Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering

Note: This is a 12-month contractor role. Mission We're looking for a Senior Recruiter to be the driving force behind hiring the technical talent that powers our go-to-market engine across India — Solutions Architects, Forward Deployed Engineers, and the broader Field Engineering org. These are the people who sit shoulder-to-shoulder with our customers, turn the world's hardest data and AI problems into production reality, and make Databricks impossible to compete against. Your job is to find them, win them, and close them. This is an exciting time to be part of the rocketship and the Databricks expansion in India. We're scaling fast, the bar is high, and the demand for elite technical pre-sales and field talent has never been more intense. You'll own full-cycle hiring for some of the most sought-after profiles in the market, partnering directly with Field Engineering leadership to build teams that don't yet exist. Recruiters at Databricks are subject matter experts when it comes to talent attraction and are given full autonomy to bring new ideas and creative approaches to life. If you thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and get energy from building in a high-growth, high-pressure environment, read on. The impact you will have Own full-cycle recruiting for technical GTM roles across India — Solutions Architects, Forward Deployed Engineers, and Field Engineering leadership — from first outreach to close. Partner with Field Engineering and Sales leaders as a true strategic advisor on sourcing strategy, market mapping, competitive intelligence, comp positioning, and talent insights. Activate and engage passive, hard-to-reach technical talent — the builders and problem-solvers who aren't actively looking but are exactly who we need. Build and sustain engaged talent pipelines that can keep pace with aggressive hiring goals and our continued APJ expansion. Create closing strategies that win against the most competitive offers in the market and manage stakeholder

FEQ227R53 As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will shape the future of the Data & AI landscape by working with the most sophisticated data engineering and data science teams in the world. You will be a technical advisor internally to the sales team, and work with the product team as an advocate of your customers in the field. You will help our customers to achieve tangible data-driven outcomes through the use of our Databricks Lakehouse Platform, helping data teams complete projects and integrate our platform into their enterprise Ecosystem. You'll grow as a leader in your field, while finding solutions to our customers' biggest challenges in big data, analytics, data engineering and data science problems Reporting to the Field Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with our most strategic prospects and customers, work directly with product and engineering to drive the Databricks roadmap forward, and work with the broader customer-facing team to develop architectures and solutions using our platform. You will guide customers through the competitive landscape, best practices, and implementation, and develop technical champions along the way. The impact you will have: You will partner with the sales team and provide technical leadership to help customers understand how Databricks can help solve their business problems. You will work directly with the sales team to develop your book of business, define account strategies, and execute those strategies to help your customers and prospects solve their business problems with Databricks. Consult on Big Data architectures, implement proof of concepts for strategic projects, spanning data engineering, data science and machine learning, and SQL analysis workflows. As well as validating integrations with cloud services, home grown tools, and other 3rd party applications Collaborate with your fellow Solutions Architects, using your skills to support each other and our users Become an expert in, pro

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform. We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler. Role We are looking for a Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Senior Manager in the Engineering department. You’ll collaborate with a diverse team of engineers to design, build, and deliver an innovative zero-trust cybersecurity product as part of the world’s largest cloud security platform. You will bring your vision and passion to our team of experts who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Collaborate with a diverse team of engineers to design, build, and deliver an innovative zero-trust cybersecurity product Write production-quality code in C and C++ for Linux-based systems Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in complex distributed systems Who You Are (Success Profile) You thrive in ambiguity, comfortably building the path forward in a

SLSQ427R399 Databricks operates at the leading edge of the Data and AI space with a mission to help companies solve the world's toughest problems. We are seeking an experienced strategic sales leader to lead our Bangalore based Business Development teams and help us expand our business across the India region. Reporting to the Director, Sales Development, you will be an important contributor to our sales leadership team, building and executing pipeline generation / consumption growth strategies, while coaching and developing our Business Development team members. You will have experience driving pipeline generation leveraging AI, leading sales development teams and working with sales, a partner ecosystem and marketing teams. The impact you will have: Take the primary leadership role in developing an outstanding team Support and shape the strategy for pipeline generation within India in collaboration with the India Leadership team Create innovative strategies to accelerate new customer acquisition and consumption growth Manage your team's pipeline target and be active in coaching team members to be successful Work with cross - functional regional leaders to maximise the contribution of the team Analyze team performance and funnel data to identify and fix inefficiencies Adopt and implement AI strategy for pipe generation and daily workflows of your team What we look for: Minimum 3-4 years experience as a Sales Development manager with consistent overachievement against quota Experience in a quota carrying, end to end sales role with consistent overachievement against quota Experience in developing top talent Experience in leading through change Proficiency in using Salesforce and Outreach.io, additional experience with AI tools will be advantageous Experienced in sales processes focused around value selling, prospecting and opportunity qualification Ability to adapt to a fast paced environment Passion for cloud, big data and AI About Databricks Databricks

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet is looking for a highly technical Sr. Manager to lead our India-based Service Desk and IT Automation operations. This is a working-manager role: you'll personally execute technical work — scripting, automation builds, escalated ticket resolution — while also leading a team. If you're looking for a purely strategic or delegation-only leadership role, this isn't it. You'll manage a team spanning Service Desk, Tier 1 SOC support, and IT Automation Engineering, driving the technical maturity of our global support infrastructure through automation, scripting, deep systems integration, and increasingly, AI-augmented workflows. This role reports to the Director of End User Systems, with close, day-to-day partnership across US-based Desktop Support managers. For the right candidate, this role has a clear path to Director as we continue scaling our India GCC — with growth into that level anticipated within 12–18 months. This is also a strong fit for a Director-level leader currently at a SaaS startup who's looking to move into a larger, enterprise SaaS organization — and who is open to a step down in title now in exchange for a step up in scale, platform, and long-term trajectory. You Will IT Automation & Architecture Drive the IT automation function, identifying repetitive Tier 1 tasks and owning their automation end-to-end — from scoping through build, testing, and measurement Evaluate and build AI-augmented automation where it meaningfully reduces toil (e.g. intelligent ticket triage, SOC alert summarisation, AI

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet is looking for a highly technical Sr. Manager to lead our India-based Service Desk and IT Automation operations. This is a hands-on, working manager role — you will be personally executing technical work (scripting, automation builds, escalated ticket resolution) and leading a team, not just overseeing one. If you're looking for a purely strategic or delegation-only leadership role, this isn't it. You will manage a team spanning Service Desk, Tier 1 SOC support, and IT Automation Engineering — driving the technical maturity of our global support infrastructure through automation, scripting, deep systems integration, and increasingly, AI-augmented workflows (e.g. intelligent ticket triage, SOC alert summarisation, AI-assisted knowledge base drafting). This role reports directly to the Director of End User Systems , with close, cooperative partnership with US-based Desktop Support managers. You Will IT Automation & Architecture Support the IT automation function, driving initiatives that reduce repetitive work and scale operations efficiently Identify repetitive Tier 1 tasks and drive end-to-end automation from identification through build, testing, and measurement Evaluate and build AI-augmented automation where it reduces toil — e.g. intelligent ticket triage, SOC alert summarisation, AI-assisted knowledge base drafting Mentor team on automation best practices and review technical designs before deployment Team Leadership & Execution Manage India-based Service Desk team with daily coordination with US