Principal Technical Program Manager - Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Lead complex technical programs for strategic customers by embedding in their environments to align business needs with AI, cloud, and data engineering solutions.
Role type
Principal Technical Program Manager (Forward Deployed Engineering)
Builds
AI-powered cloud solutions and reusable engineering patterns for strategic enterprise customers
Domain
Energy Industry (Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities) + AI/ML + Cloud Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Cross-functional project management, customer-facing technical consulting, AI/ML technologies, cloud architecture, data engineering, AI-assisted engineering practices, engineering tooling (VS Code, GitHub, AI agents), risk management, stakeholder communication
Preferred skills
Energy industry experience, domain expertise in validating AI outputs, knowledge sharing
Technologies
VS Code, GitHub, AI agents, AI/ML frameworks, Cloud platforms
Responsibilities
Embed with strategic customers to lead complex technical programs with high autonomy; Apply AI assisted engineering practices across the full software development lifecycle; Operate fluently in engineering tooling as primary work surfaces; Validate AI-generated outputs with domain expertise; Navigate ambiguity and make technical decisions with incomplete information; Champion reusable solution patterns and open-source assets; Partner with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver AI-powered cloud solutions side-by-side with customer engineers
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic autonomy