Director, Solution Architecture in Manchester

Are you ready to shape the future of data? Matillion is the company behind Maia, the AI Data Automation platform. In the AI economy, demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering can’t keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco, DocuSign, and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact, faster. We started in Manchester and now we’re global - with teams across the UK, US and India. We are driven, curious, energetic people who move fast, think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. We’re here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And we’re looking for people who want to be part of it.

We are seeking a proactive, strategic, and high-impact Director, Solution Architecture to lead our International Solution Architecture team. In this role, you will lead a high-performing Solution Architect team covering EMEA, Middle East, and Africa. As a front-line leader, you will lead from the front, take ownership of strategic GTM initiatives, and complex technical challenges. This is a greenfield-heavy environment where initiative and business operationalisation are paramount, offering clear career progression toward Senior Director leadership roles.

What you will be doing:

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of senior Solution Architects across EMEA, Middle East, and Africa to maximize revenue generation, customer success, and technical execution.
• Serving as an executive technical sponsor on high-value deals by joining customer meetings, strategy sessions, and architectural deep dives alongside your team.
• Managing team operational cadences, including conducting structured 1:1s, building individual professional development plans, and tracking team performance metrics.
• Driving strategic Go-To-Market (GTM) initiatives and business operationalization to expand our global footprint and deliver measurable revenue growth over the next 6–12 months.
• Developing partner strategies in collaboration with regional ecosystems to align technical architectures and scale business impact across international markets.
• Aligning cross-functionally with key international leaders to unify pre-sales technical strategies with overarching business goals.

What we are looking for:

Required Experience & Leadership

• 10+ years of total experience in technical enterprise roles (Solution Architecture, Sales Engineering, Professional Services) with at least 5+ years managing, leading, or scaling pre-sales technical teams.
• Proven track record in enterprise solution selling, with a history of leading complex, multi-stakeholder technical sales cycles and driving multi-million-dollar ARR targets.
• Demonstrated experience institutionalising sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC, Command of the Message, or similar value-driven sales frameworks across a team.
• Deep expertise across cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and enterprise Cloud Data Platforms (Snowflake, Databricks).
• Deep domain knowledge in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server) and NoSQL environments (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB).
• Hands-on command of integration architecture, including APIs, Linux environments, SQL, and data pipeline technologies.
• Active experience leading/deploying AI initiatives, specifically enterprise adoption of Generative and Agentic AI workflows (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, n8n).

Preferred / Desirable Qualifications

• Expertise in Data Productivity & ETL/ELT: Direct knowledge of Matillion’s Data Productivity Cloud / Matillion ETL, or primary competitive data integration platforms.
• Big Data & Analytics Ecosystems: Experience with Spark/PySpark, modern Data Lakes/Lakehouses, and MPP database architectures (Teradata, Vertica, Netezza).
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related STEM field (or equivalent practical experience).

At Matillion, we are committed to providing compensation in line with market standards based on the role, job family, job level, and country. This role’s estimated annual salary range is £113,700 - £170,604. Because this role is eligible for variable pay in the form of sales commissions, your total annual on-target annual earnings will be between £162,400 - £243,700. The final salary will be based on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process.

More about Matillion

We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including:

• Company Equity
• 30 days holiday + bank holiday
• 5 days paid volunteering leave
• Private Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pension
• Access to mental health support

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