Regional Director of Forward Deployed Engineering

Cursor; Singapore; On-site; SGD 61,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Cursor is seeking a Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering to lead and scale a team of Forward Deployed Engineers across strategic enterprise accounts in India. You will own the customer relationship from technical discovery to executive close, while shaping delivery strategy and roadmap with high-impact outcomes.

You will partner with Sales and Engineering to de-risk delivery, mentor senior engineers, and build a partner FDE track with GSI and consulting partners.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading technical teams that build and ship in production.
• Experience with AI-native workflows in production.
• Ability to diagnose a complex enterprise engineering environment quickly, identify the highest-leverage intervention, and scope a meaningful engagement.
• Proven track record in executive-facing roles and delivering customer value.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end sales cycle from discovery to executive close, partnering with Sales and Account teams.
• Lead architecture reviews, surface integration complexity, and scope engagements with precision.
• Manage delivery quality: scoping, milestones, technical standards, and clean handoffs to customer teams.
• Build reusable playbooks to scale the FDE organization across accounts.
• Lead, develop, and scale a team of 6-8 Forward Deployed Engineers.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Enterprise engagement

AI/ML workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

GCP

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Cursor is seeking a Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering to lead and scale a team of Forward Deployed Engineers across strategic enterprise accounts in India. You will own the customer relationship from technical discovery to executive close, while shaping delivery strategy and roadmap with high-impact outcomes.

You will partner with Sales and Engineering to de-risk delivery, mentor senior engineers, and build a partner FDE track with GSI and consulting partners.