Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) – EMEA

Databricks; Remote; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading AI/ML technology company seeks a world-class leader for its EMEA AI team. This role involves guiding AI/ML transformations, managing customer relationships, and building high-performing teams. Expanding executive relationships, leading strategic initiatives, and ensuring strong delivery coordination are key responsibilities. Candidates should have a strong technical background in ML, the ability to manage complex engagements, and a graduate degree in a quantitative field. This position can be remote but prefers candidates near major offices such as Munich.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience managing and hiring high-performing teams.
• Ability to scope and guide technical engagements in enterprise environments.
• Deep technical expertise in ML, GenAI, and data science.

Aufgaben

• Lead and scale a world-class AI/ML professional services team.
• Develop executive relationships with EMEA customers and partners.
• Lead strategic AI PS initiatives and design scalable engagement models.

Kenntnisse

Team management

Technical engagement scoping

Deep technical expertise in ML

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Ausbildung

Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline

Jobbeschreibung

The Forward Deployed AI Engineering (AI FDE) team is a highly specialized customer-facing AI team at Databricks. We deliver professional services (PS) engagements to help our customers build and productionize first-of-its-kind AI applications with a focus on GenAI. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside AI / ML Product, Research, and Engineering.

We are looking for a world-class leader to lead and grow our EMEA AI FDE team. In this role, you will lead customers on their AI / ML transformation with Databricks, push the boundaries of our product, recruit and develop top data scientists / machine learning engineers, and manage a portfolio of key EMEA accounts. You will report directly to the Head of EMEA AI FDE. This role can be remote in Europe, but the preference is for candidates to be near a major office location such as London, Amsterdam, Paris, or Munich. Candidates should expect to travel at least once a month.

The impact you will have

• 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 standardized 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, utilization, and public references
• Represent Databricks as a thought leader in AI / ML

What we look for

• Extensive experience managing, hiring, and building a team of high‑performing data scientists / ML engineers and leaders, with a track record of scaling organizations 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 developing 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

Preferred

• Experience in a customer‑facing consulting or professional services leadership role
• Experience working with Databricks