Position Title: Forward Deployment Engineer Manager - Marketing Position Type: Regular - Full-Time In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

The Forward Deployment Engineer

Manager- Marketing is responsible for setting the Forward Deployment Engineering (FDE) skill bar at McCain, developing the FDE community, and leading the Yellow-portfolio FDE talent pool. This player-coach leadership role combines practice leadership, capability development, and hands‑on engagement delivery. Reporting to the VP, Artificial Intelligence, the role partners closely with business stakeholders, engineering leaders, and AI teams to drive measurable business impact through AI‑enabled solutions while ensuring consistent standards, coaching, and professional development across the FDE practice.

Establish and maintain the Forward Deployment Engineering practice, including role standards, career pathways, and capability development programs. Lead hiring, talent calibration, and performance management activities for the Yellow-portfolio FDE team. Manage the allocation and deployment of FDE resources across Yellow-priority business initiatives, balancing business needs with development objectives.

Personally lead selected AI engagements and use cases while serving as a player‑coach for FDE team members. Partner with Marketing stakeholders to identify opportunities, drive adoption, and deliver measurable business outcomes through AI-enabled solutions. Collaborate with AI Platform & Engineering, Knowledge Engineering, AI Deployment & Enablement, and Governance teams to deliver successful use cases.

Influence senior business and technology leaders while driving alignment across priorities, resources, and outcomes. Ensure all engagements adhere to McCain Responsible AI, security, governance, and compliance standards. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field; 10+ years of experience leading complex business, customer, consulting, transformation, or technology engagements. ~3+ years of experience leading teams, practices, or senior individual contributors.



~ Minimum 3 years of experience supporting Marketing business functions, including areas such as Brand Marketing, Consumer Insights, Customer Marketing, Digital Marketing, Media & Advertising, Marketing Analytics, Product Marketing, Innovation, or Go-to-Market Strategy. ~ Demonstrated ability to successfully operate in a player‑coach capacity, balancing direct delivery responsibilities with talent development. ~ Robust ability to influence executives, business stakeholders, and technical leaders without direct authority. ~ Experience within Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), foodservice, consulting, digital transformation, or AI-enabled organizations is considered an asset. ~ Passion for coaching, developing talent, and building high-performing communities of practice.

The Forward Deployment

Manager - Marketing is part of McCain’s Artificial Intelligence organization and reports directly to the VP, Artificial Intelligence. This role provides leadership for the Yellow-portfolio Forward Deployment Engineering community while partnering closely with business sponsors, AI Platform & Engineering, Knowledge Engineering, AI Deployment & Enablement, and Governance teams. The position plays a critical role in scaling AI adoption, developing FDE talent, and driving business value through cross‑functional AI initiatives At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success.

We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results. AI & Digital Capabilities. At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate.

We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful,



responsible use of AI‑enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future‑ready culture. Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team.

Most office‑based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.

Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well‑being programsinclude vacation and holidays, company‑supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Your well‑being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resourcesto support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know , and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable.

McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.

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