Field CTO – Analytics & AI (India, Remote)

EDB

22h•Remote

About The Position

EDB provides a data and AI platform that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud, anywhere. EDB empowers enterprises to control risk, manage costs and scale efficiently for a data and AI led world. Serving more than 1,500 customers globally and as the leading contributor to the vibrant and fast-growing PostgreSQL community, EDB supports major government organizations, financial services, media and information technology companies. EDB’s data-driven solutions enable customers to modernize legacy systems and break data silos while leveraging enterprise-grade open source technologies. EDB delivers the confidence of up to 99.999% high availability with mission critical capabilities built in such as security, compliance controls, and observability. As Field CTO for Analytics & AI in India & Middle East, you own the technical track end-to-end on qualified Analytics and AI opportunities across the region. You lead the deepest technical work on strategic deals increasingly centered on AI and GenAI workloads on Postgres while operating credibly at the enterprise and CxO level. You are equal parts hands-on architect and trusted executive advisor.

Requirements

8+ years of deep hands-on expertise with Postgres and data platforms analytical and OLAP workloads, data warehousing, and operational data systems.
Real, current experience designing AI and GenAI solutions on data platforms: vector search, embeddings, retrieval and RAG, and emerging agentic patterns.
Proven ability to lead POCs, benchmarks, sizing, and complex migrations end-to-end, and to design reference architectures customers trust.
A current, well-formed view of the analytics and AI data landscape where the market is heading, what enterprises are actually buying, and how EDB differentiates.
Awareness of the broader competitive landscape.
Fluency operating across India & Middle East markets, including the buying patterns, regulatory context, and industry dynamics of the region.
A strong track record in pre-sales, solutions-architect, or field-CTO roles on enterprise data and AI deals built over many years in customer-facing technical leadership.
Demonstrated experience engaging at the CxO and board level you can earn the trust of a CTO or CDO, advise on strategy, and hold the room as the senior technical voice on a strategic account.
Comfort being both the deepest technical hands on the deal and the executive in the conversation, and the discipline to document and share what you learn so the wider field benefits.
Willingness to travel as deals demand.

Nice To Haves

Arabic speaking preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the technical track end-to-end on qualified India & Middle East Analytics and AI opportunities from the first architecture call through to the technical win.
Lead the technical motion on AI and GenAI use cases on Postgres vector search, retrieval, RAG, and agentic workloads turning emerging customer demand into solutions that win.
Run proofs of concept, benchmarks, and sizing, including services scoping and complex migrations.
Design reference architectures and frame EDB's technical differentiation clearly and confidently in competitive situations.
Operate at the enterprise and CxO level executive advisory, thought leadership, and board-level positioning on strategic accounts.
Document every deal motion into playbooks, reference architectures, and demos so any SE in the regional org can recognize and flag the next opportunity.
Co-host the weekly Analytics & AI Open Hours for India & Middle East, delivering real-time enablement, market intel, and field coaching to sellers and SEs.
Close the loop to Product and Engineering turning deal pain into a roadmap signal through the weekly win/loss feedback cycle.