Databricks

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Sr.Director,LakebaseSalesSpecialist

CA$250–400k ~AI est. Toronto, Ontario, Canada Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr. Director, Lakebase Sales Specialist at Databricks. Skills: Lakebase sales, Sales leadership, Application modernization. Lead regional team. Grow Databricks Lakebase business”

What You'll Achieve.

Exceed quarterly consumption targets; Exceed annual consumption targets; Exceed quarterly booking targets; Exceed annual booking targets; Drive land-and-expand adoption

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Complex deal strategy

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years enterprise software sales, 3+ years managing sales teams, Demonstrated success executing GTM motions, Technical baseline modern application architectures, Proven track record selling into CIO/CTO, Ability to co-sell complex sales cycles, Proven record meeting revenue targets

What You'll Do.

Grow Databricks Lakebase business

Manage team of specialists

Partner with Account Executives

Partner with Solution Architects

Partner with Sales Leadership

Help customers modernize databases

Help customers simplify architectures

Help customers operationalize AI

Own consumption and booking targets

Build and maintain pipeline

Support replacing legacy databases

Execute repeatable sales plays

Recruit and hire specialists

Manage high-performing team

Provide coaching on deal strategy

Provide coaching on technical qualification

Provide coaching on executive engagement

Foster accountability culture

Foster execution culture

Foster customer focus culture

Partner with regional sales leadership

Integrate specialists into account plans

Integrate specialists into territory strategies

Implement global sales strategy

Enable field sales team

Identify operational workload opportunities

Qualify operational workload opportunities

Roll out discovery frameworks

Lead architecture workshops

Lead developer engagement initiatives

Establish trusted relationships

Position Databricks platform

Support team on strategic accounts

Collaborate with cloud providers

Collaborate with ISVs

Serve as feedback loop

Provide structured insights

Refine competitive differentiation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with Account Executives; Partnering with Solution Architects; Partnering with Sales Leadership; Collaborate with Global Sales Leadership; Collaborate with Product; Collaborate with Engineering; Partner with regional sales leadership; Collaborate with cloud providers; Collaborate with SIs; Collaborate with ISVs

Communication Scope

Executive engagement; Presentation skills

Full Job Description

SLSQ227R816 We are looking for a highly strategic and execution-oriented Director, Lakebase Sales Specialists, to lead a regional team of specialists responsible for growing the Databricks Lakebase business. Databricks Lakebase extends the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform into operational workloads, enabling customers to build and run real-time, transactional, and AI-powered applications directly on governed enterprise data. This role sits at the center of a major shift in enterprise architecture as organizations move away from fragmented stacks toward a unified data and application platform. In this role, you will manage a team of specialists partnering directly with Account Executives, Solution Architects, and regional Sales Leadership to help customers modernize legacy databases, simplify application architectures, and operationalize AI in production systems. This role requires strong sales leadership, deep domain expertise, and the ability to execute a specialized sales motion across a regional field organization. This is a highly visible role that collaborates closely with Global Sales Leadership, Product, and Engineering to help scale how Databricks engages developer and platform engineering buying centers. The Impact You Will Have: Drive Revenue Growth Own, manage, and exceed quarterly and annual consumption and booking targets for Lakebase within the region. Build and maintain a healthy pipeline across application modernization, database consolidation, and operational workload opportunities. Support the team in replacing or consolidating legacy operational databases onto the Databricks platform. Execute and scale repeatable sales plays that drive land-and-expand adoption. Lead and Develop the Specialist Team Recruit, hire, and manage a high-performing team of Lakebase Sales Specialists. Provide direct, hands-on coaching on complex deal strategy, technical qualification, and executive engagement. Foster a culture of accountability, execution, and custome

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