Deployment Strategist - German Speaking

HappyRobot is the infrastructure for enterprises to build and orchestrate AI workforces. We are looking for a Deployment Strategist to join our team. In this role, you'll partner with Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) across the full deployment lifecycle, from first discovery conversation to live production. You'll lead use case discovery and scoping with senior customer stakeholders, ship prototypes hands-on to prove value early, then stay close to the build through delivery to bring the strategic, business-value lens to every decision. At HappyRobot, there's no role seniority or hierarchy. We operate as a team of builders.

Responsibilities

Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) across the full deployment lifecycle, from first discovery conversation to live production; Lead use case discovery and scoping with senior customer stakeholders; Ship prototypes hands-on to prove value early; Stay close to the build through delivery to bring the strategic, business-value lens to every decision; Strategic Leadership and Use Case Discovery: partner with Global and Regional C-Level executives and VPs to assess AI opportunities and prioritize the highest-impact use cases; Scoping: frame impact versus effort, pressure-test business value, and map integrations, data, platform constraints, and dependencies to land a realistic plan; Prototyping: build prototypes and demos hands-on using the platform and AI-powered coding tools; Program Management: coordinate work across active deployments in an account and act as the escalation point for the customer; Prioritization: sequence use cases within an account and decide what gets built, parked, and where discovery and building time is invested; Customer Partnership: be the main business-side point of contact for the account and translate AI capabilities into actionable language; Onsite Embedding: travel onsite for kickoffs, mapping sessions, and key moments; Product Feedback Loop: bring field signal back to Product and Engineering and identify reusable patterns, edge cases, and platform needs

Requirements

Background that mixes technical depth with strategic instinct, and a real history of building things; Comfortable coding (mostly Python) using LLMs and AI-powered tools like Claude Code to ship prototypes fast; Working understanding of APIs, integrations, and how AI agents sit inside enterprise workflows; Strategic instinct: ability to spot the business value behind a workflow and translate it into impact, effort, and prioritization terms a C-level can act on; Excellent communication skills with both executives and operators, comfortable translating between business and technical; Proven ability to prioritize ruthlessly across multiple workstreams and drive outcomes, not just activity; Founder mindset: highly independent, takes ownership, and thrives in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, dental, vision coverage; Competitive salary; Equity in a high-growth startup; Ownership and autonomy of projects and encouragement to ship