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Databricks is seeking a highly strategic, agile, and result-driven Strategic Account Executive to lead our Communications industry go-to-market (GTM) initiatives. This executive will play a crucial role in driving the execution of our GTM strategy, ensuring the successful commercialization of our technological products, fostering strategic partnerships to improve our market presence, and ensuring that Databricks wins in the market as the standard data platform in the Communications industry. If you have a passion for technology, a strong track record in the Communications industry and an innovative mindset, we'd love to meet you.
The impact you will have:
- Drive the strategic and operational execution of our GTM initiatives, focusing on the Communications industry including wireless/wireline, cable, satellite, multiple-system operators (MSOs), internet service providers (ISPs) and telco network/equipment manufacturers.
- Build alignment with senior leaders across the go-to-market organization and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Field Engineering, Marketing, Partnerships, Product and external partners to develop and implement effective GTM strategies and programs.
- Build and maintain executive relationships with key stakeholders in the industry, including clients, partners, and suppliers.
- Develop and grow ecosystem partnerships across SIs, ISVs and hyperscalers with eye on maturing whitespace markets and increasing long term industry growth rates.
- Create and publish thought leadership in journals and represent Databricks in key conferences.
- Support the development of industry strategy and ongoing analysis of market trends and the competitive landscape to align our GTM strategies with the market dynamics and to capitalize on growth opportunities.
- Define key performance metrics and goals for Communications GTM initiatives, monitor progress, and adjust plans as necessary.
What we look for:
- Experience (minimum 15 years) building and driving GTM in the Communications sector.
- Experience in the Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS Industry.
- Prior experience managing Telcos, like, Airtel and Reliance.
- Demonstrated success in launching technology products to market in a telecom environment.
- Expert level knowledge of communications business processes and systems in at least one of the following domains: OSS/BSS architecture, network operations, customer experience operations, service assurance, IoT/M2M.
- Expert level understanding of common communications industry standards bodies including TMForum standards.
- Strong understanding of the data technology landscape and ability to integrate new technologies into the Telco process.
- Exceptional leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and lead cross-functional teams.
- Proven track record of building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information in a clear and concise manner.
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, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.
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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What We Do
As the leader in Unified Data Analytics, Databricks helps organizations make all their data ready for analytics, empower data science and data-driven decisions across the organization, and rapidly adopt machine learning to outpace the competition. By providing data teams with the ability to process massive amounts of data in the Cloud and power AI with that data, Databricks helps organizations innovate faster and tackle challenges like treating chronic disease through faster drug discovery, improving energy efficiency, and protecting financial markets.
