Founding Deployment Strategist

Overview

About the Role A Y Combinator-backed enterprise AI startup is hiring a Founding Deployment Strategist to lead its European expansion from Munich. This is a founding-level, high-ownership role sitting at the intersection of hands-on AI engineering, enterprise customer success, and team building. You will work directly with the CEO to turn large enterprises into AI-native operators, diagnosing high

What you'll do

• About the Role A Y Combinator-backed enterprise AI startup is hiring a Founding Deployment Strategist to lead its European expansion from Munich.
• This is a founding-level, high-ownership role sitting at the intersection of hands-on AI engineering, enterprise customer success, and team building.
• You will work directly with the CEO to turn large enterprises into AI-native operators, diagnosing high-leverage automation opportunities, building and deploying production AI agents, and coaching C-suite stakeholders through end-to-end AI transformation.
• As the first on-the-ground hire in Europe, you will also hire and shape the regional team as the company scales.
• The company builds an agentic operating system for enterprises, enabling business users to orchestrate AI agents that autonomously execute complex workflows, without requiring engineering expertise.
• The platform integrates with 200+ business tools, supports leading AI models, and maintains human-in-the-loop governance for critical actions.
• What You'll Do Lead the European market rollout from Munich, partnering closely with the CEO on strategy and execution.
• Diagnose high-leverage AI opportunities within enterprise customers and prioritize the highest-value use cases.
• Build initial agents and automated workflows to prove value quickly, then scale adoption organisation-wide.
• Run AI agent hackathons and coach C-suite stakeholders on rollout strategy and transformation roadmaps.

Requirements

• Practical experience with Engineering.
• Relevant academic or project background for a Founding Deployment Strategist role.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working on-site in Munich.

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