Forward Deployed Strategist
True Talent Solutions Partners · San Francisco or New York City · onsite
ABOUT THE ROLE
Lead strategic enterprise deployments for an AI automation company, guiding customer engagements from initial pilot through production scale. This customer-facing role combines commercial ownership, stakeholder alignment, and delivery leadership to help enterprises adopt complex workflow automation.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own enterprise customer relationships and commercial engagements, including pilots, expansion, and account growth.
- Understand customer processes, scope deployments, align stakeholders, and define measurable success criteria.
- Lead cross-functional delivery teams, including engineers, to launch pilots and scale successful solutions into production.
- Manage change, resolve blockers, and keep stakeholders aligned in complex, high-stakes environments.
- Identify opportunities to expand automation across customer organizations.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Typically 3 to 7 years of experience spanning strategy consulting, enterprise deployment, enterprise sales, go-to-market, business operations, product management, or founding experience.
- Direct experience owning enterprise customer relationships, commercial targets, or complex customer deployments.
- A track record of scoping engagements, building business cases, aligning senior stakeholders, and delivering measurable outcomes from pilot through production.
- Strong project leadership and change management skills, including the ability to navigate from operations teams to C-suite stakeholders.
- Technical fluency to understand AI-enabled automation and engage with engineers about implementation without needing to be an engineer.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary range: $160,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California, or New York City, New York.