Databricks CoE Head

Role: Databricks CoE Head

Location: Pune, India

Experience: +15 years

About Us

Jade Global, headquartered in San Jose, California, has empowered mid-size to large enterprises in North America for over 21 years. We provide cutting-edge technology services that drive business growth and enhance customer experience through speed, efficiency, and cost optimization. Our services include Cloud Services, Technology Advisory, Implementations, Integrations, and Managed Services, underpinned by a robust partner ecosystem.

We adhere to the highest quality standards, including CMMI SVC V2.0 Maturity Level 5, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27701:2019, and ISO 20000-1:2018 certifications, as well as GDPR and HIPAA compliance, demonstrating our commitment to excellence and reliability in serving the High-tech, Life Sciences, and Finance industries. In India, we operate from Pune and Hyderabad. To support our growth strategy and three-year plan to double our workforce in India, Jade Global seeks a highly experienced dynamic leader for India.

Job Overview

You will lead and scale the Databricks Center of Excellence, overseeing strategy, GTM, governance, partner alignment, and delivery excellence for Databricks Lakehouse, AI, and GenAI solutions. You will also own the lifecycle of Databricks-specific accelerators and IP assets that support delivery and presales.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the Databricks CoE vision, roadmap, and operating model.
• Establish Databricks as the default Lakehouse platform.
• Own Databricks GTM offerings, industry solutions, and accelerators.
• Drive Databricks partner alignment, certifications, and maturity.
• Govern architecture, security, FinOps, and delivery standards.
• Act as an executive sponsor for strategic Databricks engagements.
• Build and mentor a senior Databricks leadership team.
• Design reusable Databricks frameworks and accelerators.
• Build ingestion, DQ, and medallion pipelines.
• Ensure accelerators leverage Databricks native features.
• Maintain documentation and demo environments.
• Support Databricks presales and PoCs.

Experience

• 1416 years in Data & Analytics.
• 3+ years leading data platforms or CoEs.
• 4+ years of Databricks platform ownership or large-scale implementations.
• Strong experience in presales and managing executive stakeholders.
• Proven track record in building offerings and solutions.

Skills

• Deep understanding of Databricks Lakehouse architecture.
• Proficiency in Spark, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog (conceptual and practical).
• Expertise in multi-cloud Databricks strategy (AWS, Azure, and GCP).
• GTM, alliance management, and revenue ownership.
• Strong leadership, governance, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with Databricks notebooks, Jobs framework, and CI/CD.
• A framework-design mindset for code packaging.

Why Join Us

You should join us if you are interested in shaping an organization that is on a rapid growth path. Jade is an employee-friendly, open, and transparent workplace. You will have the opportunity to bring in ideas, suggestions, and have them implemented. This is a senior management role and a key strategic position within the company, allowing you to make a significant impact on the organization's growth, and success.