Premitha Seth

Critic
DISC Type : C

Director of Data Engineering at Northbeam

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Premitha Seth is the Director of Data Engineering at Northbeam, with over seven years of management experience in data platforms and application development. An AWS Certified Solutions Architect, she is passionate about building high-performing teams and fostering a psychologically safe work environment. She holds an MS from UT Dallas.

Outside of her core engineering work, Premitha is focused on team growth and talent acquisition. She actively recruits for her teams, highlighting the opportunity for new members to join motivated groups and learn from strong leadership, as seen during her time at PagerDuty.

Unique fact: Premitha has a strong focus on people, stating she is motivated by creating a "psychologically safe workplace" for her teams to thrive in.

Personality Overview

ROI Driven

Information Seeker

Negotiator

They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.  They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Topics They Care About

Data Platform Development
Her entire career, including roles at Northbeam, PagerDuty, and Zymergen, has centered on leading data platform and engineering teams.
High-Performing Teams
Explicitly states in her professional summary that she is motivated by building high-performing teams and often posts about hiring for her group.
Workplace Psychology
A core motivation for her is creating a "psychologically safe workplace, " indicating a focus on team culture and well-being.

Media Appearances

Premitha has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2025
Director of Data Engineering at Northbeam
5-2022 - 10-2025
Senior Manager at PagerDuty
7-2021 - 4-2022
Associate Director, Software Engineering at Zymergen
8-2020 - 6-2021
Sr. Manager, Screening & Selection Software and Data Platform Teams at Zymergen
2-2020 - 8-2020
Sr. Manager, Data Engineering at Zymergen

Education

2020 - 2021
Executive Education(LEAD) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2013 - 2015
MS from Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas

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Insights For Selling To Premitha

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information

DONT's

  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Premitha is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Premitha

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Premitha move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Premitha take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Premitha

Personality Compatibility


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