AI Engagement Lead

forgd, inc.•Denver, CO

1d•Remote

About The Position

As an AI Engagement Lead at Forgd, you will own the full lifecycle of AI transformation engagements that reshape how enterprises build software and run their businesses. You are the single accountable lead, from scoping through closure and expansion. This is not a traditional project management or post-sales handoff role—you will be a strategic partner who drives measurable AI transformation outcomes alongside our Applied AI Architects, serving as the single point of contact for customer sponsors and executives. You will manage concurrent engagements across our offering portfolio, ensuring every engagement delivers demonstrable value, drives lasting adoption of Claude within the customer's organization, and builds the delivery practices that scale forgd's impact. You will lead scoping and SOW authoring with GTM, coordinate teams of 1–5 Applied AI Architects during delivery, and build the templates, methodologies, and operational infrastructure that define how forgd delivers.

Requirements

6+ years of engagement management or technology consulting experience, ideally in a single-threaded engagement-lead model where one person owns the customer from scoping through closure
Strong track record carrying enterprise engagements end-to-end
Proven ability to build and scale delivery processes—you've created the playbooks, not just followed them
Passion for the future of software development and genuine excitement about how AI changes the craft of engineering
Experience managing executive client relationships with excellent communication skills across technical and business audiences
Exceptionally high agency; able to operate autonomously in complex, evolving environments
Technical fluency—you can engage credibly with engineers and understand AI/ML concepts
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of AI transformation engagements as the single accountable lead, from first scoping conversation through SOW, kickoff, execution, closure, and expansion, ensuring alignment with client objectives and forgd's standards of excellence
Translate ambiguous inputs (customer decks, proposal drafts, discovery notes, scoping conversations) into structured engagement plans the architect team can deliver against
Manage engagement scope, timeline, budget, resource allocation, and stakeholder communication to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery
Partner with Anthropic's customer success and account teams to coordinate on shared customers—ensuring forgd engagements translate into sustained Claude activation and usage growth
Drive expansion within the accounts you own
Build relationships with customer stakeholders from individual contributors to engineering leadership
Lead scoping, pricing, and SOW authoring for new opportunities with GTM; translate stated customer needs into a priced, sequenced engagement plan the architect team can execute against
Establish forgd's delivery framework: create templates, methodologies, and processes that scale our ability to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes—this is a founding role where your contributions directly shape how we work and grow
Travel to customer sites (10–20%) for workshops, milestones, and relationship building