Client Deployment Lead, AI (EMEA)

Valis; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Startup culture

Job summary

Valis is seeking a Client Deployment Lead, AI, to own the deployment of our platform at client companies, turning a CEO's AI ambitions into measurable improvements in efficiency.

You will lead each engagement from discovery through go-live to company-wide adoption, work with the client's leadership team and a forward-deployed engineer, and drive adoption across core processes. This hybrid role requires on-site presence 30–50% of the time.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience leading end-to-end transformation or implementation programs.
• Ability to independently manage multiple stakeholders in complex projects.
• Strong organization, project and change management skills.
• Experience working with C-level stakeholders or founders.
• Comfort with technical concepts: data models, APIs, integrations, LLM tools and agents.
• High agency and bias for action in AI products.
• STEM degree or relevant technical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and map how the client company works: structure, processes, decisions, data.
• Scope deployments, success metrics and timelines with the executive sponsor.
• Run delivery with a forward-deployed engineer and enable fast go-lives.
• Drive adoption across leadership, employees and core processes.
• Assist the CEO with AI transformation: what to automate, redesign, operating model changes, and overcoming resistance.
• Identify new use cases to expand adoption and value.
• Turn successful deployments into playbooks to speed up future engagements.

Skills

Transformation programs

Stakeholder management

Project management

Change management

C-level engagement

Data models

APIs & integrations

LLM tools

AI product mindset

Readiness to work internationally

Education

STEM degree or equivalent technical experience

Tools

None

Job description

About us

We are Valis - a company building an institutional AI operating layer for mid-market companies: shared company memory, workflow mining and agentic automation.

Role overview

As a Client Deployment Lead, AI, you own the deployment of our platform at client companies, turning a CEO's AI ambitions into measurable change in company efficiency.

You lead each engagement from discovery through go-live to company-wide adoption, working with the client's leadership team and a forward-deployed engineer. The role suits people who have run transformation programs, are comfortable with technology and want to work at startup speed.

What you'll do

• Lead discovery and map how the client company works: structure, processes, decisions, data
• Scope deployments, success metrics and timelines with the executive sponsor
• Run delivery with a forward-deployed engineer and get the client live fast
• Drive adoption across leadership, employees and core processes
• Help the CEO with AI transformation: what to automate, what to redesign, how the operating model changes, how to overcome resistance and friction and implement real change
• Identify new use cases that expand adoption and value
• Turn what works into playbooks that make each deployment faster than the last
• We expect a Client Deployment Lead to work hybrid, spending 30-50% of working time on-site with the Client.

What we're looking for

• 7-10 years of experience, including transformation or implementation programs you ran end to end
• Ability to independently manage multiple stakeholders and get things done in complex projects
• Strong organization, project and change management skills
• Experience working with C-level stakeholders or founders
• Comfort with technical concepts: data models, APIs, integrations, LLM tools and agents
• High agency, strong bias for action and interest in AI products
• STEM degree or relevant technical experience
• Readiness to start as soon as possible
• Apart from preferred locations, we are ready to consider candidates from other EMEA countries

Nice to have

• Background in top-tier management or technical consulting/implementation, high-growth startups
• Hands-on AI implementation

We offer competitive base compensation, performance-based bonus and a place on the first team of a new function.

We appreciate your interest in our job opportunities and our company. Our team carefully evaluates each application to identify the most suitable candidates for the role. Due to the high volume of applications received, we may not be able to respond to every applicant. However, if your qualifications align with our requirements, we will contact you to discuss the next steps in the selection process.