Head of Forward Deployed AI Engineering

Databricks; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in UAE is seeking a Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering to lead a high-performing team of FDEs and AI Engineers, delivering mission-critical solutions for strategic enterprise accounts. You will guide data migrations, AI/ML platforms, and modern analytics, shaping customer outcomes and ensuring delivery excellence.

You will manage regional growth, governance, and executive relationships while mentoring talent and driving measurable business impact across industries in the UAE.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical delivery teams across enterprise projects.
• Strong data engineering and AI/ML knowledge with hands-on depth when needed.
• Executive-level communication with customers and executives.

Responsibilities

• Drive regional performance targets including billable utilisation, team growth, and hiring while championing delivery excellence and customer success across the FDE portfolio
• Lead high-stakes enterprise engagements with Account Executives and Field Engineering leaders to deliver data migrations and AI/ML programs
• Establish governance, risk management and quality standards that scale with the practice
• Act as executive escalation point for critical customer situations, protecting relationships and driving resolution
• Develop and retain top talent through structured career paths, coaching, and a culture of innovation and growth

Skills

People leadership

Enterprise engagements

Technical delivery

AI/ML leadership

Data migrations

Stakeholder mgmt

Databricks ecosystem

Executive communication

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

MLflow

Delta Lake

Job description

Databricks in UAE is seeking a Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering to lead a high-performing team of FDEs and AI Engineers, delivering mission-critical solutions for strategic enterprise accounts. You will guide data migrations, AI/ML platforms, and modern analytics, shaping customer outcomes and ensuring delivery excellence.

You will manage regional growth, governance, and executive relationships while mentoring talent and driving measurable business impact across industries in the UAE.