--- title: 'Forward-Deployed Operator at Chiri' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/forward-deployed-operator-chiri-south-w9fttk197y3d' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-19' --- # Forward-Deployed Operator at Chiri - **Company:** Chiri - **Location:** South, United States - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-23 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/chiri/am9icG9zdDr3H-vZ879FsIrcxnUwFaFu ## Job description ## Why Chiri The convergence of human and digital workforces is changing how companies build, operate, and scale. Chiri works directly with organizations to turn that shift into working systems. Our forward-deployed teams operate inside the technologies and processes our clients already use, combining modern software engineering, AI, and practical operating expertise to build capabilities that work in the real world. We are looking for ambitious builders who want to help shape what comes next. ## Role Overview We’re looking for a Forward-Deployed Operator to help lead Chiri’s client engagements from discovery through delivery. This is a highly client-facing role that sits between business operations, consulting, technical project management, and AI transformation. You’ll work directly with executives, functional leaders, frontline teams, and Chiri engineers to understand how work gets done, identify opportunities for improvement, and keep projects moving toward measurable outcomes. You do not need to be a software engineer. You do need enough technical fluency to understand what engineering teams are building, ask the right questions, identify blockers and dependencies, and translate between technical and business stakeholders. Some engagements will involve software, automation, or AI agents. Others will focus more heavily on strategy, process improvement, or organizational change. ## Key Responsibilities - Lead day-to-day client engagement across stakeholders including executives, Sales, Finance, Operations, Marketing, HR, IT, and technical teams. - Conduct stakeholder interviews and discovery sessions to understand workflows, pain points, business requirements, and opportunities for AI or automation. - Translate business needs into clear requirements, priorities, decisions, and next steps for Chiri engineers and delivery teams. - Provide technical project management across engineering initiatives, tracking scope, milestones, dependencies, blockers, risks, and client inputs. - Maintain alignment between clients and Chiri teams as requirements evolve and new information is uncovered. - Identify scope changes, risks, unresolved decisions, and delivery issues early and drive them toward resolution. - Own the health and operating state of assigned engagements in Waypoint, including progress, open items, risks, scope issues, commitments, decisions, and overall client temperature. - Prepare clear client updates, meeting summaries, roadmaps, and executive-ready communication. - Help clients adopt new workflows, tools, and ways of working through thoughtful change management and stakeholder engagement. Required Skills and Experience - Experience in client-facing consulting, implementation, project/program management, business operations, solutions delivery, or a similar role. - Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. - Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, including scope, dependencies, milestones, risks, decisions, and accountability. - Comfortable working with technical teams and discussing software, integrations, data, APIs, AI, and automation at a practical level. - Strong business process and workflow thinking. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Comfortable communicating with everyone from frontline operators to senior executives. - Ability to create structure in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. - Strong judgment, curiosity, and willingness to surface problems early. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience working alongside software engineering or product teams. - Experience with AI, workflow automation, enterprise software, or digital transformation initiatives. - Experience conducting stakeholder interviews or business process mapping. - Management consulting or professional services experience. - Experience working across multiple business functions or industries. ## What We Offer You’ll work directly with Chiri’s founders, engineers, and clients on problems at the intersection of business transformation and AI. This is a role for someone who enjoys understanding how businesses actually work, building trusted client relationships, bringing order to complex projects, and helping teams move from ideas to real outcomes. ## About Chiri ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Chiri is an AI orchestration platform that helps companies build governed, scalable AI-powered workflows alongside their human teams, positioning itself as an "AI Sherpa" for enterprises transitioning from AI-nascent to AI-native. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed/Early Stage based on headcount and funding indicators) - **Headquarters**: United States (specific city not publicly listed) - **Founded**: 2025 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Artificial Intelligence / Enterprise Software / AI Orchestration & Governance - **Target Customers**: B2B, mid-market to enterprise companies (e.g., B2B security firms, operations-heavy businesses) - **Mission/Purpose**: To lead companies safely and successfully from AI-nascent to AI-native, ensuring no business is left behind by AI. ## Products & Services - **ChiriBrain**: The core governance and orchestration layer that scales AI workflows, connects across 2,000+ tools and 350+ AI models, and provides cost controls, audit trails, and confidence thresholds. It acts as a "system of action" on top of existing infrastructure. - **Forward-Deployed Engineering Services**: Chiri sends in engineers to learn how a client's team works, map high-value workflows, and build custom AI-powered systems. This service precedes the software deployment. - **AI Agent Workflows**: Pre-built and custom AI agents that operate in existing tools like Slack, Gmail, and Teams, automating tasks such as inventory management, GTM pipeline enrichment, and finance reconciliation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: 11 total employees (as of 2025); reports client outcomes such as $60K/mo saved (6x faster AI adoption), $450K/yr savings (3x faster AI optimization), and $900K saved (4x faster AI software engineering). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed - **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2025 and already reports significant client savings; actively hiring across multiple engineering roles (Full Stack, Mobile, QA, Data Platform); operates in 18 locations with a hybrid work model. ## Competitive Advantages - **"Services + Software" Model**: Unlike pure-play AI software vendors, Chiri starts with human engineers who embed with client teams, ensuring the AI foundation is custom-built for actual workflows before deploying the platform. - **Enterprise-Grade Governance**: Provides 100% audited workflows, cost controls, and a governance layer designed for scale from day one, addressing a key pain point for enterprises wary of ungoverned AI. - **Integration Depth**: Connects to 2,000+ tools and 350+ AI models, meaning clients do not need to rip out existing infrastructure. - **Proven ROI**: Publishes concrete client case studies with dollar amounts and time savings, demonstrating measurable value. ## Strategic Focus - **Current Priorities**: Scaling the forward-deployed engineering team; building out the ChiriBrain platform for broader enterprise adoption; expanding the number of pre-built agent workflows; and maintaining a "system-led approach" that combines human expertise with AI agents. - **Growth Direction**: Moving from bespoke client engagements to a repeatable, scalable platform that enterprises can run independently after initial setup. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as ambitious, with a focus on shaping the future of Human+AI teams. The company emphasizes a "Sherpa" mentality—carrying the weight for clients and not leaving them at base camp. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid workspace; employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work. Typical on-site time is not specified but roles are listed as remote across 18-20 locations. - **Notable Perks/Engineering Culture**: Engineers own features end-to-end and work directly with clients to deliver measurable business outcomes. Roles emphasize backend focus, API design, AI-powered features, and collaboration across product and client teams. Open roles include Full Stack, Mobile (iOS/Flutter), QA, and Data Platform engineers. ## Sources 1. [chiri.ai](https://chiri.ai/) 2. [chiri.ai/careers](https://chiri.ai/careers) 3. [builtin.com/company/chiri](https://builtin.com/company/chiri) 4. [linkedin.com/company/chiriai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/chiriai) 5. 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