Remote Executive Leader — AI Forward Deployed Engineering

NTT DATA, Inc.; Plano (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

NTT DATA Services is seeking an Executive, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering to build and lead a global FDE function, accelerating AI Service-as-Software through field execution and repeatable platform patterns.

The role centers on connecting client demand with AI product strategy, deploying top engineers to prototype, validate, and scale AI solutions, and translating field learning into scalable product capabilities.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in engineering, field engineering, solution architecture, enterprise platforms, AI/data products, product engineering, or technical delivery leadership.
• Experience leading technical teams at scale, ideally 15-30 engineers or equivalent.
• Strong technical fluency across AI, GenAI, agentic workflows, data platforms, cloud architecture, APIs, integrations, enterprise applications, and software delivery.
• Proven ability to work directly with senior client, business, and technology stakeholders in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience translating ambiguous business problems into practical, deployable technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of how field-built solutions can become scalable product capabilities.
• Experience working across product, engineering, sales, delivery, architecture, security, and client teams.
• Ability to build new operating models, delivery standards, team structures, and execution rhythms in a scaling environment.
• Executive presence and ability to influence across a global, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-impact Forward Deployed Engineering team of up to 20 engineers, combining AI engineering, solution architecture, industry/domain expertise, and client-facing technical credibility.
• Define the Forward Deployed Engineering operating model, including engagement rules, delivery standards, escalation paths, handoff models, and interfaces with product, engineering, sales, industry, and delivery teams.
• Deploy FDE teams into priority client and industry opportunities to shape AI solution hypotheses, prototypes, MVPs, pilots, and production deployments.
• Partner closely with the Executive, AI Solutions Product Leader to translate field learning into product roadmap recommendations, reusable platform capabilities, and productization opportunities.
• Work with Product Engineering to move validated field solutions into scalable, secure, enterprise-ready product capabilities.
• Support strategic pursuits and executive client conversations by providing technical credibility, solution clarity, demos, prototypes, and deployment plans.
• Establish reusable deployment patterns, reference architectures, templates, integration assets, and solution playbooks to reduce bespoke delivery and improve speed to value.
• Promote a 70% standardized / 30% configurable model for AI Service-as-Software offerings to improve repeatability, scalability, and margin potential.
• Recommend FDE deployment priorities based on client demand, strategic value, product learning potential, technical feasibility, and commercial relevance.
• Track field impact through metrics such as deployment quality, time to prototype, time to client value, reusable patterns created, productization candidates identified, client feedback, deployment repeatability, and team health.

Job description

NTT DATA Services is seeking an Executive, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering to build and lead a global FDE function, accelerating AI Service-as-Software through field execution and repeatable platform patterns.

The role centers on connecting client demand with AI product strategy, deploying top engineers to prototype, validate, and scale AI solutions, and translating field learning into scalable product capabilities.