Manager, Marketing Insights & Operations - EMEA

About the role

Databricks is looking for a Manager, Marketing Insights Business Partner to act as the embedded insights partner to the EMEA Marketing VP/GM and their leadership team. Reporting to the Director, Marketing Insights, the role makes marketing performance easier to understand, act on and improve, partnering with Marketing Leadership, Campaign Operations, Marketing Platform & Systems, Sales Operations and Finance.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as insights partner to EMEA Marketing leadership, delivering analysis and narrative for business reviews, QBRs and pipeline councils.
• Maintain a single, trusted view of EMEA marketing performance across a consistent framework of marketing motions, standardising dashboards and reporting inputs.
• Support the functional target-setting model and produce forecast leadership plans, and maintain the leading-indicator framework for early warning.
• Turn performance data into insight, implications and recommended areas of focus linked to internal milestones.
• Own execution telemetry: cycle times, throughput, intake and SLA performance.
• Drive adoption of Genie so the region can use performance data independently, and support pilot execution with hypotheses, success criteria and measurements.
• Codify what works in one market or motion and instrument it so gains stay visible.
• Provide analytical inputs for investment decisions and surface data quality, reporting and system risks early.
• Act as the region's voice in the global Marketing Insights function.

Required profile

• 6+ years in GTM strategy and operations, strategy and operations, FP&A or consulting, ideally in B2B SaaS or enterprise technology.
• Experience supporting directors, VPs/GMs in business reviews, QBRs and planning cycles.
• Experience building forecasting and target-setting models, including leading-indicator frameworks.
• Experience designing and measuring pilots and operational analytics (cycle time, throughput, intake, SLA).
• Ability to influence across a matrixed organisation and drive self-service adoption; familiarity with AI-assisted analytics tools is a strong plus.

Required skills

• B2B demand-generation funnel and metrics linking marketing activity to revenue outcomes.
• Data quality and governance awareness, spotting reporting gaps and data risks early.
• Excellent storytelling: turning complex data into concise insights and recommendations for executives.