AI Deployment Strategy Lead

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 220,000 - 302,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Deployment Strategist to bridge a customer’s multi-million-dollar problem with our AI platform. You will be the field’s product manager for the engagement, defining MVPs and guiding the solution from discovery to production.

You’ll write PRDs, manage the engineering backlog, conduct technical discovery, and lead architecture discussions to ensure data flows, integrations, security, and operations meet production standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years delivering complex data, analytics, AI, or software engagements, or equivalent founder/technical builder experience.
• Experience with modern data and AI architectures, cloud platforms, data pipelines, APIs, security and governance.
• Willingness to be onsite with customers (often 25-50%, sometimes higher) to drive delivery.

Responsibilities

• Author the PRD, prioritize engineering backlog, manage scope, and act as primary QA tester.
• Lead technical discovery and design reviews; understand data flows, platform constraints, and production readiness.
• Own Day 0 launch, drive solution adoption, capture feedback, and ensure value realization.
• Scope ongoing maintenance plans and create customer documentation/training.

Skills

Executive presence

Product judgment

Architecture judgment

Technical fluency

Hands-on coding

Project management

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Deployment Strategist to bridge a customer’s multi-million-dollar problem with our AI platform. You will be the field’s product manager for the engagement, defining MVPs and guiding the solution from discovery to production.

You’ll write PRDs, manage the engineering backlog, conduct technical discovery, and lead architecture discussions to ensure data flows, integrations, security, and operations meet production standards.