Amazon (incl AWS)Deployment team leadership
Senior Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · San Diego, CA · +8 moreMountain View, CA +9
$220,100–$342,300
FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers
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DatabricksDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Washington, DCHybrid
$211,800–$291,300
$300,000–$450,000
DatadogDeployment team leadership
Datadog for Startups - Forward Deployed Engineering Lead
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$200,000–$250,000
Cursor (Anysphere)Deployment team leadership
Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAOn-site
Pay not posted
$211,800–$291,300
$240,000–$300,000
GoviniDeployment team leadership
Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed
Pittsburgh, PA · Arlington, VAPittsburgh, PA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$190,000–$250,000
TENEX.AIDeployment team leadership
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ · Sarasota, FL · +1 moreScottsdale, AZ +2Hybrid
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$147,900–$293,250
BasetenDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$260,000–$380,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$240,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · US remoteNew York, NY +1 · US remoteRemote
$228,000–$403,200
$320,000–$405,000
IntercomDeployment team leadership
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$252,000–$280,000
$200,000–$275,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$268,800–$403,000
$185,000–$225,000
Snorkel AIDeployment team leadership
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$200,000–$320,000
CapgeminiImplementation & delivery
Capgemini Invent- Contextual Systems Engineer Managing Consultant
Chicago, IL
$127,500–$249,350
Pay not posted
$200,000–$300,000
Applied IntuitionDeployment team leadership
Engineering Manager - Forward Deployment (Defense)
Arlington, VAOn-site
$250,000–$300,000
$250,000–$425,000
Pay not posted
TuringDeployment team leadership
Staff Research Engineer
Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +1 morePalo Alto, CA +2On-site
$250,000–$400,000 · OTE
$220,000–$350,000
$275,000–$360,000
Pay not posted
MercorDeployment team leadership
Enterprise Applied AI Leader
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$300,000–$520,000
OrbDeployment team leadership
Manager, Implementation Architects- New York City
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Hybrid
$195,000–$275,000
$251,000–$335,000
$220,000–$292,000
AnthropicDeployment team leadership
Manager, Applied AI Engineering, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$320,000–$405,000
Pay not posted
$190,000–$230,000
$250,000–$400,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers pay?
72 of 85 postings state a pay range. The median is $256,000, and half of them sit between $224,000 and $295,000, across 51 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers require?
Of 85 postings, 39 state a minimum number of years, from 29 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 18 of them. The rest ask for 10 or more years (16) or 3 to 5 years (5).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers?
These 85 postings come from 61 companies. The employers with the most postings are Amazon (incl AWS) (7), PwC (US) (4), Databricks (3), Deloitte US (3) and PVM (3).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for people managers serving external customers remote?
12 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 27 are hybrid and 17 are on-site. The remaining 29 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 44 of the 85 postings.
Counted over the 85 postings in this search. Postings read on September 18, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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