Staff, Forward Deployed Engineer

About the Role: GSK’s Enterprise AI team builds AI solutions that prove value fast and scale to production. The Director, Forward Deployed Engineering leads the FDE function — the front of the Enterprise AI delivery pipeline that proves AI ideas with the business through PoCs, PoVs, MVPs and (where appropriate) first production versions, before handing proven solutions off to the Solutions Engineer for scale-up. The pattern is proven by AI-native companies — Anthropic, Palantir, OpenAI — and this role brings that model to GSK. This Staff role leads the Forward Deployed Engineering function with direct line management of the FDE team (Lead, Senior, and Forward Deployed Engineers, flat reporting structure). The Staff sets FDE strategy and engagement priorities, owns Director-level BU sponsor relationships, and represents Enterprise AI on FDE matters to GSK leadership. The role continues to contribute technically at the frontier of AI-augmented engineering — humans steer, agents execute. Why This Role Exists: Enterprise AI’s ability to build credibility with the business depends on engineers who can land inside BU problems, prove value quickly, and hand off cleanly. The Director, Forward Deployed Engineering builds and leads the function that makes this happen. Leads the FDE function — setting strategy, building the team, and owning the standards that determine whether the function delivers credibly. Owns the BU senior relationships that bring AI use cases to Enterprise AI and sustain engagement through the delivery cycle. Continues to contribute technically on the most strategic FDE engagements — keeping the Director’s judgement grounded in current AI engineering reality.

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