Senior Deployment Strategist: AI Solutions & Strategy

Databricks Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 302,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Deployment Strategist for the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team to bridge customer problems and Databricks solutions.

You will own the product direction from discovery to production, build executive trust, and define MVPs and success criteria for high-value AI engagements. You will partner with Sales and engineers to scope multi-million-dollar problems, manage the backlog, and ensure production readiness, security, and operational performance while guiding

Qualifications

• Executive presence with strong communication skills.
• Ability to define what to build and why, and manage complex agile projects.
• Fluency in modern data/AI architectures and cloud platforms.
• Hands-on capability in at least one language (Python/Java/SQL).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product ownership from discovery to production launch.
• Lead technical discovery and design reviews with FDEs and customers.
• Drive Day 0 launch, adoption, and ongoing value realization.
• Develop and hand off maintenance plans and customer documentation.

Skills

Executive presence

Product judgment

Technical fluency

Hands-on ability

Stakeholder management

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Deployment Strategist for the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team to bridge customer problems and Databricks solutions.

You will own the product direction from discovery to production, build executive trust, and define MVPs and success criteria for high-value AI engagements. You will partner with Sales and engineers to scope multi-million-dollar problems, manage the backlog, and ensure production readiness, security, and operational performance while guiding