[Hiring] Senior Director, Global Sales Technical Enablement @Cloudera

Role Description

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. The Technical Enablement team at Cloudera is the engine behind our field’s competitive edge. As the Senior Director of Global Sales Technical Field Enablement, you will be a critical executive leader responsible for building, scaling, and leading the global organization that drives technical readiness across our Solution Engineering and other customer-facing organizations.

• Reporting directly to the VP of Global Sales Enablement, you will own the end-to-end technical readiness lifecycle.
• Lead a high-performing team of enablement managers and strategists.
• Act as the strategic liaison between executive leadership in Product Engineering, Marketing, and Sales.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Technical Sales, Sales Engineering, or Technical Enablement within the Big Data, Cloud, or SaaS space.
• At least 5+ years of direct people management experience leading global, multi-tiered teams.
• Proven success leading enablement or technical pre-sales organizations through massive corporate transformations.
• Exceptional communication skills with a proven track record of influencing, challenging, and collaborating with C-suite stakeholders, VPs, and external partners.
• Ability to "speak engineer" and command respect from highly technical teams.
• Strong conceptual understanding of data lifecycles, Kubernetes, Cloudera/Hadoop ecosystems, and hyperscale cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Expert ability to correlate enablement investments with hard revenue outcomes.

Requirements

• MBA or a Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline preferred.
• Experience architecting and managing an enterprise enablement stack at scale.
• Active or historical high-level certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Professional, GCP Professional Data Engineer, or similar).

Benefits

• Generous PTO Policy
• Support work-life balance with Unplugged Days
• Flexible WFH Policy
• Mental & Physical Wellness programs
• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
• Access to Continued Career Development
• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Employee Resource Groups