Senior Strategic Deployment Manager
- Location
- Redwood City, New York
- Workplace
- On-site
- Compensation
- $170k – $260k + equity
About this role
We are looking for a Senior Strategic Deployment Manager with 4–8 years of experience to help build Retell AI's deployment function from the ground up. This is a high-ownership IC role at one of the fastest-growing voice AI companies in the world — you'll work directly with enterprise and scaled customers to identify where AI can drive the most impact and lead those opportunities all the way to production. If you thrive in ambiguity, love working with senior stakeholders, and want to shape a function that doesn't have a playbook yet, this is your role.
What will you be doing?
Partner with enterprise and scaled customers to scope AI opportunities, build business cases, and define ROI-driven roadmaps
Lead strategic customer engagements end-to-end — from discovery through deployment and expansion
Work in pods alongside Forward Deployed Engineers to push deployments across the finish line
Interface directly with C-suite stakeholders at customer organizations as a trusted advisor
Help build the deployment playbook from scratch — processes, frameworks, and best practices don't exist yet
Key Requirements
Background in MBB or Big 4 consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain preferred; Deloitte, PwC, Accenture acceptable) at senior analyst level or above
Executive-level communication skills — must be able to credibly hold conversations with and present to C-suite stakeholders
Ability to build business cases and ROI models; strong structured problem-solving and product thinking (0-to-1)
Comfortable with high ambiguity and building a new function without an existing playbook
Located in or willing to relocate to SF Bay Area or NYC (on-site, 5 days/week) and comfortable with up to 50% travel
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
High-intensity, in-office culture
Values builders who thrive in ambiguity
Fast-moving environment
Emphasis on outsized ownership and autonomy
0-to-1 team building culture with no existing playbooks or rigid structures
Cross-functional collaboration between strategy, product, and customer delivery teams
Pod-based team structure pairing strategic operators with technical builders
Close collaboration across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success
Rapid scaling environment (grew from 11 to 50+ employees in under a year)
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