Senior Manager, Forward-Deployed AI Engineering

EY

Richmond (VA)

Hybrid

USD 144,000 - 374,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

EY is investing in AI, data, and engineering to help clients uncover high‑value AI opportunities and translate ambition into scalable solutions. As Forward Deployed Engineer Senior Manager, you will lead cross‑functional teams to diagnose opportunities, shape AI strategies, and deliver production‑grade machine learning and agentic AI solutions at scale.

You will work across diverse client environments, guiding architecture, deployment, and governance while staying close to value delivery and

Qualifications

Minimum of 8-10+ years of professional consulting experience in business or technology consulting or similar roles.
Experience leading technical teams and/or consulting teams for complex client engagements.
Strong knowledge of AI technologies, data science, ML workflows, and software engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

Lead lean, client-embedded engineering teams to diagnose opportunities and shape AI strategy.
Engineer, operationalize, prove value from, and scale AI and ML solutions for clients.
Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, cloud engineers, and DevOps to implement client deployments.
Develop reusable engineering patterns and accelerators to land projects independently.
Lead opportunity qualification, solution demos, and delivery economics for forward‑deployed AI work.