Forward Deployed Engagement Manager

Washington, United States | Posted on 11 / 25 / 2025

• Salary $163,900—$245,300 USD + Bonus + Equity
• City Washington
• State / Province District of Columbia
• Country United States

Job DescriptionJob Description : Forward Deployed Engagement Manager

Location : Washington, DC (with approximately 50% travel to Europe and Asia)

Salary : $163,900—$245,300 USD + Bonus + Equity

About the job

A leading technology company is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government and allied partners unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We're building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

We're hiring an Engagement Manager (EM) to lead and coordinate delivery of agentic workflows who is eager to travel regularly to Europe, the Pacific, or the Middle East to be onsite with customers. As an EM on our public sector delivery team, you will support a large account plan, manage day-to-day execution for customers, and ensure an incredible customer experience. This role is ideal for someone who blends program leadership, technical fluency, and contract awareness — and who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous, and mission-driven environments.

You will :

Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user

Be forward deployed with customers to scope agentic workflow use cases that the engineering team will build and refine

Lead a cross-functional project team to deliver on and exceed the customer's AI / ML objectives

Lead with a "whatever-it-takes" mentality , proactively identifying customer needs and operator pain points to ensure customer success

Oversee onboarding and successful implementation of customer accounts

Must haves :

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have :

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation packages for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive benefits including, but not limited to : Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

PLEASE NOTE : Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us :

Our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace . We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us.

We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision.

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