AI Engagement Manager

Crossing Hurdles; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles in San Francisco is seeking an AI Engagement Manager to lead client engagements, focusing on AI deployments and stakeholder management.

In this role, you will manage client accounts, supervise junior consultants, and scope AI implementations in a fast-growth environment, partnering with C-suite leaders across various industries.

The compensation ranges from $200K to $320K, reflecting your experience and the high-impact nature of the work.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in management consulting at a top-tier firm.
• Experience managing client engagements effectively.
• Ability to translate business problems into AI implementation plans.

Responsibilities

• Own client accounts end-to-end with executive engagement.
• Lead a team of junior consultants on each engagement.
• Scope new AI agent implementations from business problems.

Skills

Client management

Stakeholder engagement

AI deployment

Team leadership

Job description

Overview

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm partnering with an AI engineering company building production-grade agents for enterprise operations.

Role snapshot

Role: AI Engagement Manager

Compensation: $200K - $320K (base + equity)

Experience: 4+ years of experience in management consulting at a top-tier firm, owning client engagements

Focus: Client engagements, AI deployments, and executive stakeholder management

What will you be doing

• Own client accounts end-to-end from engaging C-suite stakeholders and running interviews with middle management and ICs to understand their workflows, to ensuring successful project delivery
• Lead a team of 2+ junior consultants/strategists on each engagement, managing their day-to-day work and ensuring quality output
• Ramp up on existing project context, understand client sentiment, and identify pain points across multiple concurrent engagements (finance, sales, marketing, ops departments)
• Scope new AI agent implementations by translating ambiguous business problems into clear engagement plans with defined outcomes and ROI targets
• Travel 10-20% of the time to client sites, representing it with the executive presence and polish that makes clients feel confident in the partnership

Why You Should Consider

• Executive exposure Partner directly with C-suite leaders at billion-dollar enterprises
• High ownership Lead client engagements end-to-end from discovery through delivery
• AI transformation Help companies deploy production AI agents into mission-critical workflows
• Fast-growth environment Join an elite, high-agency team at an early stage of growth