Senior Forward Deployed Strategist

Senior Forward Deployed Strategist - San Francisco, California

A fast-growing AI software development startup is hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Strategist to serve as the face of the company to Fortune 500 clients. The company is doubling month over month, and Fortune 50 and Fortune 10 clients already run its products in production. In this role you will embed with C-suite executives and senior managers and map how their back offices actually operate. You will then tell the engineering team exactly which AI agents to build, working across finance, sales, operations, legal and HR deployments. You will lead process-mapping sessions and stakeholder interviews, analyze client data to pinpoint what is broken, scope the work for engineers, and present findings to executives. You will handle pushback along the way. No coding is required, and you will learn AI on the job as part of a six-person forward-deployed team. Compensation includes a competitive salary plus equity, and the role involves 20 to 40 percent travel to client sites nationwide.

Qualifications

• 1 to 6 years of experience as an analyst or associate in investment banking, private equity or a top consulting firm; in strategy or BizOps at a top technology startup; or as a deployment strategist
• Background in investment banking, private equity, strategy consulting, BizOps, deployment strategy or enterprise technology startups
• Degree from a top-30 university, or a clear signal of exceptional ability such as time at a top startup
• Comfort using AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, and curiosity about learning AI on the job
• Poise presenting to C-suite executives and handling pushback
• Willingness to travel 20 to 40 percent
• Authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship
• Already based in San Francisco, since relocation assistance is not offered
• Nice to have: prior startup experience, financial and business modeling skills, or an ex-banker or ex-consultant move into BizOps or an AI role

Location

• San Francisco offers waterfront trails, Golden Gate Park and easy weekend trips to Marin and Napa. Housing ranges from apartments in the Mission and SoMa to homes across the Bay in Oakland and Berkeley. The city is home to top universities and one of the most active technology job markets in the country.