Deployment Engineer

Deployment Lead | AI & Private Equity | New York | $180K–$225K + Equity

I'm partnering with a fast-growing, venture-backed AI company that works with private equity firms and their portfolio companies to transform finance and operational processes through data and AI.

The business is growing rapidly and is looking for a Deployment Lead to own client engagements from initial discovery and scoping through to implementation and go-live. This is a highly visible role, working directly with senior client stakeholders, directing engineering teams and driving tangible operational outcomes.

The opportunity:

• Engagement Leadership: Own client engagements end-to-end, translating ambiguous business challenges into clearly scoped projects, directing engineers and ensuring successful delivery.
• AI & Transformation: Help private equity-backed businesses modernise their data infrastructure, accelerate ERP and CRM migrations, and unlock opportunities for AI-driven automation.
• Client Relationships: Work directly with senior executives, operating partners and private equity sponsors, helping identify opportunities to expand relationships and deliver further value.
• Practice Development: Build and refine repeatable delivery methodologies, help scale the engagement function and eventually hire and develop your own team.
• Ownership & Impact: Join a small, ambitious team at an early stage of growth, with significant responsibility and the opportunity to shape how the company delivers its services.

What they're looking for:

• 3–6 years of experience at McKinsey, Bain, BCG or within a private equity value creation / portfolio operations team.
• Alternatively, experience leading operational transformation within a private equity-backed business.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage and influence senior executives.
• Commercially minded, highly organised and comfortable managing complex, ambiguous engagements.
• Genuine interest in AI and emerging technologies, with an appetite to apply them to real-world business challenges.
• Someone who enjoys taking ownership, making decisions and building something rather than operating within an established structure.

Package & Details:

• Base Salary: $180,000–$225,000
• Equity: 0.25%–1.00%
• Location: New York City
• Role: Full-time
• Visa Sponsorship: Available

This is an excellent opportunity for someone coming from top-tier consulting or private equity who wants to move closer to execution, take genuine ownership of client outcomes and build within an ambitious AI business.