Industry Field CTO, Media & Entertainment

There is only one Data Cloud. Snowflake’s founders started from scratch and designed a data platform built for the cloud that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. But it didn’t stop there. They engineered Snowflake to power the Data Cloud, where thousands of organizations unlock the value of their data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. This is our vision: a world with endless insights to tackle the challenges and opportunities of today and reveal the possibilities of tomorrow.

Are you passionate about taking new ideas and innovation to market? Have you successfully applied technology to solve business problems in the Communications, Media and Entertainment  industry? If so, we have a strategic opportunity to use your expertise across Data, Cloud and AI to drive transformational changes in the Communications, Media and Entertainment industry in a highly visible role collaborating with internal and external leadership.

Snowflake is actively seeking an Industry Field CTO for Communications, Media and Entertainment to join our Field CTO Organization. In this role, you will work side-by-side with Snowflake’s strategic customers. You will partner with our sales team, marketing, product management, and channel partners to create compelling solution offerings for customers. You will also drive co-innovation programs with customers via Snowflake’s technology and solutions sharing best practices, providing guidance around design patterns and architecture.

You will act as a visionary and an innovative industry expert and have the opportunity to apply your successful track record of architecting, building, and taking solutions to market that are applicable to various sub verticals in the industry, across discrete and process Communications, Media and Entertainment customers and prospects.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL GET TO:

• Have direct involvement with our most strategic Communications, Media and Entertainment customers and partners building trusted relationships with technical stakeholders, participate in product and solution briefings and lead co-innovation projects.
• Be the voice of the customer identifying industry trends, functional requirements and technical gaps to partner with product management for prioritization
• Drive repeatability by creating Communications, Media and Entertainment  specific technical selling assets (reference architectures, use cases, demos, customer case studies and solutions)
• Collaborate with our industry go-to-market team to prioritize industry-specific capabilities in future product roadmaps and drive Snowflake’s Communications, Media and Entertainment  product vision into the market
• Collaborate with counterparts in Global and Regional System Integration partners to jointly define Snowflake centric offerings for the Communications, Media and Entertainment industry
• Identify, recruit and map potential ISV partners and marketplace providers to target reference architecture, data sets and use cases
• Enable technical sales team and Communications, Media and Entertainment communities of practice on industry trends, partner capabilities and solution offerings
• Contribute and participate in industry marketing activities such as webinars, conferences, blogs etc.
  

ON DAY ONE WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:

• 10+ years of architecture experience building, consulting to, or implementing technology for the Communications, Media and Entertainment industry
• Are well-versed in the overall challenges and opportunities impacting the Communications, Media and Entertainment industry
• Broad range of experience with technical and design direction including large-scale database and/or data warehouse technology, ETL, analytics and public cloud technologies
• Understanding of Data Science & Machine Learning concepts and applications in Communications, Media and Entertainment  industry
• Familiarity with key sources of enterprise data and integration technologies (eg: ERP, MES, PLM, Historian, EDI)
• Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
• Experience working with C-level executives and an ability to quickly establish credibility with senior leadership
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred
• The ability to travel to customer sites, industry events and other related events as required.

Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Colorado only, and this role is open to candidates outside of Colorado with compensation that aligns with your location. The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; paid holidays; paid time off; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.