Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI-FDE) – EMEA

The Forward Deployed AI Engineering (AI FDE) team is a highly specialized customer-facing AI team at Databricks. We deliver

professional services (PS) engagements to help our customers build and productionize first of its kind AI applications with a

focus on GenAI. We work cross-functionally to shape long-term strategic priorities and initiatives alongside AI/ML Product,

Research, and Engineering.

We are looking for a world-class leader to lead and grow our EMEA AI FDE team. In this role, you will lead customers on their

AI/ML transformation with Databricks, push the boundaries of our product, recruit and develop top data scientists/machine learning

engineers, and manage a portfolio of key EMEA accounts. You will report directly to the Head of EMEA AI FDE. This role can be

remote in Europe, but the preference is for candidates to be near a major office location such as London, Amsterdam, Paris, or

Munich. Candidates should expect to travel at least once a month.

• Lead and scale a world-class AI/ML professional services team, including hiring, mentoring, and building a team structure to

support long-term growth and execution at scale

• Develop and expand executive relationships with EMEA customers and partners (including VP+, CIO/CDO-level stakeholders), acting

as a trusted advisor during complex technical engagements and AI transformations

• Align with Field Engineering and Sales Leaders to define joint strategies for strategic accounts and ensure strong delivery

coordination across functions

• Lead strategic AI PS initiatives, practice development, and standardized delivery processes; design scalable engagement models

and reusable solutions for repeatability across the global team

• Shape cross-functional collaboration by influencing Product, R&D, and GTM—ensuring voice-of-customer insights and delivery

learnings help inform the product roadmap and GTM strategy

• Own OKRs for AI-services led accounts, revenue, utilization, and public references
• Represent Databricks as a thought leader in AI/ML

• Extensive experience managing, hiring, and building a team of high-performing data scientists/ML engineers and leaders, with a

track record of scaling organizations through developing scalable processes and cultivating leaders

• Ability to scope, guide, and sell technical engagements, manage escalations, and ensure successful delivery in enterprise

environments

• Deep technical expertise in ML, GenAI, and data science, and curiosity to continue to stay up-to-date in this ever-changing

field

• Experience leading teams building cutting-edge production ML solutions in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Proven success developing strategy with senior executive stakeholders to define program-level goals, align technical vision,

and build trust throughout complex enterprise engagements

• Demonstrated experience in cross-functional leadership roles, collaborating with Sales, Product, and GTM teams to drive

business impact through AI/ML

• “Company-first” mindset
• Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, etc.) or

equivalent practical experience

• Experience in a customer-facing consulting or professional services leadership role
• Experience working with Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and

over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI.

Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse,

Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific

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ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment

at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or

expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation,

socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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