Deployment Strategist

Watney Robotics • San Francisco, CA

17h • $150,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Watney, Deployment Strategists turn cutting-edge robotics into operational value for the largest companies in the world. You’ll work directly with executives at hyperscalers and Fortune 500 enterprises to design and execute their automation roadmap, helping customers deploy and scale general-purpose robots in live production environments. You’ll work cross-functionally with engineering and research teams to translate real-world operational challenges into new robotic capabilities, shaping both product direction and robot behavior in the field. We’re looking for someone with exceptional critical thinking, strong interpersonal skills, and outstanding technical intuition. You should be equally comfortable discussing nuanced customer feedback with our engineers, managing robots in the field, and presenting deployment strategies and product roadmaps to senior executives.

Requirements

• Excellent customer-first operator (2-5 yrs) with experience leading deployments or integration of critical technology for large customers.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and can build trust with both technical and non-technical partners.
• Comfortable navigating competing priorities and have strong intuition for strategic and product decisions.
• Evidence of exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Hardware, manufacturing or datacenter experience.

Responsibilities

• Run deployments end-to-end: define work scope, manage deployment environment and drive robot performance.
• Be the key bridge: go onsite and meet with customers to locate their biggest problems and understand the critical questions they need to answer. Align C-suite executives at the biggest companies on Earth.
• Collaborate with engineers: communicate customer needs internally to develop and execute deployment-specific product roadmaps. Embed with our engineering team to create high-impact solutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed