$140,000–$240,000 Per Year
Accounts Payable, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Auditing, Consulting, Fortune 500 Customers, Head of Finance, Identify Issues, Integrated Circuits (ICs), Leadership, Machine Tool, Onboarding, Operational Audit, Prototyping, Return on Investment (ROI), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Startup, Time Management, Web Client Plug-ins
San Francisco, California
About the Company
A San Francisco–based, seed-stage AI startup helping enterprises move AI from prototype to reliable production — embedding with customers, auditing their operations, and building the agents, integrations, and workflows needed to transform how their businesses run. The thesis: the hardest part of enterprise AI is not the model itself, but deployment, reliability, and trust.
Founded 2026 · 11–50 people · Industry: AI Tools
The Role
Forward Deployed Strategists own the interviews that surface the requirements for every engagement. You sit across the table from process leads, controllers, middle management, analysts, and ICs at Fortune 500 and NASDAQ-listed enterprises — 30 to 60 minutes at a time, all day during an engagement. There is no script: you pivot based on what the interviewee actually says, surface what the framework missed, and translate live conversation into the analysis engineering builds against. This is not a 6-month-ramp consulting gig — you join, plug in, and run.
What you'll be doing
- Run client interviews end-to-end — 30–60-minute sessions with process leads, controllers, middle management, analysts, and ICs
- Own one or two sub-process workstreams inside the department being audited (AP workflow, deal desk routing, close cycle, etc.)
- Build the analysis: process maps, bottleneck identification, ROI sizing, agent specs engineering can build against, and leadership presentations
- Manage real-time conversation pivots — no script; adjust based on what the interviewee actually says
- Map stakeholder buy-in — figure out who else you need to talk to and get the meetings yourself
Tech stack: AI-native tooling — Claude, Cursor, terminal used in day-to-day work
Requirements
- 1-5 years, MBB BA/Associate or top-tier operator
- Real-time conversation management, no script
- AI-native: Claude, Cursor, terminal already used
- Ownership mindset, no 6-month ramp required
- Polished delivery: crisp emails, top-down presentations
- SF Financial District, 5+ days in-person
Green Flags
- Hears the missing piece in real time and asks the right next question.
- Confident enough to redirect a CFO conversation when it goes sideways.
- Already vibe-working or has used AI tools deeply on their own.
- Visible independent thinking and curiosity.
- Polished delivery without being stiff.
Red Flags
- Needs a runbook to function.
- Misses prompts in a case (keeps walking down the framework instead of responding).
- Generic analytical answers, no real opinion.
- Used to a one-month-plus onboarding ramp at their past job.
- Treats this as another consulting gig.
Why Join
- Early to the thesis, working with billion-dollar companies
- Real ownership — implementations that actually ship and run; own the full loop from problem identification to production
- High-bar team of operators, engineers, and strategists, with direct access to leadership and no process overhead
- Small early team where your judgment shapes product and playbooks
- Path to Engagement Manager in 12–18 months for high performers
Details
- Location: San Francisco, CA (Financial District)
- Work policy: On-site, 5+ days in-person
- Compensation: $140,000–$240,000 + equity
- Visa sponsorship: None available
- Employment type: Full-time