> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams for people managers Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=senior&management=manager&role=leadership 23 senior forward deployed engineer jobs that lead deployment teams for people managers, from 19 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $192,000 to $278,000. **23** postings · **19** companies · 16 state pay: median **$230,000**, half $192,000–$278,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 20, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Google](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/google) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/800f27a82298228a) New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA New · Yesterday $262,000–$364,000 [Exa (formerly Metaphor)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exa-formerly-metaphor) ### [FDE Lead, NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/646d9e773b63bea2) New York, NY On-site 7d ago $250,000–$315,000 [Nimble Gravity](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nimble-gravity) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/960d9250d509557a) US Remote 2w ago Pay not posted [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) ### [Director of Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7ea0de498fbe1432) SF Bay Area On-site 2w ago $300,000–$415,000 [SewerAI Corporation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sewerai-corporation) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef58afd0dabd1577) US Remote 2w ago $160,000–$190,000 [Snowflake](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/snowflake) ### [Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/61aaf790de9aa316) Menlo Park, CA 2w ago $236,000–$339,200 [Cosmic Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cosmic-robotics) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eae406e36bd7303d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Single Grain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/single-grain) ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f38c34948b6a264) Los Angeles, CA Remote 1mo ago $175,000–$225,000 [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0cf8ad197920db5c) Arlington, VA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$300,000 [OpenLoop Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openloop-health) ### [Senior Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/85e82e2b36afc90c) Des Moines, IA · US remote Remote New · Yesterday Pay not posted [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services - Remote](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/23e228ce01b5897e) Denver, CO Remote 9d ago $180,000–$260,000 [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) ### [Forward Deployed Engineering Lead (SVP - Applied AI & Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e85cca059e0668ed) Irving, TX 13d ago $156,160–$234,240 [Cohere Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere-health) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Healthcare Analytics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d33f4b2e36fed110) US Remote 2w ago $123,000–$148,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f2ee37c4d7ad1591) New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 more 2mo ago $99,000–$266,000 [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) ### [Manager, Forward Deployed Services](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c7c45228bc8e823) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $210,000–$260,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Data Engineering - Senior Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/cb3442c1b9a39677) New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 more 2mo ago $124,000–$335,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a757afed07cede0) New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 more 2mo ago $99,000–$266,000 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineering - Senior Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1457c704065ca3a8) New York, NY · Boston, MA · +1 more 2mo ago $124,000–$335,000 [Mind Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mind-robotics) ### [Tech Lead Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ea7550c012907083) Normal, IL On-site 2w ago Pay not posted [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/443e90f636abe8b6) San Francisco, CA 9mo ago $227,000–$325,000 [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) ### [Director, Cluster Forward Deployment Engineering Data Center GPU](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcbb2b5305ef3d6b) Santa Clara, CA 2w ago Pay not posted [ElevenLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/elevenlabs) ### [Deployment Strategist Lead - USA](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d0349a5c302e2b9) New York, NY Remote 6w ago Pay not posted [PVM](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pvm) ### [Echo/ Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2213e7800d0baa47) Huntsville, AL On-site 3mo ago Pay not posted All 23 lead deployment teams. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dsenior%26management%3Dmanager%26role%3Dleadership&placement=alert) New senior fde jobs that lead deployment teams for people managers go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams for people managers pay? 16 of 23 postings state a pay range. The median is $230,000, and half of them sit between $192,000 and $278,000, from 12 companies. ### How much experience do senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams for people managers require? Of 23 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 11 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (6). ### Which companies are hiring for senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams for people managers? These 23 postings come from 19 companies. The employers with the most postings are [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) (4), [Doss](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/doss) (2), [AMD](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amd) (1), [Citi (Citigroup Inc.)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/citi-citigroup-inc) (1) and [Cohere Health](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cohere-health) (1). ### Are senior FDE jobs that lead deployment teams for people managers remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 7 are on-site. The remaining 9 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 10 of the 23 postings. Counted over the 23 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. 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