Field CTO - EMEA

Business Area:

Sales Engineering

Seniority Level:

Director

Job Description:

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

The mission of the Field CTO is to act as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, aligning their business goals with innovative data and AI solutions. Through strategic leadership and deep industry expertise, the Field CTO drives digital transformation, delivers measurable business value, and influences Cloudera’s product direction by bridging customer needs with cutting-edge technology. In this role, you will establish trusted partnerships with C-level executives, positioning Cloudera as a strategic ally in digital transformation and steering enterprise customers toward a modern Open Data Lakehouse (Iceberg) architecture and scalable Enterprise AI (GenAI) capabilities.

As EMEA Field CTO you will:

• Advise senior customers: Build trusted relationships with C-level executives, understand their data and digital transformation challenges, and guide them on hybrid cloud, AI and modern data strategies.
• Translate technology into business value: Map customer challenges to Cloudera’s platform and articulate clear business outcomes, ROI and success metrics.
• Provide technical leadership: Shape executive thinking around hybrid data, Open Data Lakehouse, AI, governance, security and enterprise GenAI, translating complex technologies such as Iceberg and Ozone into business value.
• Drive thought leadership: Represent Cloudera externally through conferences, panels, executive forums and industry events, positioning Cloudera as a leader in Open Data Lakehouse and Enterprise AI.
• Engage by industry: Apply deep industry knowledge to address the regulatory, security and operational requirements of sectors such as financial services and healthcare.
• Create market influence: Develop thought leadership content including blogs, white papers and videos, and partner with Marketing to communicate emerging data and AI trends to CXO audiences.
• Influence the product roadmap: Bring customer and market insights back into Cloudera, working with Product and Engineering to shape future capabilities across Iceberg, Enterprise AI, governance and the broader data platform.

We're excited about you if you have:

• Experience: 15+ years in Enterprise Technology, with a proven background in driving large-scale architectural strategy.
• Technical Mastery: Deep understanding of the entire data lifecycle: from enterprise ingest and storage (Apache Iceberg/Apache Ozone) to hybrid cloud analytics and GenAI deployment.
• C-Suite Fluency: Proven ability to command the room and establish strategic alignment with Fortune 100 CIOs, CDOs, and CTOs.
• Strategic Vision: Ability to transform complex technical concepts into a repeatable, value-driven business strategy that increases overall product adoption.

What you can expect from us:

• 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

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