Apply to Senior Deployment Strategist - AI Agent Platform Startup
Be one of the first hires on a brand-new function at a fast-growing AI startup whose agent platform automates mission-critical supply chain operations for Fortune 500 customers. As a Senior Deployment Strategist, you will own enterprise deployments from the first discovery conversation and workflow design through go-live and long-term success, acting as the executive point of contact for accounts of significant size and managing expectations with senior stakeholders. You will translate complex business processes into working AI agent configurations alongside Agent Delivery Engineers, juggle one to three high-stakes accounts at a time, travel about 30 percent of the time for customer milestones, and help write the deployment playbook that guides the team as it scales. The role offers a competitive salary plus equity, daily catered lunches, take-what-you-need paid time off, a learning and development stipend, and full health, vision and dental coverage.
Qualifications
- 4 to 6 years in client-facing roles such as product manager, engagement manager, consultant or founder, with direct experience implementing software for enterprise customers
- Background in consulting, business operations or operations
- Experience with more than one major enterprise implementation and regular exposure to VP and C-suite stakeholders
- Executive presence and polished, native-level English communication
- Solid technical knowledge of large language models, APIs, JSON and SQL, with the ability to map customer workflows to AI agent designs (required)
- Proven ability to manage one to three concurrent accounts with distinct timelines and requirements
- Working knowledge of SaaS products, Excel and PowerPoint
- Willingness to work 60 to 65 hours per week and to travel on short notice about 30 percent of the time
- Comfort with ambiguity and a low-ego, team-first approach
- Current authorization to work in the United States; visa transfers (such as OPT or H1B transfers) are considered
Location
- San Francisco offers hiking, beaches and waterfront trails just minutes from downtown. Housing options range from Victorian flats in the Mission to quiet homes in the Sunset, and UCSF, the University of San Francisco and San Francisco State anchor the local education scene. It is also a leading hub for AI and software startups, so enterprise technology employers and investors are close by.