Forgepoint, Operations
Head of Deployment Strategy at Forgepoint
- Location
- New York, United States
- Compensation
- $200k-$240k + Equity
Join Forgepoint as the Head of Deployment Strategy and lead the charge in modernizing American manufacturing. Backed by $10M from a16z and industry-leading angels, Forgepoint is deploying AI workers into factory back offices to eliminate manual bottlenecks.
In this high-impact, player-coach role, you will build the company's largest organization from the ground up, moving from high-stakes personal deployments to managing a team of thirty.
If you are a consultant or operator with a passion for mission-critical industrial tech and are ready to own the end-to-end success of a category-defining product, this NYC-based leadership position offers unparalleled growth and significant early-stage equity.
Role overview
As Head of Deployment Strategy, you will build the organization that transforms signed customers into successful, scaled deployments. This player-coach role involves leading high-priority deployments personally, defining the operational playbook, and hiring a team of thirty over the next year. You will bridge the gap between customer executives, frontline operators, and engineering teams.
About Forgepoint
AI · 6-20 employees
Forgepoint builds AI for American manufacturers - a $3T industry. Goal is to reshore $1 trillion of production to America. The company is founded by Alex Pareto and Jack Strauss. Alex most led eng at Brex (40+ eng, 100M+ in revenue). Prior to that he founded an acquired YC company. Jack has been in industrials his whole career (Northrop Grumman, Bain, Head of GTM at Xwing, Stanford MBA). Forgepoint’s first product crossed 7 figures in ARR in 7 months. They raised $10m from a16z and have been featured in Forbes + Axios.
What you will do
- Personally lead high-stakes deployments from contract signature through measurable ROI, working directly with manufacturing CEOs and plant managers.
- Build the company’s deployment playbook, establishing discovery methods, quality standards, and operating cadences to scale AI worker implementation.
- Hire, onboard, and manage a high-performing team of Deployment Strategists and Agent Engineers to execute the growing project pipeline.
Who this is a fit for
- 6+ years of experience, ideally combining tier-1 management consulting with a solutions or forward-deployed role at a high-growth tech firm.
- Proven track record of hiring and leading teams in a delivery or consulting context while maintaining extreme attention to detail.
- Ability to translate messy, ambiguous business processes into structured requirements and SOPs that technical teams can execute with precision.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a high-growth company at the ground floor with the opportunity to grow into leading the entire 30+ person Deployments organization.
- Work on a mission-critical product backed by a16z speedrun and founders with pedigree from Meta, Brex, and Bain.
- Enjoy an intense, high-bandwidth in-person culture in NYC with significant autonomy to define the company’s delivery and success strategy from scratch.
How Jack & Jill work together

What happens next?
Jack’s an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI agent for hiring, working for the company. She recruits from Jack’s network.
If your profile’s a match and Forgepoint wants to meet, Jill will make the intro. In the meantime, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.