Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects
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Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects at Databricks is a forward deployed data & ai platform role for engineers who want customer-facing technical work with real deployment ownership.
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This Solutions / Sales Engineering role centers on technical discovery, demos, POCs, and helping buyers build internal consensus. Key signals from the listing: Government / DoD context, Senior scope.
About Databricks
Databricks sells a unified data platform to enterprises. Forward deployed engineers help customers migrate workloads and prove value on live data. The role is anchored in Milan, Italy, so expect on-site customer work in that region.
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Stand out for Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects
- Lead your application with one paragraph tying Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects to a specific customer or deployment you owned — Databricks hires for shipped outcomes, not tool lists.
- Bring a tight demo narrative: customer pain, live workflow, and measurable before/after — treat the interview like a compressed POC.
- Show how you qualify opportunities and say no to bad-fit pilots; Databricks values technical judgment in customer-facing roles.
- State clearance status clearly up front (active, expired, or eligible) and mention any prior NIPR/SIPR, IL5, or government cloud accreditation work — recruiters filter on this early.
- This role is tied to Milan, Italy — mention willingness to work on-site with customers and any existing ties to that market (clients, partners, or domain knowledge).
Stand out at Databricks
- Demonstrate Spark/SQL fluency with a concrete example — Databricks will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Demonstrate enterprise stakeholder management with a concrete example — Databricks will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Strong candidates show they can whiteboard a lakehouse migration and then actually implement the first milestone.
- Read recent engineering blog posts, product launches, and customer stories on databricks.com — reference one explicitly in your outreach to show genuine interest.
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Role description
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As a DSA Manager, your role is to build and lead a team of Delivery Solution Architects (DSAs). You work in close collaboration with the Sales, Pre-Sales, FDE and Partners teams in the Southern Europe, Israel, Middle-East and Africa (SEMEA, France excluded) region to shape the post-sales delivery strategy for our major customers and will report to the SEMEA SSA & DSA leader. DSAs are collaborating with sales and field engineering teams to drive our customers' adoption and growth. They are guiding complex customers to maximize platform value and ROI. This hybrid role combines commercial skills to foster customer relationships and drive growth, with technical expertise across all Databricks products. They are engaged at all organizational levels to drive the adoption.
Your role will have 3 main pillars:
People: Hire, coach and support a diverse team able to ensure our customers’ success in their roadmap delivery Business: You will contribute to the growth of the region and to the investment/co-investment positioning of your team with our customers Leadership: You will be the technical sponsor and thought leader for a number of selected customers. You and your team will contribute to the creation of assets to build the Delivery Solution Architect practice to and improve effectiveness and consistency in working with customers.
The impact you will have:
Manage a diverse team of Delivery Solution Architects to achieve customer, company, and team goals (usage growth, career growth and hiring) Lead by example using our AI tooling to deliver C-level thought leadership discussions with our customers Assign accounts and distribute work across individuals for optimal customer coverage and team balance Inspire the team to be customer-obsessed by understanding customer goals, their use cases, and Databricks technology Partner with Sales, pre Sales and FDE teams to accelerate growth of customers Work with teams to reduce customer risk and help your team with escalations. Lead team activities to monitor customer progress and forecast growth Provide input to grow and improve internal processes and customer success service offerings Promote cross-functional programs, plans, documentation
What we look for:
10+ years of experience in a customer-facing role Experience leading a team of pre or post-sale consultants/solution architects, technical account managers or customer success engineers. Experience in Cloud, Data, AI domains Experience in putting workloads or data products into production and running them, e.g. in a delivery architect, project manager, DevOps, or service/product owner role. Conversant with business issues our customers face today and likely big data use cases in different industries Fluent in Italian and English. Additional language skills in the region will be advantageous. Based in Milan or to 1 hour commute time
About Databricks
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 Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
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 here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 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.
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