
Manager - Machine Learning
Databricks
- Location
- India
- Posted
Lead Machine Learning Practice team in India, manage hiring & growth, drive business value through ML
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Databricks is seeking a Manager to lead its Machine Learning Practice team in India. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience managing, hiring, and building a team of data scientists/ML engineers. They should possess deep technical understanding of data science, ML, GenAI, and the latest trends. The manager will be responsible for managing hiring, onboarding, and growing the team, developing relationships with customers and partners, and collaborating cross-functionally with R&D to define priorities and influence the product roadmap. The role also involves leading strategic PS initiatives, practice development, and processes, as well as driving revenue and utilization. Databricks values collaboration, life-long learning, and driving business value through ML. The team is looking for a world-class leader who can shape the future of AI in India.
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Mission
The Machine Learning (ML) Practice team is a highly specialized, collaborative customer-facing ML team at Databricks. We deliver professional services engagements to help our customers build, scale, and productionize the most cutting-edge ML and GenAI applications. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside engineering, product, and developer relations, as well as support internal subject matter expert (SME) teams.
We are investing heavily in continuing to grow our global team, and looking for a world-class Manager to lead our ML Practice in India. You will report directly to our Global Delivery Center (GDC) Leader and dotted line to our ML Professional Services Global Leader. This role can be remote, with a preference for candidates located in Bangalore. This will be the first ever leadership hire for this team in India !
The impact you will have:
Manage hiring, onboarding, and growing the ML Practice team in India, roughly doubling the team size by the end of the year.
Develop relationships with key customers and partners, scope customer engagements, and manage escalations
Align with Professional Services and Sales leaders both in the Global Delivery Center and globally
Collaborate cross-functionally with the R&D team to define priorities and influence the product roadmap
Lead strategic PS initiatives, practice development, and processes
Own OKRs for revenue and utilization, with a focus on driving Databricks consumption
Lead Databricks cultural values by example and champion Databricks brand
What we look for:
3+ years experience managing, hiring, and building a team of motivated data scientists/ML engineers, including establishing programs and processes
Deep hands-on technical understanding of data science, ML, GenAI and the latest trends
While managers do not deliver customer engagements directly, we expect that individuals are able to get hands-on in the Databricks product to demo to customers, dogfood product features to provide input to R&D, etc.
Experience building production-grade machine learning deployments on AWS, Azure, or GCP
Passion for collaboration, life-long learning, and driving business value through ML
Company first focus and collaborative individuals - we work better when we work together
Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or equivalent practical experience
[Preferred] Experience working with Databricks and Apache Spark
[Preferred] Experience working in a customer-facing role