Director, Forward Deployed Engineering

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Director of Forward Deployed Engineering at Federato enhancing operations for an AI-native insurance platform. Leading delivery leadership and ensuring alignment across teams in a remote setting.

Responsibilities:

  • Help define and evolve the operational direction of our implementation model as product and customer patterns evolve.
  • Serve as an escalation and resolution point for your leaders and book of business.
  • Directly manage Managers of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) and Technical Program Managers (TPMs), coaching performance, delegation, and conflict resolution while developing the next generation of delivery leadership.
  • Ensure clarity of ownership across pods, strengthen onboarding and enablement for FDE leaders, and create structure that enables managers and engineers to operate independently.
  • Build for current and future state profiles, partnering on headcount planning and resourcing tradeoffs while balancing customer commitments with sustainable capacity.
  • Tie delivery performance to utilization and renewal readiness, using data to inform tradeoffs and improve decision quality.
  • Act as connective tissue across GTM, Product, and Engineering, translating field patterns into actionable insights, and aligning delivery narratives with executive stakeholders.

Requirements:

  • 10+ years in enterprise SaaS delivery, Professional Services, or Forward Deploy models.
  • 3–5+ years leading managers in a customer-facing engineering organization.
  • Experience owning delivery outcomes across multiple enterprise accounts.
  • Strong commercial acumen and comfort operating against financial targets.
  • Proven executive communication skills; comfortable presenting strategy to C-levels.
  • Enterprise B2B SaaS experience.
  • Insurance experience is a major bonus.

Benefits:

  • Total compensation package does include stock options, benefits and additional perks.

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