Director of Forward-Deployed AI Engineering

REGAL; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans - 80

Flexible PTO

11 paid holidays/year

Subsidized ClassPass membership

401k Plan

Paid parental leave

Pre-tax commuter benefits

In-office breakfast and snacks daily

Happy hours, team outings, annual off‑

Complete laptop workstation

Job summary

Regal, based in New York City, seeks a Director of Forward Deployed Engineering to scale our FDE function and deliver AI deployments that drive measurable business outcomes. You will partner with Product, AI, and Customer Success to shape playbooks, improve products, and expand deployment impact across customers.

This leadership role requires balancing strategic vision with hands-on execution, working closely with executives to define success metrics and scalable processes for enterprise

Qualifications

• 6–15 years of experience in technical, customer-facing, or product leadership roles.
• 2+ years leading high-performing technical teams with coaching and a high performance bar.
• Proven track record of driving projects from 0 to 1 and delivering measurable business impact.
• Experience managing enterprise deployments, integrations, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Commercially minded; understands how deployments unlock renewals and expansions.
• Strong analytical skills; data-driven decision making and optimization.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills; able to manage complexity.
• Relentless ownership mindset; hands-on when needed, and able to lead executives.
• Working knowledge of APIs, data flows, and light-coding (JavaScript, Python)

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and scale Regal's Forward Deployed Engineering team and set career paths.
• Own end-to-end delivery for enterprise AI deployments from kickoff to go-live.
• Define success metrics and a commercial framework for deployments.
• Partner with Product, AI, and Customer Success to translate field insights into roadmap priorities.
• Evolve Regal's implementation playbook and set standards for deployment excellence.
• Drive revenue and strategic impact through AI adoption across customers.
• Represent the function externally at executive briefings, launches, and events (travel).

Skills

Technical leadership

Customer-facing leadership

Project management

Data-driven decisions

APIs knowledge

Tools

JavaScript

Python

Job description

Regal, based in New York City, seeks a Director of Forward Deployed Engineering to scale our FDE function and deliver AI deployments that drive measurable business outcomes. You will partner with Product, AI, and Customer Success to shape playbooks, improve products, and expand deployment impact across customers.

This leadership role requires balancing strategic vision with hands-on execution, working closely with executives to define success metrics and scalable processes for enterprise