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From autonomous vehicles and robotics to sports and healthcare, we're solving AI's hardest problem: turning complex, real-world data into production-ready intelligent systems.\nWe're a team of founders, scientists, quants, researchers, and former Olympians, who’ve helped build some of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley, and alumni of MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial. We’ve raised $110M from legendary technology investors, early backers of companies like Databricks, ElevenLabs and Vercel, and we’re growing at an extraordinary pace.\nWe're looking for exceptional people who want to help build a category-defining company, operating with high urgency and taking real ownership to help shape the future of AI.\nThe role\nWe're hiring a Deployment Strategist to own the successful deployment and adoption of Encord across a portfolio of customers. This is a high-impact, post-sales role that blends technical execution, customer strategy, and commercial ownership.\nYou'll work closely with AI, ML, and engineering teams to get customers live quickly, ensure strong product adoption, and drive long-term value. You'll also partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Leadership to shape how Encord scales its post-sales motion.\nWhat you’ll do\nOwn the end-to-end deployment and success of Encord across a portfolio of customers, from initial onboarding through long-term adoption\n\nLead customers to value quickly by guiding technical teams, running effective enablement, and establishing strong success plans\n\nBuild deep, trusted relationships with customer stakeholders at all levels, from hands-on users to executive sponsors\n\nMaintain a holistic understanding of each customer's goals, usage, and risk profile, proactively addressing issues before they escalate\n\nPartner closely with Sales to support renewals, identify expansion opportunities, and drive long-term account growth\n\nAct as a strategic voice of the customer, sharing insights with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap and execution\n\nHelp shape and continuously improve Encord's post-sales motion, playbooks, and operating processes as the company scales\n\nWho we’re looking for\nDemonstrated success supporting complex, technical products and enterprise-grade customers\n\nComfortable going deep on product and technical details while communicating clearly with executives\n\nHighly organised and analytical, with strong project management instincts\n\nNaturally consultative: you ask great questions, uncover root problems, and guide customers to outcomes\n\nComfort with ambiguity - you have stories about walking into a messy customer situation with no defined scope and shaping it into a plan\n\nCommercially minded, with an understanding of how post-sales execution drives retention and growth\n\nCollaborative and influential, with strong cross-functional instincts\n\nAmbitious, driven, and motivated by ownership, impact, and rapid growth\n\nExperience requirements\n4-8 years in a customer-facing technical or post-sales role such as Customer Success, Technical Account Management, Solutions Engineering, Implementation, or Management Consulting\n\nProven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder deployments of technical software products, ideally in a B2B SaaS environment\n\nTrack record of driving measurable outcomes - time-to-value, product adoption, retention, or expansion - across a portfolio of enterprise accounts\n\nExperience engaging confidently with technical teams (ML engineers, data scientists, software engineers) as well as executive and business stakeholders\n\nStrong project management skills, with the ability to run multiple concurrent deployments, coordinate internal resources, and keep customers on track\n\nCommercially aware, with experience contributing to renewals, identifying expansion signals, and partnering with Sales on account growth\n\nFamiliarity with CRM and CS tooling (e.g. HubSpot, Salesforce, Gainsight, or similar)\n\nExperience at a high-growth start-up or scale-up strongly preferred\n\nBonus: Exposure to AI, ML, data infrastructure, or developer tools\n\nWhy Encord\nCompetitive salary, commission, and meaningful equity in a high-growth startup\n\nClear, accelerated growth opportunities as the company scales rapidly\n\nStrong in-person culture: 4 days/week\n\nDaily team lunches & dinners\n\nAnnual learning & development budget\n\nComprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage\n\nUS employees: 18 paid vacation days plus US public holidays\n\nUK employees: 25 paid vacation days plus UK public holidays\n\nFrequent travel opportunities across the U.S., London, and Europe\n\nBi-annual company offsites & monthly socials\n\nOperating principles\nHigh agency\nYou see something broken, you fix it or find the person who can. We celebrate the people who solve 90% of a problem before anyone asks.\nBuild with care & urgency\nWe bear-hug the customer. Former founders and people from fast-moving, high-stakes environments thrive here.\nSelf-aware & hungry\nWe stay warm, self-aware, and genuinely hungry. We elevate our peers, and ego doesn't last long.\nInvent in real time\nWe move toward the ambiguity. 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