Field CTO - Public SectorActive$264K
The opportunity
Databricks is seeking a Field Chief Technology Officer (Field CTO) for the Public Sector business to serve as a senior, customer-facing technology and mission transformation leader for strategic government and education accounts. This individual-contributor role sits at the…
What you'll do
Build and maintain trusted-advisor relationships with C-level and mission: leadership across public-sector accounts, including CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CISOs, program executives, mission owners, and transformation leaders.
Shape executive thinking on secure data and AI modernization, emphasizing: lakehouse and data platform modernization as a foundation for analytics, governance, and generative AI in public-sector environments.
Lead executive briefings, strategy sessions, and mission workshops that: connect agency priorities, regulatory obligations, security requirements, budget realities, and workforce constraints to practical Databricks-based roadmaps.
Serve as a deep technical counterpart in the field with strong working: knowledge of Databricks products (L200-L300 proficiency) and the ability to credibly engage architects, engineers, analysts, data scientists, and security stakeholders on design trade-offs.
Translate recurring customer needs into reusable public-sector reference: architectures, solution blueprints, technical narratives, and thought leadership assets.
Partner with Account Executives, Solutions Architects, product specialists,: professional services, and ecosystem partners to drive complex, multi-year platform decisions, expansions, and mission programs.
What they're looking for
- Provide structured feedback from strategic public-sector customers into: Product, Engineering, and Field leadership, especially around governance, security, compliance, interoperability, and public-sector feature requirements
- Mentor senior field engineering talent and help codify playbooks for complex: public-sector engagements, including executive discovery, mission-value framing, partner orchestration, and secure deployment patterns.
- Represent Databricks externally with senior public-sector audiences through: conferences, councils, roundtables, webinars, and executive forums.
- + years of experience spanning enterprise technology, consulting, and public-sector transformation.