Snowflake
Technology
Director,IndustrySolutions
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“Director, Industry Solutions at Snowflake. Skills: AI Data Cloud, Solution Engineering, Industry Solutions. Lead industry technical architects. Drive strategic customer engagements”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive customer adoption; Achieve business outcomes; Make outcomes tangible; Scale innovation
Industry & Context.
Creative problem solving; Persona-driven use cases; Business outcomes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
20+ years industry experience, 8+ years leadership experience, Data & AI engineering experience, Technical solutioning experience, Manage high-performing teams, Hire top talent, Train top talent, Retain top talent, Data Warehousing domain expertise, Business Intelligence domain expertise, Data Analytics domain expertise, Data Engineering domain expertise, AI/ML domain expertise, Generative AI domain expertise, Cloud Computing domain expertise, SaaS solutions domain expertise, Build common engineering infrastructure, Build engineering processes, Build reference architectures, Exceptional communication skills, Deliver compelling presentations, Human-centric design expertise, Design thinking expertise, Innovation frameworks expertise, Run workshops, Co-creation sessions, Persona-based solutioning, Translate complex technology, Drive thought leadership, Build repeatable playbooks, Build industry narratives, Develop solution showcases, Deliver solution showcases
Nice to Have
Kubernetes experience a plus
What You'll Do.
Lead industry technical architects
Drive strategic customer engagements
Build prescriptive architecture
Drive customer adoption
Partner with Sales teams
Partner with GTM teams
Partner with Solution Engineering
Partner with Engineering teams
Partner with Marketing teams
Guide customers through journey
Drive creation of showcases
Execute all facets of business
Provide thought leadership
Develop engagement models
Scale engagement models
Act as escalation point
Influence product roadmaps
Serve as Voice of Field
Drive operational excellence
Build world-class architects
Serve as industry experts
Serve as trusted advisors
Create career development plans
Build high-performing team
Work with teams on architectures
Work with teams on solutions
Drive strategic customer engagements
Foster culture of innovation
Foster culture of creativity
Foster culture of co-solutioning
Develop team storytelling skills
Develop team facilitation skills
Develop team design skills
Bring journeys to life
Champion development of showcases
Empower architects to create demos
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Sales; Partner with GTM; Partner with Solution Engineering; Partner with Engineering; Partner with Marketing; Collaborate with EMEA; Collaborate with APJ; Work with product leadership; Work with enterprise architects
Communication Scope
Compelling presentations; Persona-driven narratives; Storytelling; Facilitation; Design skills
Full Job Description
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. OVERVIEW Enterprises are modernizing data platforms and processes at a growing rate to meet the demands of their customers and internal stakeholders for innovation, particularly with the rise of Generative AI. As the leading platform for AI and BI, Snowflake customers can take advantage of a wide range of capabilities designed to drive business insight and value. The Snowflake Solution Engineering organization is leading this effort for our customers. As the Director of the Solution Engineering organization, you will be responsible for leading a team of industry technical architects driving strategic customer engagements and building prescriptive architecture and frameworks to drive customer adoption of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. You will partner closely with Sales, GTM, Solution Engineering, Engineering, and Marketing teams to help Snowflake customers transform their businesses with the AI Data Cloud. This role requires a unique blend of technical leadership, creative problem solving, and the ability to guide customers from persona-driven use cases to business outcomes. The ideal leader will foster a culture of innovation, co-creation, and thought leadership with our customers. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Field Engineering Leadership - Industry Leadership for Retail, CPG, Trave
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