# Deployment Strategist

**Company**: Databricks
**Location**: United States; USCA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $185,920-$255,640 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350420

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## Description

The FDE (Forward Deployed Engineering) team is a new, strategic initiative sponsored by the CEO and Founders. As a Deployment Strategist, you will be part of the founding team, working with strategic customers to sell and deliver AI outcomes.

You will be the critical bridge between a customer's multi-million dollar business problem and Databricks' technical solution. Your responsibilities include:

- C-Suite Scoping & Value Definition: Partner with Sales to perform deep discovery, map the customer's organisation, quantify the business value ($10M+ problems), and define the pilot (MVP, success criteria, timeline).

- End-to-End Product Ownership: Act as the "CEO" of the project by authoring the PRD, prioritising the engineering backlog, relentlessly managing scope, and acting as the primary hands-on QA tester.

- Agile Project Execution & Delivery: Drive the FDE build team via an agile process, manage all stakeholder communications from the C-suite to individual engineers, and act as the "escalation manager" to unblock all technical or political issues.

- Solution Launch & Landing: Own the "Day 0" launch, manage the war room, and drive the solution from launch to full adoption by capturing user feedback, iterating, and proving the defined business value.

- Strategic Handoff & Growth: Scope the ongoing maintenance plan, create customer documentation/training, and leverage your trusted advisor status to identify the next high-value FDE engagement.

Requirements:

- Executive Presence & Communication: A "Trusted Advisor" with C-suite gravitas and superb communication skills.

- Product & Strategy Mindset: A "Product Thinker" and "Systems Thinker" who can perform a SWOT analysis, understand a competitive landscape, and define "what" to build and "why."

- Relentless Execution: An "Execution Driver" with a "Hands-On" mentality.

- Ideal Experience: 2+ years as a Deployment Strategist OR 2+ years at a high-growth startup in a "builder" or "founder" capacity.

- Proven Skills: Demonstrated experience in value-based scoping (TCO/ROI), managing agile software projects, writing PRDs, and the ability/interest to travel up to 50%.

The pay range for this role is $185,920-$255,640 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- value-based scoping
- agile software projects
- PRD writing
- C-suite communication
- product ownership

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