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Senior Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering - London

Databricks· Engineering
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Hybrid (London, United Kingdom)full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Lead and grow the UK AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team, guiding AI/ML professional services engagements, developing executive customer relationships, and driving strategic initiatives across EMEA accounts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale a world-class AI/ML professional services team, including hiring, mentoring, and building a team structure to support long-term growth and execution at scale
  • Develop and expand executive relationships with EMEA customers and partners (including VP+, CIO/CDO-level stakeholders), acting as a trusted advisor during complex technical engagements and AI transformations
  • Align with Field Engineering and Sales Leaders to define joint strategies for strategic accounts and ensure strong delivery coordination across functions
  • Lead strategic AI PS initiatives, practice development, and standardised delivery processes; design scalable engagement models and reusable solutions for repeatability across the global team
  • Shape cross-functional collaboration by influencing Product, R&D, and GTM—ensuring voice-of-customer insights and delivery learnings help inform the product roadmap and GTM strategy
  • Own OKRs for AI-services led accounts, revenue, utilisation, and public references
  • Represent Databricks as a thought leader in AI/ML

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience managing, hiring, and building a team of high-performing data scientists/ML engineers and leaders, with a track record of scaling organisations through developing scalable processes and cultivating leaders
  • Ability to scope, guide, and sell technical engagements, manage escalations, and ensure successful delivery in enterprise environments
  • Deep technical expertise in ML, GenAI, and data science, and curiosity to continue to stay up-to-date in this ever-changing field
  • Experience leading teams building cutting-edge production ML solutions in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Proven success in developing a strategy with senior executive stakeholders to define program-level goals, align technical vision, and build trust throughout complex enterprise engagements
  • Demonstrated experience in cross-functional leadership roles, collaborating with Sales, Product, and GTM teams to drive business impact through AI/ML
  • “Company-first” mindset
  • Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or equivalent practical experience

Skills

Required:Team leadership and hiringStrategic account managementML/GenAI technical expertise

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and perks; region-specific details available via company link
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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