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Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Public Sector

Databricks· Engineering
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Washington, D.C.$219.8k - $302.2kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Role bridging customer business problems and Databricks technical solutions. Owns product direction for field engagements from discovery through production launch, partnering with FDEs to deliver production-ready outcomes for high-value AI opportunities in the public sector.

Responsibilities

  • Define MVP for pilots and write PRD guiding engineering teams; own end-to-end product ownership including backlog prioritization, scope management, and hands-on QA testing.
  • Lead technical discovery and design reviews; shape solution architecture with FDEs; ensure solutions can move from prototype to production; manage stakeholder relationships from C-suite to engineers.
  • Drive agile delivery with the FDE build team; pressure-test architecture choices; identify technical risks early; manage data flows, integrations, platform constraints, and operational environment.
  • Own Day 0 launch, manage war room, drive adoption and iteratively improve to prove business value; ensure production readiness across data quality, testing, security, performance, and operations; diagnose issues and drive to resolution.
  • Scope ongoing maintenance, create customer documentation/training, and identify next high-value FDE engagements; codify reusable patterns and feed insights back to Product and Engineering.

Qualifications

  • Typically 7+ years of experience delivering complex, customer-facing data, analytics, AI, or software engagements, or equivalent experience as a founder or technical builder.
  • Experience delivering data, machine learning, or generative AI systems into production and understanding integration, operational, and adoption challenges.
  • Onsite collaboration with customers (often 25-50%, sometimes higher) in high-growth tech, forward-deployed org, or consultancy environments beneficial.
  • Proficiency in at least one language such as Python, Java, or SQL; ability to explore data, work in notebooks, review code/pipelines, build/adapt prototypes, and troubleshoot.

Skills

Required:Executive presence and communicationProduct management & requirements writingTechnical fluency in data architecturesHands-on technical ability

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits (regional details available via linked document)
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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