Remote Global Head of Forward Deployed AI Engineering

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

Job summary

NTT DATA Services is seeking an Executive, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering to build and lead a new global capability. This remote leadership role connects client demand, AI product strategy, and product engineering to scale AI-native growth across enterprises.

You will assemble high‑caliber teams, define operating models, and drive reusable deployment patterns that accelerate value, security, and enterprise readiness.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering or delivery leadership experience.
• Experience leading technical teams at scale (15–30 engineers).
• Strong fluency across AI, GenAI, cloud, APIs, and enterprise applications.
• Proven ability to engage with senior clients and stakeholders in complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into practical, deployable technical solutions.

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.

Skills

Executive leadership

AI/GenAI fluency

Solution architecture

Enterprise platforms

Stakeholder management

Job description

NTT DATA Services is seeking an Executive, Head of Forward Deployed Engineering to build and lead a new global capability. This remote leadership role connects client demand, AI product strategy, and product engineering to scale AI-native growth across enterprises.

You will assemble high‑caliber teams, define operating models, and drive reusable deployment patterns that accelerate value, security, and enterprise readiness.