Sr. Delivery Partner Manager, FDE

ABOUT PARLOA Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience, one where customer support is no longer transactions, but meaningful exchanges. It is not just a vision; Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers, with companies like Booking.com, HealthEquity, Allianz, SAP, BarmeniaGothaer, and TUI already deploying Parloa at scale. ABOUT THE ROLE: We are looking for a Sr Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead high complexity deployments of our Agentic AI / conversational AI platform for enterprise customers. In this role, you’ll own the end-to-end delivery lifecycle from scoping and planning through go-live and hypercare, working in a pod model alongside a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) and an Agent Architect (AA). You will be the primary owner of timeline, scope, risk, governance, and stakeholder communication, ensuring that customers successfully transition to an Agentic OS layer for their enterprise communications. AREAS OF OWNERSHIP: Project Ownership & Delivery * Own end-to-end delivery for assigned Agentic AI customer projects (scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality). * Run the pod (TPM + FDE + Agent Architect) as a single accountable delivery unit. * Select and apply appropriate delivery methodology (Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid) based on customer context and risk profile. * Drive project planning: work breakdown, dependencies, critical path, and resource allocations across internal and partner teams. * Maintain up-to-date project plan, RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and change log. Customer & Stakeholder Management * Serve as primary delivery contact for customer project sponsors, IT, and business stakeholders. * Facilitate recurring governance: status calls, steering committees, UAT readouts, and go-live reviews. * Translate technical complexity into clear business impacts for executive stakeholders. * Manage scope and change requests, ensuring commercial and delivery impacts are understood and agreed.  Cross-Functional & Pod Coordination * Coordinate with Forward Deployed Engineers on integration readiness, environment setup, performance, and production stability. * Coordinate with Agent Architects on discovery, agent design, prompt/context strategy, and conversational tuning. * Collaborate with Sales, Solution Engineering, Product, and Support to ensure a seamless customer journey from sales handoff through BAU operations. * Where partners are involved (SI/GSI/BPO), manage co-delivery responsibilities, expectations, and escalation paths. Methodology & Process Discipline * Plan and facilitate sprints, retros, and sprint reviews for Agile/hybrid projects; lead stage-gate reviews for Waterfall projects. * Enforce documentation standards (Charter, Design Docs, Runbooks, Handover Docs). * Ensure risk and compliance requirements (security reviews, data governance, regulatory constraints) are captured and incorporated into the plan. Metrics & Reporting * Define and track deployment KPIs, such as: * Time to Blueprint, Time to First Agent in UAT, Time to Go-Live * Milestone On-Time Rate * Defect and incident trends during QA/UAT and Hypercare * Report delivery status, risk posture, and mitigation plans to internal and external stakeholders. * Contribute data to capacity and utilization models to inform planning and staffing. WHO YOU ARE: * +3 years of experience in technical project management, program management, or delivery management for SaaS or enterprise software. * Hands-on experience delivering solutions involving at least one of: * Contact Center / CCaaS, UCaaS, conversational AI, IVA/IVR, or related CX platforms. * Demonstrated ability to work across technical and business stakeholders (IT, Security, Operations, Business Owners). * Solid understanding of software delivery methodologies (Agile/Scrum, Hybrid, and Waterfall) and when to apply each. * Strong skills in project planning tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Monday, MS Project, Smartsheet) and collaboration tools (e.g., Confluence, Notion, Miro). * Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills. * Proven track record managing multiple concurrent projects with global, distributed teams. * Fluency in English & French is required NICE TO HAVE: * Experience delivering AI/ML, NLP, LLM-based, or Agentic AI solutions. * Background in professional services or consulting working with enterprise clients. * Familiarity with APIs, webhooks, event-driven architectures, cloud infra (AWS/Azure/GCP). * Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, CSM/CSPO, SAFe, or equivalent. * Experience with partner co-delivery (SI, GSI, BPO, or ISV ecosystems). OUR RECRUITING PROCESS: Talent Acquisition → Hiring Manager → Technical Interview(s) → Bar Raiser   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information. Parloa is an e-verify employer in the USA. Please click here to learn more. * We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.

CSQ327R193 As a Senior Engagement Manager at Databricks, you will play a critical role in leading and scaling the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) motion across a Business Unit or region. This position is ideal for someone who has been hands-on with data and AI technologies, understands architecture and delivery deeply, and now wants to transition into a customer-facing, sales-aligned leadership role. You will act as a trusted advisor to executives and a strategic partner to account teams, combining technical credibility with commercial impact. This quota-carrying role goes beyond managing individual engagements — you will embed FDE into Databricks’ broader platform growth, ensuring our customers achieve measurable business value from their investments. THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE * Lead the Forward Deployed Engineering motion in your region, aligning closely with Sales, Delivery, and Field Engineering leadership. * Drive adoption and expansion by positioning and selling standard and customized Forward Deployed Engineering and training offerings from discovery through closing. * Integrate services into platform deals, ensuring customers achieve measurable business outcomes. * Act as the technical-commercial bridge: leverage your technical background to engage in architecture discussions, scope solutions, and guide customers toward successful implementations. * Shape account strategies by aligning service offerings with client goals, transformation roadmaps, and long-term success. * Collaborate with partners (GSIs, RSIs, cloud providers) to co-sell, develop joint account strategies, and deliver integrated services. * Bring industry expertise to conversations with customers, demonstrating the art of the possible, creating demand, and building credibility as a trusted advisor. * Demonstrate technical depth on Databricks and data/AI platforms to scope engagements, support solutioning, and lead technical conversations. * Coach and mentor junior Engagement Managers, supporting peer development and best practice adoption. WHAT WE LOOK FOR * Strong background in customer-facing roles, including consulting, solutioning, and executive engagement, with the ability to engage in architecture-level discussions and translate technical designs into business outcomes. * Deep industry expertise with the ability to “speak the language” of customers and demonstrate relevant use cases. * Extensive experience in Professional Services sales and delivery leadership, ideally in the Data & AI domain. * Solid technical knowledge of data and AI platforms (preferably Databricks) with the ability to scope and solution services engagements. * Strong program management and delivery oversight skills, with the ability to align cross-functional teams to customer outcomes. * Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills across executives, technical teams, partners, and internal stakeholders. * Travel to customers 20% of the time. About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. 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. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.