Databricks
Director, Technical Marketing
$240K–$330K
San Francisco, California · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in a relevant technical field; 3+ years of people management.
About the job
Leads and scales Databricks’ technical marketing team, owning technical content, product launch and event programming, and external evangelism to grow practitioner reach, product adoption, and pipeline.
What you'll do
- Set technical content strategy and oversee demos, workshops, written and video content, launch storytelling, and flagship event programming.
- Manage and grow a team of 6+ Technical Marketing Managers, coordinating with Product, Product Marketing, Field Engineering, and technical communities.
- Expand external evangelism and build scalable AI-assisted content and publishing programs, including YouTube, social, creator, and AEO/GEO efforts.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in technical marketing, developer relations, solutions engineering, field engineering, or a related technical field in enterprise software / SaaS / cloud.
- 3+ years of people management, including hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing technical teams.
- Deep technical fluency in data, AI/ML, and cloud platforms, with ability to build demos and engage technical practitioners.
- Demonstrated outbound evangelism and experience owning technical content strategy for major product launches and flagship events.
Nice to have
- Experience with data platforms, lakehouse architectures, Apache Spark, or related open-source data technologies.
- Experience scaling practitioner content programs, creator or influencer engagement, or GEO / AI answer engine optimization.
Pay
$240,100 — $330,100 USD (salary range)
Tools
AI/ML, cloud platforms, Apache Spark, Lakebase, Genie, Lakewatch, Agent Bricks, Omnigent
AI focus
Build an AI-powered publishing engine using AI assistance for content creation and publishing; create content for humans and agents; drive AEO/GEO so Databricks is cited in AI answer engines.
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