Senior AI Deployment Strategist

Fdetimes; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 302,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Deployment Strategist to bridge executive-level business problems with technical AI solutions. You will own the product direction, write concise PRDs, and lead delivery from discovery to production adoption while engaging with customers on site.

You will partner with the FDE engineers, shape architecture, define MVPs for pilots, and drive value realization across complex data and AI deployments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years delivering complex, customer-facing data, analytics, AI, or software engagements.
• Experience in a high-growth technology company, forward-deployed organization, or leading consultancy is valuable.
• Experience helping deliver data, ML, or generative AI systems into production and understanding integration, operational and adoption challenges.
• Onsite with customers for 25-50% of the time to drive delivery.

Responsibilities

• C-Suite scoping and value definition; map the customer org and define MVP, success criteria, and timeline.
• Own end-to-end product ownership; write PRD, prioritize backlog, translate requirements into data, integration, security, and ops needs.
• Lead technical discovery, shape architecture with engineers, and ensure prototype-to-production feasibility.
• Own Day 0 launch, manage war room, drive adoption, and ensure production readiness across data quality, testing, security, performance, and operations.
• Provide strategic handoff and growth plans; codify reusable patterns and feed insights back to Product/Engineering.

Skills

Executive presence

Product judgment

Technical fluency

Architecture judgment

Hands-on programming

Python

Java

SQL

Relevant experience

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Deployment Strategist to bridge executive-level business problems with technical AI solutions. You will own the product direction, write concise PRDs, and lead delivery from discovery to production adoption while engaging with customers on site.

You will partner with the FDE engineers, shape architecture, define MVPs for pilots, and drive value realization across complex data and AI deployments.