# Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (UAE)

**Company**: Databricks
**Location**: United Arab Emirates
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350420

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## Description

You will be based in the UAE and lead a high-performing team of Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Engineers at Databricks. The team partners with strategic enterprise accounts to migrate to the lakehouse, build next-generation AI and GenAI systems, and unlock business value from data investments.

As a people leader, you will build and scale a team representing Databricks' highest standard of technical excellence and customer impact. Your team will architect and deliver mission-critical solutions, from large-scale data migrations to cutting-edge generative AI and AI agent deployments.

The impact you will have:

- Drive regional performance targets including billable utilisation, team growth, and hiring while championing delivery excellence and customer success

- Lead high-stakes enterprise engagements and partner with Account Executives, Engagement Managers, and Field Engineering leaders

- Champion delivery governance and operational rigor

- Act as executive escalation point for critical customer situations

- Develop and retain exceptional technical talent

What we look for:

- People leadership experience managing high-performing technical delivery teams

- Hands-on individual contributor experience as a technical solutions architect or data/AI engineer

- Demonstrated success leading large-scale data platform migrations and AI/ML programs

- Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills

- Familiarity with Databricks, Apache Spark, MLflow, Delta Lake, or the modern data and AI ecosystem

Benefits: At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

## Skills

### Required
- People leadership
- Technical solutions architect
- Data/AI engineer
- Databricks
- Apache Spark
- MLflow
- Delta Lake

### Nice to have
- Familiarity with Databricks or a direct competitor

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