Deployment Strategist

Ciridae; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ciridae seeks a part product manager and engagement leader to bridge world‑class engineers with enterprise clients. You will own delivery from kickoff to close, define milestones, and lead stakeholder communications.

Your role translates technical progress into executive value and aligns client priorities with engineering output. You will run multi‑workstream engagements, maintain schedules without performing the hands-on coding, and build scalable delivery playbooks as the practice grows.

Qualifications

• 2+ years running complex, multi-workstream projects in consulting, operations, or technical implementation.
• Track record of keeping things on time without doing the technical work.
• Credibility in client-facing settings up to the C-suite.
• Specific, practiced AI tool usage—not just casual use.
• Curiosity about how software is built and ability to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end implementation from kick-off to close, including milestones and change management.
• Synthesize engineering output into an executive brief by noon and lead client check-ins.
• Build a value measurement framework and deliver a compelling business case.
• As the practice scales, develop processes and playbooks to accelerate future engagements.

Skills

Multi-workstream project mgmt

Client-facing communication

AI tool usage workflow

Executive briefing

Job description

This is the PM who makes FDEs 10x more effective. You are part product manager and part engagement leader. When Ciridae ships an AI operating system in weeks, it's because someone is partnering with the engineering team to keep priorities and requirements clear, the client aligned, and the project moving — without touching a line of code. That's this role. You are the connective tissue between world-class engineers and enterprise clients who need to understand what they're building and why it's working. When a PE sponsor asks what the last three months were worth, you have the answer.

What you own.

The implementation, from kick-off to close. Milestones, stakeholder relationships, SteerCo agendas, change management, and the business case that translates delivery into language a CFO or investor can use. You're running the client check-in in the morning, synthesizing engineering output into an executive brief by noon, and building the value measurement framework before the week ends. As the practice scales, you build the processes and playbooks that make the next engagement faster than this one.

What you bring.

2+ years running complex, multi-workstream projects — in consulting, operations, or technical implementation. A track record of keeping things on time without being the one doing the technical work. Real credibility in client-facing settings, up to the C-suite. Specific, practiced AI tool usage — not "I use ChatGPT sometimes," but a genuine workflow built around AI that improves the quality of your output. Genuine curiosity about how software gets built and the drive to climb a steep technical learning curve fast.

Level.

Role will be calibrated to experience. Indicatively, 2–3 years leads individual engagements with support. 3–5+ years owns multiple active implementations and takes a leadership role in building the delivery practice.