Enterprise AI Deployment Lead

AI71; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AI71 is seeking a Deployment Strategist to bridge client needs with AI deployment capabilities across the UAE and wider region. You’ll own deployments from kickoff to go-live, coordinating with product, engineering and client teams to ensure outcomes align with strategic goals.

You’ll lead multi-stakeholder engagements, translate requirements into actionable plans, and develop playbooks to standardise successful deployments for future customers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management, management or strategy consulting, program management, or an adjacent role coordinating technical delivery.
• Exposure to agentic systems, AI platforms or enterprise SaaS is a real plus.
• Role does not require coding but comfort with technical discussions is important.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end deployment for one or more enterprise clients across a structured lifecycle, from commercial brief through to offboarding.
• Own the business outcome of each deployment—adoption, value realised and expansion potential.
• Serve as primary client contact with operational and technical stakeholders to drive the relationship.
• Shape success criteria early in each engagement, including evaluation thresholds and go-live success.
• Define and run deployment cadence, including kickoff, check-ins and user onboarding.
• Identify and map AI use cases with clients to define a future state for core processes.
• Build and deliver demos for stakeholders from technical teams to executives.
• Collaborate with Product/Engineering to translate feedback into platform improvements.
• Improve deployment playbooks, templates and standards for better future deployments.

Skills

Ownership

Technical depth

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

AI71 is seeking a Deployment Strategist to bridge client needs with AI deployment capabilities across the UAE and wider region. You’ll own deployments from kickoff to go-live, coordinating with product, engineering and client teams to ensure outcomes align with strategic goals.

You’ll lead multi-stakeholder engagements, translate requirements into actionable plans, and develop playbooks to standardise successful deployments for future customers.