Lead Solutions Architect – MedTech (Strategic Account)
Databricks18 hours ago
Amsterdam, NetherlandsStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the customer's enterprise Data + AI vision with CxO and VP stakeholders and connect platform strategy to business priorities.
- Serve as the trusted advisor on build-versus-buy decisions, responsible AI, governance, and platform strategy in a regulated industry.
- Set technical direction for Solutions Architects, specialists, Professional Services, partners, and other virtual account-team members.
- Partner with the Account Executive on account strategy, consumption planning, technical strategy, and path to value.
- Lead discovery and solution design for strategic, high-risk deployments and drive initiatives to production and measurable outcomes.
- Build executive and senior stakeholder relationships across technology, data, AI, R&D, quality, regulatory, operations, and business units.
- Scale GenAI and agentic AI initiatives from pilot to production across business units.
- Build partner ecosystem relationships and create reusable reference designs, accelerators, presentations, and technical content.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics, ML, or AI architecture with significant customer-facing technical leadership in pre-sales, consulting, or enterprise architecture.
- Proven experience serving as the lead technical figure for a large global enterprise account or as an enterprise or chief architect.
- Experience leading virtual teams without direct authority, coaching senior architects, and aligning specialists, delivery teams, and partners.
- Hands-on expertise designing large-scale data platforms, legacy warehouse or Hadoop migrations, governance and security models, production ML, MLOps, GenAI, and agent systems.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL and the ability to build prototypes quickly, including with AI-assisted development.
- Experience in health technology, medical devices, life sciences, or another regulated industry.
- Working knowledge of EU MDR/IVDR, FDA SaMD, Predetermined Change Control Plans, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, ISO 14971, and EU AI Act requirements for high-risk medical AI.
- Understanding of GDPR, HIPAA, European Health Data Space, and healthcare data standards including DICOM, HL7, FHIR, and OMOP.
- Preferred qualifications include Databricks, Apache Spark, and Delta Lake experience; MedTech or diagnostics experience; validated audit-ready GxP or 21 CFR Part 11 environments; SAP data integration; public thought leadership; and Dutch language skills.
- Professional English communication skills are required.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks are offered, with region-specific details available through Databricks.
- The role is marked as hybrid.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Databricks
Databricks builds a cloud-based data and AI platform centered on the lakehouse architecture, combining data engineering, analytics, and machine learning with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow. It sells subscriptions and cloud services to enterprises that need to unify data pipelines and develop large-scale AI and analytics. Founded in 2013 by the creators of Apache Spark and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held and serves organizations across many industries.