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Director, Technical Marketing

Databricks · San Francisco, California · On-site

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About Databricks

Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data + AI Platform. Backed by Battery, Insight and Kleiner Perkins.

About the role

As the Director of Technical Marketing at Databricks, you will lead and scale the team responsible for explaining Databricks products, and what you can do with them, at scale to technical buyers and practitioners (from data engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers to solutions architects, platform teams, security engineers, and application developers). Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Assess the current TMM team's strengths, gaps, and capacity, establish a clear operating model with defined ownership areas (product coverage, content types, GEO) and a quarterly planning cadence
  • Own and deliver the technical content agenda for Data + AI World Tour and/or the next major Tier 1 event, achieving ≥4.5/5.0 average session ratings and measurable pipeline contribution
  • Build an AI-powered publishing engine that enables the TMM team to scale content faster, leveraging AI assistance for content creation and publishing
  • Establish yourself as a credible external technical voice, publishing 3+ original technical pieces (blogs, videos, or talks) and representing Databricks at 2+ external events or podcasts
  • Build and operationalize a "1 launch → many assets" content engine that converts every major product launch into persona-specific learning journeys (demos, workshops, blogs, videos, social)
  • Grow Databricks' YouTube and social technical content reach by 2x, with a series-based content architecture targeting key personas at multiple depth levels
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As the Director of Technical Marketing at Databricks, you will lead and scale the team responsible for explaining Databricks products, and what you can do with them, at scale to technical buyers and practitioners (from data engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers to solutions architects, platform teams, security engineers, and application developers). You will own the strategy and execution of technical content in written and video form, demos, workshops, launch storytelling, and outbound evangelism that drives technical mindshare, consideration, product adoption, and ultimately pipeline. In the era of agentic marketing and AEO/GEO, your team will increasingly produce content designed to educate both humans and agents alike. You will also play an outsized role in programming the technical content for key Databricks events, such as the Data + AI Summit and Data + AI World Tour, among others. Reporting to the SVP of Product & Solutions Marketing, you will manage a team of 6+ Technical Marketing Managers (growing) and serve as the connective tissue between Product, Product Marketing, Field Engineering, and the broader technical community.

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