Founding Deployment Strategist (3 Openings)
About The Position
HireNow Staffing is actively recruiting three seasoned, highly skilled Founding Deployment Strategists on behalf of a valued client partner in the AI B2B software startup sector. HireNow Staffing is acting as a direct placement partner for these Founding Deployment Strategist opportunities. We are seeking highly technical, customer-facing builders who can help create and scale a customer engineering function from the ground up. These hires will own customer relationships, optimize deployments, automate internal workflows, and serve as a critical bridge between users and product leadership during an early growth phase. HireNow Disqualifier: Candidates with jumpy or unstable resumes will not be accepted or interviewed. We are prioritizing professionals with consistent tenure, startup agility, and measurable ownership impact.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of experience in customer-facing roles within technology environments
- Minimum 1 year at a VC-backed startup (Seed through Series B preferred)
- Demonstrated agent-specific deployment experience, including early-stage rollout of AI agents or agentic workflows
- Proven ability to build processes, automations, and playbooks from 01
- Strong systems thinking with engineering-oriented problem-solving ability
- Hands-on experience using AI tools and workflow automation platforms end-to-end
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in async and customer-facing environments
- Ability to independently own onboarding, coaching, and deployment execution
- Stable employment history with clear progression; candidates with jumpy resumes will not be considered
Nice To Haves
- Background from MBB, Big 4 advisory, forward-deployed engineering, or highly client-centric technical environments
- Experience at voice AI, applied AI, or workflow automation startups
- Technical undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
- Experience partnering directly with founders or CTO-level leadership
- Strong customer onboarding and coaching experience in early-stage growth settings
- Proven ability to move quickly with minimal structure
- Experience translating customer pain points into product roadmap improvements
Responsibilities
- Own customer relationships end-to-end from onboarding through adoption, optimization, and long-term success
- Train and refine AI agents using product tiers, pricing logic, buyer personas, and real-world customer scenarios
- Analyze usage trends, workflow data, and customer interactions to surface actionable product insights
- Build internal automations and repeatable workflows that scale the customer engineering function efficiently
- Reduce manual processes through systems thinking and tool-driven execution
- Partner closely with technical leadership to convert customer feedback into shipped improvements
- Guide customers through implementation, onboarding, and operational best practices
- Create documentation, internal playbooks, and scalable deployment frameworks
- Support rapid customer growth while maintaining quality and responsiveness
Benefits
- Equity + benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
