Deployment Strategist

About the company Our client is a technology company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own and grow customer relationships during a new commercial push, travelling to customer sites to deepen trust, surface needs and help customers get value from a software product. Work across sales, product and engineering to turn customer input into action and move opportunities toward signed agreements. What you'll do - Visit customer sites often to build relationships and uncover problems worth solving. - Drive renewals and account expansion and help promising prospects reach a signed contract. - Turn customer feedback into clear requests for engineering and product teams, then follow up until those requests are resolved. - Debrief with sales, product, engineering and go-to-market colleagues between customer trips. - Help shape a new commercial motion alongside the company's leadership team. Requirements What we're looking for - Tactful, articulate communicator who builds customer relationships and conveys customer needs clearly to internal teams. - Practical AI fluency, such as using AI assistants and coding tools or building simple agents, scripts or workflows. - Two to five years of experience, either in management consulting or as a customer-facing operator at a venture-backed startup who has owned end-to-end deployments. - Bachelor's degree from a highly ranked university. - Willing and able to travel 25% to 75% of the time to customer sites. - Able to work on-site five days a week in San Francisco, CA. Bonus points - Previous experience at a company focused on mechanical engineering or manufacturing. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 150,000 to 200,000 per year - Equity - Health and dental coverage - Retirement plan Location and work model - San Francisco, CA, United States - On-site, 5 days in-office per week - Full-time