About the role
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">SLSQ227R827</p> <p><strong>Sales Director, Lakebase Sales Specialists - South EMEA</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a highly strategic and execution-oriented <strong>Sales</strong> <strong>Director, Lakebase Sales Specialists,</strong> to lead a regional team of specialists responsible for growing the Databricks Lakebase business.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <h3><strong>The Impact You Will Have:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Drive Revenue Growth</strong></li> <ul> <li>Own, manage, and exceed quarterly and annual consumption and booking targets for Lakebase within the region.</li> <li>Build and maintain a healthy pipeline across application modernization, database consolidation, and operational workload opportunities.</li> <li>Support the team in replacing or consolidating legacy operational databases onto the Databricks platform.</li> <li>Execute and scale repeatable sales plays that drive land-and-expand adoption.</li> </ul> <li><strong>Lead and Develop the Specialist Team</strong></li> <ul> <li>Recruit, hire, and manage a high-performing team of Lakebase Sales Specialists.</li> <li>Provide direct, hands-on coaching on complex deal strategy, technical qualification, and executive engagement.</li> <li>Foster a culture of accountability, execution, and customer focus.</li> <li>Partner with regional sales leadership (RVSPs/AVPs) to seamlessly integrate specialists into account plans and territory strategies.</li> </ul> <li><strong>Execute the Developer and Platform Sales Motion</strong></li> <ul> <li>Implement the global strategy for selling to application developers,