Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (UAE)
Role Overview
Lead a high-performing team of Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Engineers serving strategic enterprise accounts.
Help customers migrate to the lakehouse, build AI and GenAI systems, and realize business value from data investments.
Oversee delivery of data migrations, legacy modernization, generative AI, MLOps, and AI-agent deployments.
Key Skills for This Role
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Location
- The role is based in the UAE; candidates should be willing to relocate there or remain there.
Role Overview
Lead a high-performing team of Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Engineers serving strategic enterprise accounts.
Help customers migrate to the lakehouse, build AI and GenAI systems, and realize business value from data investments.
Oversee delivery of data migrations, legacy modernization, generative AI, MLOps, and AI-agent deployments.
Impact and Responsibilities
- Drive regional billable utilization, team growth, hiring, delivery excellence, and customer success.
- Partner with account, engagement, and field engineering leaders to position and deliver enterprise services programs.
- Establish project oversight, risk-management, and quality practices for a growing engineering practice.
- Act as executive escalation point for critical customer situations and drive resolution.
- Mentor and retain technical talent through career pathways and technical coaching.
What the Employer Looks For
- People leadership experience managing technical delivery teams, solution architects, or professional services organizations.
- Hands-on experience as a technical solutions architect or data/AI engineer.
- Success leading large-scale enterprise data-platform migrations and AI/ML programs.
- Executive presence and experience managing stakeholders and influencing at C-suite level.
- Familiarity with Databricks, Apache Spark, MLflow, Delta Lake, or the modern data and AI ecosystem; Databricks or competitor hands-on experience is highly valued.
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