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DESCRIPTION
AWS is seeking a Sr. Technical Business Development Manager to own the go-to-market strategy that gives a fast-growing forward deployed engineering (FDE) organization durable access to the engineers it needs to grow. Forward deployed engineers pair deep production software experience with direct customer engagement: they work alongside customers to solve complex technical problems, build production solutions, and turn emerging technology into scalable outcomes. The market for this talent is specialized and competitive, and winning in it requires a deliberate strategy, real investment, and subject matter fluency in the work itself.
You will own that strategy end to end. You will build a fact-based view of the talent market, define where AWS should compete and invest, and develop the business cases, investment proposals, and executive narratives that fund and direct that work. You will structure and manage a portfolio of external relationships, with technical communities, professional networks, industry groups, and conference organizations, as channels that give AWS credible access to experienced engineers. You will carry measurable goals for qualified pipeline, orchestrate delivery across engineering, marketing, communications, events, finance, legal, and Talent Acquisition without direct authority, and use market and conversion data to decide where to expand, redirect, or exit. You own the strategy and the business outcome; partner teams run execution and operations, and Talent Acquisition owns candidate outreach, assessment, and hiring at the downstream hand-off.
This role requires technical fluency in forward deployed engineering and the AI and cloud landscape, strong business judgment, and the ability to create clarity in an ambiguous environment where strategy, plan, and stakeholders are not predefined. You will advise senior leaders, negotiate and structure external engagements, and align teams you do not own. Travel: 30 to 50%.
Key job responsibilities
Own the go-to-market strategy for building durable access to forward deployed engineering talent. Translate the organization's growth plans and engineering needs into where AWS competes, which segments to prioritize, and how to allocate investment.
Build a fact-based view of the talent market: concentration, candidate motivations, competitive dynamics, geography, and emerging sources of qualified engineers.
Develop the external value proposition for FDE opportunities at AWS, grounded in technical credibility with experienced engineering audiences.
Build business cases, investment proposals, and operating plans for new pipeline initiatives, and carry the goals and performance measures that judge their return.
Structure and manage a portfolio of external relationships (technical communities, professional networks, industry groups, conference organizations) as channels for reaching relevant engineers. Negotiate the terms and model of AWS participation.
Orchestrate delivery across engineering, marketing, communications, events, finance, legal, operations, and Talent Acquisition, owning the business outcome while partner teams run execution.
Establish the mechanisms that connect external engagement to the recruiting process: shared goals, pipeline attribution, feedback loops, and operating rhythms with partner teams.
Measure market reach, audience quality, qualified pipeline, program efficiency, and conversion. Recommend where AWS should expand, redirect, replicate, or discontinue investment.
Identify repeatable, scalable approaches that extend across technical disciplines, markets, and business teams while holding AWS's quality bar.
Advise senior leaders on market position, pipeline strategy, investment requirements, and risks to the growth plan. Represent AWS credibly with technical leaders, engineering communities, and executive audiences.
A day in the life
Your work centers on how AWS builds sustained access to the specialized talent forward deployed engineering depends on. You will work with FDE leaders to understand growth plans, technical priorities, and future capability needs, then translate those into a market strategy, an investment thesis, and a portfolio of initiatives. Much of the role is strategic and deal-oriented: you might decide AWS should compete in a specific engineering community, build the business case for a flagship initiative around an emerging discipline, and negotiate the terms of AWS's participation with an external organization. You will define the audience and business outcome, secure investment, align contributors across the org, and set the goals and quality bar, while partner teams handle delivery and logistics. You will track portfolio performance and shifts in the AI and engineering talent market, use pipeline and conversion insight to see which markets and initiatives produce the strongest return, and advise senior leaders on opportunities, investment choices, and risks. Success is whether your strategy creates a scalable, durable source of qualified forward deployed engineering talent.
About the team
You will support a growing AWS engineering organization that builds and deploys production solutions for complex customer challenges. Its forward deployed engineers combine deep technical expertise with close customer collaboration, working across disciplines to turn ambitious ideas and emerging technology into real-world outcomes in a space shaped by rapid advances in AI, cloud, and modern software development. Its growth depends on attracting engineers who can pair technical delivery with customer engagement and business ownership, and this role owns the market strategy and investment that make that access possible.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
- 5+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning), GenAI (Generative AI), Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
- 5+ years of in program management, workforce strategy development, or metrics-driven decision making experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in business, data science, public administration, finance, engineering, human resources, or related field, or PMP certificate
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
- Experience designing, implementing, and scaling workforce development programs across large-scale operations, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations across leadership and cross-functional teams
- Experience using analytical tools for workforce metrics and reporting
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, MA, Boston - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 162,700.00 - 220,200.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
AWS is seeking a Sr. Technical Business Development Manager to own the go-to-market strategy that gives a fast-growing forward deployed engineering (FDE) organization durable access to the engineers it needs to grow. Forward deployed engineers pair deep production software experience with direct customer engagement: they work alongside customers to solve complex technical problems, build production solutions, and turn emerging technology into scalable outcomes. The market for this talent is specialized and competitive, and winning in it requires a deliberate strategy, real investment, and subject matter fluency in the work itself.
You will own that strategy end to end. You will build a fact-based view of the talent market, define where AWS should compete and invest, and develop the business cases, investment proposals, and executive narratives that fund and direct that work. You will structure and manage a portfolio of external relationships, with technical communities, professional networks, industry groups, and conference organizations, as channels that give AWS credible access to experienced engineers. You will carry measurable goals for qualified pipeline, orchestrate delivery across engineering, marketing, communications, events, finance, legal, and Talent Acquisition without direct authority, and use market and conversion data to decide where to expand, redirect, or exit. You own the strategy and the business outcome; partner teams run execution and operations, and Talent Acquisition owns candidate outreach, assessment, and hiring at the downstream hand-off.
This role requires technical fluency in forward deployed engineering and the AI and cloud landscape, strong business judgment, and the ability to create clarity in an ambiguous environment where strategy, plan, and stakeholders are not predefined. You will advise senior leaders, negotiate and structure external engagements, and align teams you do not own. Travel: 30 to 50%.
Key job responsibilities
Own the go-to-market strategy for building durable access to forward deployed engineering talent. Translate the organization's growth plans and engineering needs into where AWS competes, which segments to prioritize, and how to allocate investment.
Build a fact-based view of the talent market: concentration, candidate motivations, competitive dynamics, geography, and emerging sources of qualified engineers.
Develop the external value proposition for FDE opportunities at AWS, grounded in technical credibility with experienced engineering audiences.
Build business cases, investment proposals, and operating plans for new pipeline initiatives, and carry the goals and performance measures that judge their return.
Structure and manage a portfolio of external relationships (technical communities, professional networks, industry groups, conference organizations) as channels for reaching relevant engineers. Negotiate the terms and model of AWS participation.
Orchestrate delivery across engineering, marketing, communications, events, finance, legal, operations, and Talent Acquisition, owning the business outcome while partner teams run execution.
Establish the mechanisms that connect external engagement to the recruiting process: shared goals, pipeline attribution, feedback loops, and operating rhythms with partner teams.
Measure market reach, audience quality, qualified pipeline, program efficiency, and conversion. Recommend where AWS should expand, redirect, replicate, or discontinue investment.
Identify repeatable, scalable approaches that extend across technical disciplines, markets, and business teams while holding AWS's quality bar.
Advise senior leaders on market position, pipeline strategy, investment requirements, and risks to the growth plan. Represent AWS credibly with technical leaders, engineering communities, and executive audiences.
A day in the life
Your work centers on how AWS builds sustained access to the specialized talent forward deployed engineering depends on. You will work with FDE leaders to understand growth plans, technical priorities, and future capability needs, then translate those into a market strategy, an investment thesis, and a portfolio of initiatives. Much of the role is strategic and deal-oriented: you might decide AWS should compete in a specific engineering community, build the business case for a flagship initiative around an emerging discipline, and negotiate the terms of AWS's participation with an external organization. You will define the audience and business outcome, secure investment, align contributors across the org, and set the goals and quality bar, while partner teams handle delivery and logistics. You will track portfolio performance and shifts in the AI and engineering talent market, use pipeline and conversion insight to see which markets and initiatives produce the strongest return, and advise senior leaders on opportunities, investment choices, and risks. Success is whether your strategy creates a scalable, durable source of qualified forward deployed engineering talent.
About the team
You will support a growing AWS engineering organization that builds and deploys production solutions for complex customer challenges. Its forward deployed engineers combine deep technical expertise with close customer collaboration, working across disciplines to turn ambitious ideas and emerging technology into real-world outcomes in a space shaped by rapid advances in AI, cloud, and modern software development. Its growth depends on attracting engineers who can pair technical delivery with customer engagement and business ownership, and this role owns the market strategy and investment that make that access possible.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
- 5+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning), GenAI (Generative AI), Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
- 5+ years of in program management, workforce strategy development, or metrics-driven decision making experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in business, data science, public administration, finance, engineering, human resources, or related field, or PMP certificate
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
- Experience designing, implementing, and scaling workforce development programs across large-scale operations, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations across leadership and cross-functional teams
- Experience using analytical tools for workforce metrics and reporting
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, MA, Boston - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 162,700.00 - 220,200.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
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Who's Hiring
- Databricks69
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- Palantir Technologies40
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in forward deployed product manager jobs.
- 3 or more years of product management or technical customer-facing experience
- Demonstrated ability to manage enterprise software implementations or deployments
- Strong communication skills for translating customer needs into engineering requirements
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, sales, and customer success teams
- Familiarity with APIs, integrations, and software development life cycles
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field
Tips for Your Forward Deployed Product Manager Job Search
Quantify customer deployment outcomes on your resume
Hiring managers for forward deployed roles want to see impact at the customer site, not just internal metrics. List how many enterprise deployments you led, cycle time improvements you drove, or escalations you resolved. Numbers tied to customer outcomes stand out.
Highlight technical depth alongside product instincts
Forward deployed product manager roles sit at the intersection of engineering and customer success. Your resume should show you can read API documentation, speak to integration architecture, and translate technical constraints into roadmap decisions. Soft product instincts alone won't differentiate you.
Target companies with complex enterprise sales motions
These roles cluster at companies selling to large organizations with long implementation timelines. When you search openings, prioritize companies whose products require hands-on deployment support, configuration, or change management. That context signals where this role actually exists and thrives.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists forward deployed product manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a deployment war story for interviews
Interviewers for forward deployed positions almost always ask you to walk through a difficult customer deployment. Prepare one detailed story covering the technical blockers you hit, how you aligned internal engineering with customer stakeholders, and what shipped as a result.
Negotiate scope and travel expectations before accepting
Offers for forward deployed roles vary widely on how much on-site customer travel is expected. Before signing, clarify the expected travel frequency, which customers are in your territory, and whether the role evolves toward more remote work once accounts stabilize.
Forward Deployed Product Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most forward deployed product managers?
The companies hiring the most forward deployed product managers right now include Databricks, Amazon Web Services, and Palantir Technologies, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially concentrated at enterprise software companies with complex implementation cycles.
How many forward deployed product manager jobs are remote?
About 64% of forward deployed product manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the nature of the role means some customer travel is usually expected even in remote positions. Sub-areas like technical onboarding and integration support tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible openings compared to roles that require regular on-site presence.
How do you become a forward deployed product manager?
Start by building experience in a customer-facing technical role such as solutions engineering, technical account management, or implementation consulting. Develop enough product instinct to influence roadmap decisions based on what you observe in the field. Transition by targeting companies where the product is complex enough to require dedicated on-site support, then apply directly to open forward deployed product manager roles.
Can you get a forward deployed product manager job with little experience?
Yes, some companies hire for associate or junior forward deployed product manager roles, particularly if you have prior experience in technical support, solutions consulting, or customer success. The key is demonstrating that you can hold a credible technical conversation with an enterprise customer while also connecting what you learn back to the product team. A strong deployment story, even from an adjacent role, carries weight.
What does the forward deployed product manager interview process look like?
The process typically includes an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your customer-facing background, and one or more rounds covering technical depth, cross-functional collaboration, and a case study or deployment scenario. Some companies add a final presentation where you walk through how you would handle a difficult customer implementation. Expect questions about how you balance customer requests against product strategy.
Where can I find and apply to forward deployed product manager jobs?
You can find and apply to forward deployed product manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find the roles that fit your background and apply directly to each listing.
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