Senior AI Deployment Strategist

Cursor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Forward Deployed Strategist to own our most strategic customer engagements from kickoff through delivery. You will work directly with executive sponsors to surface high-value use cases, convert them into tightly scoped projects, and stay accountable for outcomes with the FDE.

You will be part of a small pod, leading the executive relationship and shaping delivery, while the FDE embeds with the customer team to execute production builds.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Solutions Architecture, Deployment Strategy, technical consulting, or Engagement Manager roles.
• Experience delivering AI/production workflows.
• Ability to scope work with technical teams and translate to business value.

Responsibilities

• Scope engagements with executive sponsors, translating problems into time-boxed deliverables with ROI.
• Lead technical discovery and architecture reviews to validate feasibility.
• Partner with FDEs to own configuration and workflows, and drive adoption.
• Maintain executive relationships from kickoff to handoff and communicate progress.
• Identify expansion opportunities with account teams and provide feedback to Product/Engineering.
• Build reusable playbooks to improve organizational capability over time.

Skills

Solutions Architecture

Deployment Strategy

Technical Consulting

Engagement Management

Tools

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Forward Deployed Strategist to own our most strategic customer engagements from kickoff through delivery. You will work directly with executive sponsors to surface high-value use cases, convert them into tightly scoped projects, and stay accountable for outcomes with the FDE.

You will be part of a small pod, leading the executive relationship and shaping delivery, while the FDE embeds with the customer team to execute production builds.