Strategy/Operations: Engagement Manager at Coastal Wave Recruiting | California, United States | Rezi

Strategy/Operations: Engagement Manager at Coastal Wave Recruiting

Strategy/Operations: Engagement Manager

Coastal Wave Recruiting · California, United States

1 months ago

Strategy/Operations: Engagement Manager

Coastal Wave Recruiting · California, United States

2 months ago
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About the Role

Lead client engagements end-to-end for a fast-growing AI engineering firm, working with billion-dollar clients and C-suite executives. This role is for individuals with exceptional polish, deep analytical ability, and a working understanding of AI, who thrive in startup environments with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

  • Own client accounts end-to-end, from engaging C-suite stakeholders to understanding workflows and ensuring project delivery.
  • Lead a team of 2+ junior consultants/strategists on each engagement, managing their work and ensuring quality output.
  • Ramp up on project context, understand client sentiment, and identify pain points across multiple concurrent engagements.
  • Scope new AI agent implementations by translating business problems into clear engagement plans with defined outcomes and ROI targets.
  • Work directly with founders to shape strategic playbooks and hiring.
  • Solve complex, real-world automation challenges.

Requirements

  • 4–10 years of experience, including 4+ years in management consulting at a top-tier firm (MBB or equivalent) owning client engagements.
  • Degree from a top-tier university.
  • Polished executive presence that commands C-suite confidence immediately.
  • Extremely strong analytical skills.
  • Working understanding of AI — able to scope AI implementations and discuss them credibly with engineers.
  • Comfortable in startup environments with minimal oversight.
  • Founder or early operator experience at a startup (nice to have).
  • Must be able to work onsite 6 days a week.
  • Comfortable with 10-20% client travel.

Skills

  • AI implementation scoping
  • Client engagement management
  • Team leadership
  • Analytical skills
  • Executive presence

Location

  • San Francisco

Work Type

  • Onsite
  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • 4-10 years
  • 4+ years management consulting

Education Level

  • Degree from a top-tier university

Benefits

  • Simple visas (e.g., TN-1) are sponsored.
  • Visa transfers are available.

About the Company

  • A fast-growing AI engineering firm building production-grade agents for enterprise.
  • Scaling aggressively off massive client demand.
  • A period of significant client demand.
  • Early-stage development.