Sr Manager, Forward Deployment Engineer
Core
Lead the Forward Deployment Engineering practice to embed engineers in business units, shipping production agentic AI solutions and managing multiple high-performing pods.
Role type
Senior Manager, Forward Deployment Engineering (Agentic AI)
Builds
Production agentic AI solutions and multi-agent systems for business units
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Agentic AI / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
AI/ML engineering, LLM deployment, RAG architecture, prompt orchestration, multi-agent system design, cloud-native infrastructure, responsible AI, data security, stakeholder management, resource allocation, hiring pipeline management
Preferred skills
MCP and A2A agent communication standards, scaling embedded technical practices, managing multi-domain programs with rotating team structures
Technologies
AWS, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen
Responsibilities
Guide technical direction and architectural trade-offs for agentic AI delivery; manage headcount, domain assignment, and hiring pipelines across pods; serve as senior point of contact for BU Director and VP stakeholders; own practice-level metrics including aggregate ROI and team health; coach and manage FDE pods to deliver validated ROI
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on IC with people management