Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) (AI)

TL;DR

Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) (AI/ML): Lead and scale a customer-facing AI professional services team building and productionizing GenAI applications with an accent on strategic engagements, team growth, and cross-functional influence. Focus on developing executive relationships, shaping product roadmaps via customer insights, and driving enterprise AI transformations.

Location: Remote within the United States, with a strong preference for candidates based in the Eastern or Central time zones. Candidates should expect to travel at least once a month.

Salary: $211,800 — $291,300 USD

Company

hirify.global is the data and AI company powering more than 10,000 organizations worldwide, including over 50% of the Fortune 500, with its Data Intelligence Platform.

What you will do

• Lead and scale the AI/ML professional services team, including hiring, mentoring, and building team structure for growth.
• Develop executive relationships with key customers and partners, acting as a trusted advisor in AI transformations.
• Align with Field Engineering and Sales to define strategies for strategic accounts and ensure delivery coordination.
• Lead strategic AI initiatives, practice development, and scalable engagement models for repeatability.
• Influence Product, R&D, and GTM with customer insights to inform roadmaps and strategies.
• Own OKRs for AI-services accounts, revenue, utilization, and public references; represent hirify.global as AI/ML thought leader.

Requirements

• Extensive experience managing and building teams of data scientists/ML engineers, scaling via processes and leadership development.
• Ability to scope, guide, sell technical engagements, manage escalations, and deliver in enterprise environments.
• Deep technical expertise in ML, GenAI, data science, and production ML solutions in cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proven success developing strategy with senior executives for AI transformations and cross-functional collaboration.
• Company-first mindset and experience driving business impact through AI/ML.

Nice to have

• Experience in customer-facing consulting or professional services leadership.
• Experience working with hirify.global.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits tailored to employee needs, including eligibility for annual performance bonus and equity.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.
• Global offices with a focus on fostering an inclusive culture where everyone can excel.