Forward Deployed Engineering Manager

In this role you will:

• Lead coach and develop a team of senior engineers and AI practitioners fostering a high-performance culture grounded in accountability collaboration and continuous growth.

• Own team performance including goal setting feedback cycles career development and talent planning.

• Drive delivery excellence across multiple forward-deployed customer engagements ensuring outcomes align with agreedsuccess.

Whatyoull build:

• In this role you lead and grow a team of senior engineers data scientists and AI practitioners embedded directly within SAPs most strategic customer environments. As aDirector-level people manager you are accountable for the performance development and wellbeing of your team while also owning the delivery outcomes technical quality and customer impact of forward-deployed engagements at scale. Youoperateat the intersection ofpeopleleadership technical strategy and customer excellence translating organizational goals into team direction and ensuring your team has the support clarity and environment to do their best work.

• Set technical direction and architectural guardrails for the team in partnership with Chief Experts and technical leads.

• Act as a senior escalation point fordeliveryrisks team challenges and customer concerns resolving issues with clarity and decisiveness.

• Build strong relationships with senior customer stakeholders and SAP leadershiprepresentingthe teams work and advocating for the resources needed to succeed.

• Attract hire and onboard top engineering talent across AI data and software engineering disciplines.

• Partner with product go-to-market and regional leadership to align team capabilities with strategic priorities and customer demand.

• Champion engineering best practices responsible AI principles and a culture of learning and innovation within the team.

What you bring:

• Proven experience leading and managing senior engineering teams witha track recordof building high-performing inclusive and motivated engineering organizations.

• Strong technical background in AI machine learning data engineering or software engineering with the credibility to guide technical decisions and earn the trust of expert engineers.

• Deep understanding of forward-deployed or customer-embedded delivery models and experience managing complex high-stakes customer engagements.

• Strong problem-solving skills and design thinking approach; ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery accountability.

• Demonstrated ability to develop talent navigate organizational complexity and drive alignment across diverse cross-functional stakeholders.

• Proven ability to work in an Agentic AI context understanding and shaping how AI agents are applied within teams and customer environments.

• Experience hiring and scaling engineering teams across regions with a strong instinct for talent and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

• Excellent communication and influencing skills able to engage effectively with engineers executives and customers alike.

• Familiarity with SAP AI technologies and enterprise AI deployment realities is a strong advantage.

Where you belong:

You will be part of a growing AI and industry expert leadership team serving customers across the Americas Europe and Asia. At this level your most important product is your team their growth their culture and their impact on customers. We value leaders who are direct empathetic and energized by helping talented people do their best work. You will thrive here if you are a builder of teams as much as a builder of solutions and if you are motivated by creating an environment where exceptional engineers can do the most important work of their careers.