Deployment Strategist - San Francisco, CA - $130K-$190K

Location: San Francisco, CA (in-person)

Compensation: $130,000 - $190,000 base, plus competitive equity

Join a fast-growing AI-enabled insurance company as a Deployment Strategist, owning the intersection of technical architecture and executive alignment for some of the world's largest insurers.

What You'll Own

- Own multiple client deployments from post-sale design through go-live and stabilization, serving as the single point of contact for VP-level stakeholders

- Work with client teams on architecture, data models, workflow design, and source-of-record decisions

- Turn messy client reality into clear plans with milestones, owners, risks, dependencies, and cadence

- Communicate progress and blockers to client executives and internal engineering with equal precision

- Build trust with senior stakeholders while going deep with operators and technical teams

- Coordinate daily with engineering and sales teams, translating client needs into engineering priorities and deployment context into deal strategy

- Partner with sales on late-stage deals to shape scope and create paths to expansion

- Help write the playbook, standards, and operating rhythm that define how deployments scale

What You'll Bring

- 2-5 years in roles combining technical depth, structured problem-solving, and client ownership

- Exceptional communication and client presence, able to hold a room of demanding executives without coming off as scripted

- Strong, structured thinking, able to break a complex implementation into a clear execution plan

- High agency and high slope, taking ownership of problems without waiting for direction

- A background in consulting, deployment, solutions, or implementation at a high-performance environment, plus a technical degree or early engineering experience

- Genuine technical fluency, comfortable holding technical conversations with both client and internal engineering teams

- Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for in-person work (full relocation support provided)

Nice to Have

- Top-tier consulting background

- Deployment, solutions, or implementation experience at a leading AI or data company

- Competitive technical pedigree such as ICPC or NeurIPS

- Early GTM experience at a high-growth AI startup with a technical background

This is a high-impact role at the intersection of client strategy and technical execution, with the chance to define how a fast-growing company scales its most important enterprise deployments.