Deployment Strategist

Alation, Inc.; Georgia; On-site; USD 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Commuter benefits

Flexible time off

Learning & development

Job summary

Alation, Inc. is seeking a Deployment Strategist I to move opportunities forward by tracking open issues, coordinating across teams, and delivering clear next steps.

The role involves translating customer needs into product feedback, presenting focused demos, and ensuring consistent communication with customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Follow-through on multi-party problems.
• Clear writing and presentation skills for technical and business audiences.
• Public speaking comfort in front of groups.
• Strong organizational skills with high volume.
• Knowledge about data and AI space.
• 2+ years in a technical, customer-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Track open technical questions, blockers and requirements across opportunities.
• Translate customer requirements into feedback for Product and Engineering.
• Walk users through features and run focused demos.
• Support Account Executives and deployment teams to maintain momentum.
• Contribute learnings to knowledge base and Alation Community.

Skills

Follow-through

Writing skills

Public speaking

Organization

Data/AI knowledge

Technical background

RDBMS

Lakehouses

BI

SQL

REST APIs

AI

Data governance

Curiosity

Tools

RDBMS

Lakehouses

BI

SQL

REST APIs

AI

Job description

Alation is pioneering the next era of data intelligence - powered by AI agents and trusted data. Organizations around the world rely on Alation to drive self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and AI innovation. Our technology helps enterprises connect people and data to make faster, smarter, and more confident decisions. With more than $340M in funding - valued at over $1.7 billion and more than 650 customers, including 40% of the Fortune 100. As data becomes the foundation of every business, Alation is leading the way in helping organizations unlock their full potential. By bringing intelligence, automation, and trust to every interaction, we empower customers to scale data-driven innovation with confidence and speed. Joining Alation means being part of a winning team shaping the future of AI-powered data intelligence. We move fast, think big, and deliver results together.

Job Description

As a Deployment Strategist I, you are the person our customers and account teams count on to keep things moving: tracking every open issue, chasing down the answer, and making sure nobody is left wondering what happens next. This role is responsible for driving business value attainment across the Alation customer base.

What You'll Do

You'll spend your day in the space between the customer, the account team, Support, and Product. Keep evaluations moving. Partner with your Account Executives and Deployment Strategists to hold momentum through the sales cycle. Track every open technical question, blocker, and requirement across active opportunities: feature questions, enablement needs, environment issues, security and architecture follow-ups, and drive each one to a clear answer before it stalls the deal. Keep everyone informed. Send the update before it's asked for. Customers and account teams should always know the status, next step, and task owner. Supporting your peers. Work with the account team on RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs. Close the loop with Product. Translate customer requirements into clear, evidence-backed feedback for Product and Engineering. Show customers the way. Walk users through features, run focused solution demos, and answer the "can Alation do this?" question with a working example. Make the knowledge reusable. Contribute what you learn to our knowledge base and to the Alation Community, so the next person doesn't start from zero.

What You Bring

• Follow-through you can point to. A history of owning a messy, multi-party problem and staying on it until it was resolved — in any setting: work, internship, research, volunteering, a side project.
• Clear writing and sharp presentation skills. You can go deep on technical detail with a technical audience, then explain the same thing in business terms to a business audience; in writing or live, without losing either room.
• Comfort in front of people. You can explain something technical to a business audience without hiding behind jargon.
• Organization at volume. Nothing falls off your list when there are thirty things on it.
• Knowledge about data and AI space. Some exposure to AI, databases, analytics, data integration, or cloud platforms; coursework, certifications, internships, and self-teaching all count.
• Technical Knowledge. 1-3 years in a technical, customer-facing role (support, consulting, analytics, IT, solutions)
• Technical Stack. Any of the following: RDBMS, Lakehouses, BI, SQL, REST APIs, AI.
• Exposure to data governance, data space, and/or AI.
• Curiosity and creativity. You're the kind of person who keeps asking why until you understand the customer's real problem, then gets inventive about solving it.

Practical details Travel: Occasional travel within your sales territory to customer sites and marketing events. Expect this to grow as you take on workshops and proof-of-value work. Who you'll work with: Account Executives, Customer Solutions Team, Technical Support, Product, and Engineering.

Compensation

Pay Range listed below is target base salary. This role includes variable compensation as a 75/25 split. On-target-earning (OTE) is specific to the US and is ~$93,000 - $125,000. Compensation Pay Range: $68,443.00 - $92,398.00. Salary Information The base salary range is specific to the United States. The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, work location, specialty and training.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual's race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested. This company participates in E-Verify.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, name, religion, color, national origin, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our founders have come together from different backgrounds: business, engineering, and design. This unique mix from our founding team is important to the Alation culture story. Today, our team consists of creators and communicators with varied backgrounds - from Stanford, to the Indian Institute of Technology, big companies and one-person startups, the United States, and abroad. We continue to seek ever more diverse perspectives as we grow.

Why Alation?

• Market-Leading Data Catalog Provider
• High-growth, collaborative environment with diverse and inclusive teams
• Continuous learning, enrichment and development opportunities
• Competitive pay and health offerings including commuter benefits
• Flexible time off to relax and recharge