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Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering

Databricks· Engineering
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Amsterdam, Netherlandsfull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Lead and grow the EMEA AI Forward Deployed Engineering team at Databricks, overseeing AI/ML professional services engagements, customer transformations, and cross-functional collaboration to shape strategy, delivery, and product/ GTM inputs.

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
  • Experience leading teams building 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 in complex enterprise engagements
  • Demonstrated cross-functional leadership with Sales, Product, and GTM teams
  • Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience
  • Company-first mindset

Skills

Required:Team leadershipEnterprise engagement managementMachine Learning / GenAICloud platforms

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and perks (regional specifics available via provided link)
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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