to an organization’s unique characteristics. Now, anyone in an organization can benefit from automation and natural language to discover and use data like experts, and technical teams can easily build and deploy secure data and AI apps and products. With origins in academia and the open source community, Databricks was founded in 2013 by the original creators of the lakehouse architecture and open source projects Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, MLflow and Unity Catalog.

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The day-to-day environment is guided by core values such as Bias for Action and First Principles Innovation and Collaborative Excellence.

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