Sr. Manager, Professional Servces - Custom Development & AI

Egnyte; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

HSA with employer contributions

Parental leave

Job summary

Egnyte is seeking a Senior Manager, Professional Services - Custom Development & AI to lead a hands-on team delivering custom integrations and AI-driven solutions on Egnyte APIs. You will mentor consultants, own delivery quality, and shape architecture with customers across pre-sales and delivery lifecycle.

The role emphasizes staying ahead in AI, MCP standards, and agentic frameworks while collaborating with Sales, Product and Customer Success to maximize customer value.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in total IT/consulting with customer-facing experience.
• 3+ years hands-on AI tech including LLMs and prompt engineering.
• Expert MCP integrations and agentic AI architectures.
• Proficient Python and React for integrations and front-end work.
• Experience with cloud platforms and modern SaaS integration patterns.
• Proven people management and team leadership in enterprise settings.
• Strong data privacy, security, and governance understanding.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of custom development and AI consultants.
• Oversee bespoke integrations, scripting, and API-based solutions.
• Guide MCP server integrations and agentic AI design with customers.
• Stay current with AI trends and translate into client guidance.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Customer Success to drive value.
• Establish best practices and reusable solution patterns.
• Advise on architecture patterns aligning with Egnyte’s platform.
• Manage resources and ensure timely delivery to a high standard.

Skills

Team leadership

AI technologies

Python

React

MCP integrations

Cloud platforms

Customer engagement

Pre-sales architecture

Data privacy & security

Enterprise experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

REST APIs

MCP

AWS/Azure/GCP

Custom integrations

Job description

SENIOR MANAGER, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - AI

US REMOTE

EGNYTE YOUR CAREER. SPARK YOUR PASSION.

Egnyte is a place where we spark opportunities for amazing people. We believe that every role has a great impact, and every Egnyter should be respected. When joining Egnyte, you're not just landing a new career, you become part of a team of Egnyters that are doers, thinkers, and collaborators who embrace and live by our values:

• Invested Relationships
• Fiscal Prudence
• Candid Conversations

ABOUT EGNYTE

Egnyte is the secure multi-cloud platform for content security and governance that enables organizations to better protect and collaborate on their most valuable content. Established in 2008, Egnyte has democratized cloud content security for more than 23,000 organizations, helping customers improve data security, maintain compliance, prevent and detect ransomware threats, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere. For more information, visit www.egnyte.com.

Our Global Technology Solutions team is looking for a Senior Manager, Professional Services - Custom Development & AI who will lead two high-impact practices within Egnyte's Professional Services organization. As a player-coach you would be responsible for building and leading a team of technical consultants and AI specialists who design and deliver custom solutions that accelerate customer onboarding, deepen platform adoption, and unlock the full power of Egnyte's APIs and AI capabilities.

On the Custom Development side, the team builds integrations, automation scripts, and front-end solutions leveraging Egnyte's APIs, Python, React, and third-party platforms. On the AI side, the team helps customers harness agentic AI, MCP integrations, and custom prompt engineering to transform their workflows. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can deliver alongside the team while driving strategic direction, customer relationships, and be able to lead the team in a fast-evolving platform landscape.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of custom development and AI consultants, acting as a player-coach who contributes directly to key projects.
• Own the delivery, and quality of the Custom Development and AI technical practices, overseeing bespoke integrations, scripting, and solutions built on Egnyte's APIs, Python, and React. In addition, guiding customers on MCP server integrations, agentic AI architecture, and custom prompt design to maximize business value from Egnyte's AI capabilities.
• Engage directly with customers during pre-sales architecture reviews and throughout the engagement lifecycle to understand requirements and shape solution designs.
• Stay current with the rapidly evolving AI landscape that includes foundation models, agentic frameworks, and emerging MCP standards. Translate that knowledge into actionable guidance for customers and for the team.
• Collaborate with Egnyte Sales, Product, and Customer Success teams to identify expansion opportunities, provide technical expertise, and ensure customer value realization.
• Establish and document best practices, delivery frameworks, and reusable solution patterns for both the Custom Development and AI Technical practices.
• Assess and advise customers on architecture patterns that best complement Egnyte’s platform.
• Track team performance, manage resource planning, and ensure projects are delivered on time and to a high standard of quality.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years of overall experience, with at least 5 years in a customer-facing Technology Consulting or Professional Services role.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with state-of-the-art AI technologies, including large language models, agentic AI frameworks, and prompt engineering methodologies.
• Demonstrated expertise with MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations and agentic AI architectures; ability to advise customers and build working solutions in this space.
• Proficiency in Python and React for building custom integrations, automation scripts, and lightweight front-end solutions leveraging REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and modern SaaS integration patterns; cloud certifications are a plus.
• Proven people management experience, with the ability to hire, develop, and retain a high-performing technical team while staying hands-on as a practitioner.
• Strong understanding of data privacy, security, and governance considerations as they apply to AI and custom development solutions in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience engaging large enterprise customers as well as mid-market and SMB accounts; industry experience in AEC, Life Sciences/Biotech, or FinTech is a plus.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for business stakeholders and to build trust with senior customer decision-makers.
• Record of consistently meeting delivery objectives and expanding customer relationships at high-growth technology companies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

COMPENSATION:

• Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across multiple U.S. geographic locations and pay varies based on defined markets. The standard base pay range for this position across the U.S. is $150k to $175k annually. Pay varies by work location and may also be dependent on job-related skills, knowledge, and/or experience. During the interview and/or hiring process, your recruiter can share more information about the compensation package specific to the role and job location.

BENEFITS:

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits
• Company equity depending on role and level
• Flexible hours and generous time off (RTO, Responsible Time Off) to help support your work-life balance.
• Paid holidays and sick time
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a generous employer contribution and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• Up to 12wks of paid Parental and 10wks Adoption Leave to help you grow your family
• Modern and collaborative offices located in Draper, UT; Raleigh, NC; Mountain View, CA and Poznan, Poland
• Gym, cell phone, and internet reimbursement
• Free well-being apps such as Spring Health for Guardian are offered, as well access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Perks include discounted pet insurance, electronics, theme park tickets, travel, plus more
• Your own Egnyte account with lifetime access
• HealthJoy – a benefits navigation app that lets you access your benefits and get answers to your questions all in one place
• One Medical virtual care, providing you with healthcare access across the country

Equal Employment Opportunity
Egnyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions, and lactation), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Egnyte, Inc.'s management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.

At Egnyte, we embrace our unique differences and thrive on the individuality of our employees, our products, our customers, our investors, and our communities. Our global Egnyte Employee Communities (EECs) support representation and foster connectedness across our varied workplace.

Any employees with questions or concerns about equal employment opportunities in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of [e-mail]. Egnyte, Inc. will not allow any form of retaliation against employees who raise issues of equal employment opportunity. If employees feel they have been subjected to any such retaliation, they should contact [e-mail]. To ensure the workplace is free of artificial barriers, violation of this policy including any improper retaliatory conduct will lead to discipline, up to and including discharge. All employees must cooperate with all investigations conducted pursuant to this policy.

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