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Gigaton

Director of Deployment

Gigaton

. Lead Gigaton’s Solutions team of engineers responsible for deploying products in industrial customers’ plants .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomLead💰 £120,000 - £160,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in deploying AI products in industrial settings, with a strong focus on customer value creation and repeatable processes. Capable of leading and growing high-performing teams while managing complex deployment projects and customer relationships.

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AI Product DeploymentCustomer Value CreationTeam Leadership and GrowthDeployment StrategyPost-Sales Account Management

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Hard Skills
Deployment ManagementPerformance ManagementData OwnershipRoot Cause AnalysisEngineering Capacity PlanningSuccess Criteria DefinitionBespoke to Repeatable Product TransitionDeployment Speed ImprovementCustomer Relationship ManagementEscalation Management
Soft Skills
Coaching AbilityJudgment in Problem-SolvingTrust BuildingHands-On InterventionCommunication Skills
Industry Keywords
Industrial OperationsB2B ProductDecarbonisationEnergy-Intensive IndustriesForward-Deployed Model

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead Gigaton’s Solutions team of engineers responsible for deploying products in industrial customers’ plants
  • Be accountable for every deployment and act as the senior escalation route for the team and customers
  • Coach solutions engineers and team leaders as they manage deployments and customer relationships
  • Intervene hands-on when a plant needs support
  • Work with Product, Machine Learning, and Engineering to incorporate repeatable deployment work into the core product
  • Scale live plants from 9 to 50 by 31 December 2027
  • Reduce the time from signed contract to evaluation from approximately six months to eight weeks
  • Plan engineering capacity and team assignments for growth
  • Track portfolio health weekly and intervene early when deployments drift
  • Define success criteria and data ownership with customers before deployment
  • Balance delivery timelines with evaluation requirements and pause unready plants when necessary
  • Identify root causes of deployment problems and implement fixes
  • Design, hire for, and grow a high-performing Solutions organization
  • Build clear customer ownership, escalation routes, Sales handovers, and Deployment input into plant selection
  • Establish the post-sales operating model for support, model upkeep, retraining, expansions, and upsells
  • Report to the COO and lead the Solutions team of solutions engineers and two team leads

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience deploying early AI products into business customers, hands-on alongside engineers
  • Experience deciding what creates customer value and what is worth building
  • Experience turning bespoke customer work into repeatable product
  • Experience improving deployment speed and reducing staffing needs while scaling volume
  • Experience earning the trust of customer leaders and serving as an escalation point
  • Experience growing a delivery team, including hiring and performance management
  • Coaching ability while remaining capable of hands-on intervention
  • Experience agreeing success criteria with customers and proving results with numbers
  • Ability to identify early signs of trouble and use judgement to determine required action
  • Willingness to travel to plants worldwide, about 25% of the time and more during the first few months
  • Experience managing managers or developing an engineer into a team lead
  • Experience in a forward-deployed or deployment strategist model
  • Experience setting up post-sales or account management for a B2B product
  • Experience deploying software into physical operations such as plants, factories, utilities, or energy assets
  • Interest in decarbonising energy-intensive industries
  • Must have or obtain the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is available if required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Share options/equity in the company
  • Flexible working
  • 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Visa sponsorship available if required
  • Feedback at any stage of the interview process