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Strategy & Execution Manager

UscaOnsiteFull TimeManager / Head$162,900–$223,950 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • Strategy & Operations
  • Enterprise SaaS
  • Strategy Consulting
  • Investment Banking
  • Business Operations
  • GTM
  • Partner Ecosystem
  • Sales
  • Product
  • Finance

Nice to have

  • Cloud
  • SI
  • ISV
  • Executive Analyses
  • Board Materials
  • QBRs

Role summary

Databricks is seeking a Strategy & Execution Manager to join its Partner Strategy & Operations team. This critical role will focus on scaling the Partnerships team's strategy by combining analytical insight, business acumen, and cross-functional collaboration. The manager will partner with VPs to set strategy and goals, then lead execution through building scalable processes and providing data-driven insights. Responsibilities include executive analyses, program management, performance visibility, GTM planning, and leveraging AI/data tools. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of strategy & operations experience, particularly in Enterprise SaaS, consulting, or investment banking, with strong business ownership and AI/data fluency.

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The Team

The Partner Strategy & Operations team supports Databricks' robust ecosystem of Cloud, SI and ISV, working with the Databricks Partnerships team. Our team is laser focused on driving operational scale in an extremely high-growth environment. We empower our stakeholders and senior leadership with the insights, tools and decision criteria to inform proactive, effective, and data-driven programmatic strategies.

The Role

You will be in a critical and visible position, playing a key role in scaling the Partnerships team's strategy. In this role, you will combine analytical insight, strong business acumen, and robust cross-functional partnerships with leaders across the company while partnering with our Partnerships VP to set a strategy and medium/long term goals for the business. You will then lead the execution of many of these initiatives, building scalable processes, building consensus, and supporting all of it with proactive data-driven insights and analysis along the way. You will work with our Partnerships, Sales, Product, Finance, Data, Legal, Commercial, and other GTM teams. You will report to the Director of Partner Strategy and Operations.

The impact you will have:

  • Serve as a strategic business partner to one or more Partner VPs
  • Lead executive analyses, strategies, and deliverables (e.g., board materials, QBR)
  • Define and manage high impact x-functional programs end to end
  • Own the operating cadence and provide performance visibility against targets
  • Inform and enhance partner strategy and programs with voice of the field and quantitative analysis
  • Generate deep dives into performance trends with action-oriented outcomes
  • Guide annual GTM planning process (FY and long-range modeling, KPI setting, HC planning)
  • What we look for:

  • Relevant experience: 7+ years of strategy & operations experience (eg. Enterprise SaaS experience, top tier strategy consulting, investment banking, business operations)
  • Business Ownership: Leadership and confidence to support VP-level GTM stakeholders like you own the business
  • Relentless problem solving: Ability and passion to analyze, set priorities, and solve complex problems, digging deeper to find root causes; unafraid to ask questions
  • AI and technical fluency: Leverages cutting edge AI and data tools for analysis, problem solving, data visualization, and automation; continually learning and expanding skillset; familiarity with common GTM tech stack and tools (Databricks, SFDC, Tableau, SQL, etc)
  • Comfort with ambiguity: Our partner organization and ecosystem is rapidly expanding in scope and complexity, things won’t always be clean or easy. But you embrace that challenge and are excited to build for scale
  • Understanding of a partner-ecosystem, GTM, or sales/partner operating model, and the judgment to evaluate tradeoffs within it.
  • Pay Range Transparency

    Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipated utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

    Zone 1 Pay Range$162,900—$223,950 USDZone 2 Pay Range$146,600—$201,500 USDZone 3 Pay Range$138,500—$190,400 USDZone 4 Pay Range$130,300—$179,200 USD

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