--- title: 'Strategic Engagement Lead at Evolver' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/strategic-engagement-lead-evolver-palo-alto-n6bhz3pn2hk0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Strategic Engagement Lead at Evolver - **Company:** Evolver - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA - **Posted:** 2026-08-18 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/evolver/jobs/4374765009 ## Job description ## Role Overview We are seeking Strategic Engagement Leads to help drive the successful design, deployment, and value realization of enterprise AI initiatives within complex organizations. This is a highly client-facing strategic delivery role. Strategic Engagement Leads work directly with customer stakeholders, Domain Value Architects, and Forward Deployment Engineers to understand business priorities, structure complex problems, identify high-value opportunities, and translate strategic objectives into actionable AI deployments. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, business transformation, and technology. Strategic Engagement Leads are expected to bring strong structured thinking, business judgment, and the ability to quickly learn complex customer environments. You will play an active role in customer workshops, use-case development, deployment planning, stakeholder alignment, and value tracking. Success in this role requires comfort working directly with clients, navigating ambiguity, and taking ownership of workstreams from initial discovery through deployment and adoption. This role is well suited for individuals with experience in consulting, strategy, transformation, or complex technology implementations who want to work directly with customers on high-impact AI transformation. ## Key Responsibilities Client Strategy & Deployment - Work directly with customers to understand business priorities, operational challenges, and transformation objectives. - Support and facilitate structured discovery sessions and client workshops. - Translate customer needs into clearly defined AI use cases, deployment priorities, and actionable workstreams. - Help develop phased deployment roadmaps aligned with measurable business outcomes. - Evaluate potential initiatives based on value, feasibility, organizational readiness, and implementation complexity. - Define and track KPIs to measure deployment success and business impact. Client & Stakeholder Engagement - Serve as a key day-to-day strategic partner for customer stakeholders throughout deployments. - Build strong relationships across business, technology, and operational teams. - Structure complex discussions and help stakeholders make clear, informed decisions. - Prepare and deliver presentations, analyses, recommendations, and deployment updates directly to customers. - Navigate multi-stakeholder enterprise environments and help drive alignment across teams. Strategic Problem Solving - Develop a strong understanding of each customer's business processes, operating model, and strategic priorities. - Break down ambiguous business problems into structured hypotheses, analyses, and actionable recommendations. - Identify opportunities where AI can improve workflows, decision-making, efficiency, reporting, and business outcomes. - Develop sufficient domain knowledge to effectively understand customer challenges and work alongside senior domain experts. - Escalate complex functional, regulatory, or domain-specific questions to Domain Value Architects when deeper expertise is required. Orchestration & Collaboration - Partner closely with Domain Value Architects and Forward Deployment Engineers to translate strategic objectives into deployed solutions. - Ensure technical execution remains aligned with customer priorities and intended business outcomes. - Coordinate customer inputs, decisions, and dependencies required to keep deployments moving forward. - Support rollout, adoption, and change-management activities with customer teams. - Bring customer feedback and field insights back to Product and Engineering teams. - Contribute to the development of repeatable deployment methodologies and best practices. Travel may be required for key customer engagements, workshops, and deployments. ## Qualifications ## Experience - 4–8 years of experience in consulting, strategy, business transformation, enterprise technology implementation, or a similar client-facing role. - Experience working directly with customers or senior business stakeholders in complex organizations. - Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems and drive workstreams from analysis through execution. - Experience working across business and technical teams. - Exposure to areas such as finance, tax, risk, governance, compliance, operations, or other enterprise functions is beneficial but deep domain expertise is not required. Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field. What This Role Is, and Is Not This role is not a PMO position focused primarily on timelines, status reporting, meeting coordination, or administrative project management. Strategic Engagement Leads are expected to be active participants in solving the customer's business problems. You will spend significant time directly with customers, understanding their challenges, structuring solutions, developing recommendations, prioritizing opportunities, and helping translate those opportunities into successful AI deployments. ## About Evolver ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Evolver is a cybersecurity and digital transformation leader that provides advanced cyber defense, secure data environments, and intelligent software solutions for federal and commercial enterprises. - **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding) - **Headquarters**: Reston, Virginia, USA - **Founded**: 2000 - **Founders**: Not publicly named ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Information Technology Services, eDiscovery & Legal Services - **Target customers**: B2G (federal agencies such as DoD, DHS, USDA, CMS, NIH) and B2B (Fortune 500 commercial enterprises) - **Mission statement** (from their vision): To set the standard for excellence in Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation—empowering the nation’s most critical missions and enterprises to operate with confidence in unprecedented environments. ## Products & Services Evolver delivers integrated solutions across several domains: - **Cybersecurity**: Advanced cyber defense, proactive threat containment, and risk management to safeguard critical systems. - **Digital Transformation**: Modernization of IT infrastructure using AI, automation, cloud, and human-centered innovation. - **Managed Data & Technology**: Managed IT services to keep infrastructure and legal workflows secure and optimized. - **eDiscovery & Legal Services**: Technology-enabled legal support for eDiscovery and document management. - **Federal Solutions**: Tailored offerings for national security, defense, and civilian agencies (e.g., CMS-HIOS, USCIS-SOC, AOC programs). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue is not publicly reported; estimated employee count of “more than 500” nationwide (as per official site) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Longstanding partnerships with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Institutes of Health, and Fortune 500 customers - **Growth Signals**: - 93% employee retention rate - Top 20% of all CPARS ratings on major federal programs - ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 20000-1 certified; CMMI SVC/DEV ML3 appraised - Operates an Innovation Center and Catalyst Programs ## Competitive Advantages - **25+ years of mission-critical federal experience** with deep domain expertise - **Exceptional retention and employee expertise** (93% retention, top technologists and AI experts) - **Strong certifications and compliance** (ISO, CMMI) enabling access to sensitive government contracts - **Proven CPARS track record** consistently in top 20% across multiple programs ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Accelerating AI integration, strengthening cybersecurity posture, expanding digital transformation offerings for both federal and commercial clients - **Innovation engine**: Maintains an internal Innovation Center and Catalyst Programs to stay ahead of evolving threats and opportunities ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Open, collaborative, trust-based environment emphasizing innovation and “bold thinking, relentless execution” - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Formal commitment to creating an inclusive workplace; equal opportunity employer - **Growth & Development**: Tuition reimbursement, continuing education, paid certification support, Communities of Interest/Practice - **Benefits**: Paid time off (vacation, sick, holidays, bereavement, civic duty), medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) with pre-tax and Roth options, paid parental leave, military leave, HSA/FSA, pet insurance, employee recognition programs - **Work Environment**: Not explicitly stated as remote or hybrid; typical for a federal contractor (likely hybrid with on-site requirements near Reston, VA, and client sites) - **Community**: Evolver CARES program for volunteerism and charitable giving ## Sources 1. [evolverinc.com](https://evolverinc.com/) – Homepage 2. [evolverinc.com/about](https://evolverinc.com/about/) – About page (history, certifications, vision) 3. [evolverinc.com/careers](https://evolverinc.com/careers/) – Careers page (benefits, culture, values) 4. [linkedin.com/company/evolver](https://www.linkedin.com/company/evolver) – LinkedIn company page (employee count, revenue estimate) ## Other roles at Evolver - [Enterprise Platform Architect](https://feeny.ai/job/enterprise-platform-architect-evolver-palo-alto-fd6vzecewrbw) — Palo Alto, CA - [Manager / Senior Manager, Tax AI Delivery & Implementation (Sales & Use Tax)](https://feeny.ai/job/manager-senior-manager-tax-ai-delivery-implementation-sales-use-tax-evolver-new-npag8ta280mc) — New York, NY - [Manager, Tax AI Product (Sales & Use Tax)](https://feeny.ai/job/manager-tax-ai-product-sales-use-tax-evolver-new-york-kvgpm630mj4p) — New York, NY - [Domain Value Architect](https://feeny.ai/job/domain-value-architect-evolver-palo-alto-vvgy4yj5fs7a) — Palo Alto, CA - [Product Solutions Architect](https://feeny.ai/job/product-solutions-architect-evolver-palo-alto-jse14w9j6baa) — Palo Alto, CA - [Applied Scientist, AI Product Methods](https://feeny.ai/job/applied-scientist-ai-product-methods-evolver-palo-alto-09jthfs868nq) — Palo Alto, CA - [Lead Senior Security Engineer (Enterprise AI Platform)](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-senior-security-engineer-enterprise-ai-platform-evolver-palo-alto-bsvz4wr2zb4c) — Palo Alto, CA - [Senior Product Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-evolver-palo-alto-w03r19pm412m) — Palo Alto, CA - [Applied Data Science Intern](https://feeny.ai/job/applied-data-science-intern-evolver-palo-alto-aqgekhted99e) — Palo Alto, CA - [Managing Director - Procurement](https://feeny.ai/job/managing-director-procurement-evolver-europe-ech72pec6dpj) — Europe