Titlesby GlyphDeployment Strategist a new title on company job boards
Product · Emerging · not on Hacker News yet · 66 open roles at 16 companies · median $140k
The non-engineering half of a forward deployed team: scopes the customer problem and runs the deployment.
first seen Dec 2012, job board
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in December 2012, in a company job-board posting from Palantir. Today 66 open roles use the title at 16 companies, most of them in data platforms.
- PostingThe oldest Deployment Strategist posting we holdPalantir, Dec 2012 · backs: first sighting
- PostingFounding Deployment Strategist - PolynomicPear VC, Oct 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- Data platform36
- AI application10
- AI data2
Cities
- New York13
- Washington12
- Seoul, South Korea3
- Tokyo, Japan3
- San Francisco2
- Munich, Germany2
- Singapore2
- London, United Kingdom2
- Chicago1
- Madrid, Spain1
Countries and remote
- United States40
- India3
- South Korea3
- Japan3
- Germany2
- Singapore2
- United Kingdom2
- Italy1
- United Arab Emirates1
- Argentina1
Remote option18%
Posted pay
Middle half $140k to $175k, median $140k from 28 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 6h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | ||
| 2 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | Peregrine TechnologiesA company hiring most for Staff Engineer and Deployment Strategist. | 4 | |
| 5 | EliseAIA company hiring most for Solutions Engineer and Research Scientist. | 3 | |
| 6 | GovSignalsA company hiring most for Deployment Strategist and Product Engineer. | 3 | |
| 7 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 1 | ||
| 9 | AiucA company hiring most for Member of Technical Staff and Deployment Strategist. | 1 | |
| 10 | AnteriorA company hiring most for Technical Program Manager and Member of Technical Staff. | 1 | |
| 11 | 1 | ||
| 12 | DryftA company hiring most for Member of Technical Staff and Forward Deployed Engineer. | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 66; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founding Deployment Strategist - PolynomicPear VCNew York City$180k to $250k | Pear VC | New York City | $180k to $250k |
| Deployment Strategist - Germany Forward Deployed | Washington, D.C. | $110k to $170k | |
| Deployment Strategist - Palantir Foundry | Washington, DC | $71k to $203k | |
| Deployment StrategistVitalizeRemote$150k to $200k | Vitalize | Remote | $150k to $200k |
| Deployment Strategist - DHS/DOJ | Washington, DC | $177k to $221k | |
| Deployment StrategistAnteriorNew York$160k to $200k | Anterior | New York | $160k to $200k |
| Deployment StrategistIstari DigitalDayton, OH$140k to $220k | Istari Digital | Dayton, OH | $140k to $220k |
| Deployment Strategist, FederalPeregrine TechnologiesWashington, DC$140k to $190k | Peregrine Technologies | Washington, DC | $140k to $190k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
1 posts since Apr 2011 · new in 6 monthsNovember 2026 1 of 207 postings, 0.48%
Related titles
Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.6.1% of HN posts, 12 mo · 802 open · $221k median · since Apr 2011Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.3.1% of HN posts, 12 mo · 268 open · $206k median · since Apr 2011Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.62% of HN posts, 12 mo · 38 open · $219k median · since Apr 2011AI Product ManagerA product manager for model-powered products, fluent in evals and model behaviour.0.46% of HN posts, 12 mo · 63 open · $234k median · since May 2017Data Product ManagerTreats data sets and data platforms as products with users and roadmaps.0.17% of HN posts, 12 mo · 18 open · $236k median · since Nov 2011Product Operations ManagerA professional who optimizes processes, data access, and alignment across product and operational teams.22 open · $194k median · seen Nov 2026
About this title
The non-engineering half of a forward deployed team: scopes the customer problem and runs the deployment.
First sighting
Silkline | Software Engineer, Deployment Strategist | Chicago, Seattle | ONSITE | $150k-$225k + equity |...
65 open postings titled "Deployment Strategist" at Snowflake, Scale AI, Databricks, ElevenLabs and 1 more (job-board scan, 2026-09-24). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $140k from 28 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.