Strategic Deployment Leader, AI Solutions

Databricks; California; On-site; USD 220,000 - 302,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Deployment Strategist for the Forward Deployed Engineering team.

You will act as a product manager for high‑value AI engagements, from discovery to production launch, partnering with Sales, Engineering, and customer executives to define the MVP and drive adoption. You will own the end‑to‑end product direction, manage scope, and lead technical discovery, architecture reviews, and solution delivery across data flows, integrations, security, and operations.

Qualifications

• Executive presence with strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Define what to build, why, and translate requirements into measurable outcomes.
• Lead architecture discussions, evaluate trade-offs and pressure-test decisions.
• Proficient in at least one language such as Python, Java, or SQL and able to prototype.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales to map customer orgs, quantify business value, and define MVP.
• Author PRD and backlog, prioritize work, and ensure alignment with data, security, and ops needs.
• Lead agile delivery with the FDE team, manage stakeholders from C‑suite to engineers, resolve blockers.
• Own Day 0 launch, monitor production readiness, drive adoption and iterate on feedback.
• Capture field insights to improve products and orchestrate next high‑value engagements.

Skills

Executive presence

Product judgment

Architecture judgment

Hands-on tech ability

Experience in data/AI

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Deployment Strategist for the Forward Deployed Engineering team.

You will act as a product manager for high‑value AI engagements, from discovery to production launch, partnering with Sales, Engineering, and customer executives to define the MVP and drive adoption. You will own the end‑to‑end product direction, manage scope, and lead technical discovery, architecture reviews, and solution delivery across data flows, integrations, security, and operations.