Engagement Manager

TL;DR

Engagement Manager (AI Projects): Managing multiple concurrent technical engagements, ensuring successful delivery of Professional Services projects for enterprise customers with an accent on customer communication, risk management, and cross-functional coordination. Focus on proactively identifying risks and issues, developing mitigation strategies, and ensuring deliverables meet quality standards.

Location: This role can be based in our San Francisco or New York office. Employees within commuting distance work from the office five days per week. Candidates who live outside commuting distance (e.g. >1hr each way) may be eligible for hybrid arrangements depending on location and role requirements. Open to remote candidates within the US.

Salary: $170,000-$190,000

Company

hirify.global's mission is to make intelligent agents ubiquitous by building the foundation for agent engineering in the real world, helping developers move from prototypes to production-ready AI agents.

What you will do

• Manage the full engagement lifecycle from SOW review through closeout, including planning, execution, risk management, scope management, and handoff.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, delivering status updates, managing expectations, handling escalations, and negotiating scope changes.
• Manage 5–8 concurrent technical engagements simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Coordinate with Solution Architects, AI Engineers, Sales, Support, Enablement, and Product/Engineering teams; manage resource allocation and capacity planning.
• Proactively identify risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, track resolution, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of engagement or project management experience, preferably with technical or software engagements.
• You've managed multiple concurrent engagements and know how to keep quality high across all of them.
• You have strong experience working with enterprise customers and leading customer-facing communication.
• You've coordinated cross-functional technical teams — engineers, architects, product — and managed resource allocation.
• You're experienced with project management tools such as Linear, Jira, Asana, or similar.
• You thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and don't wait to be told what to do.

Nice to have

• PMP or similar project management certification.
• Experience in Professional Services or consulting.
• Experience with AI/ML or infrastructure engagements.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation that includes base salary, variable compensation for relevant roles, meaningful equity, benefits, and perks.
• Benefits include things like medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible vacation, a 401(k) plan, and life insurance.
• Team members in the EU, UK, and APAC receive locally competitive benefits aligned with regional norms and regulations.