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Deployment Lead | Oil & Gas

AI summary of the role

Deployment Lead owning 1-2 high-stakes customer deployments of Gecko's AI-powered Cantilever platform in the oil & gas sector.

What you’ll do

  • Serve as primary owner of 1-2 high-impact customer deployments, bridging Gecko's platform and customer business value.
  • Partner with Product Strategists and Forward Deployed Engineers to define what should be built and ensure successful landing.
  • Engage directly with customer stakeholders at all levels to uncover high-value problems and maintain strong relationships.
  • Drive execution and implementation of Cantilever, ensuring delivery of business outcomes.

What you’ll bring

  • 5+ years in product management, strategic account management, consulting, business development, or program delivery.
  • Demonstrated success managing complex deployments across multiple stakeholders and functions.
  • Proven ability to identify and prioritize high-value business problems in unfamiliar domains.
  • Strong communication skills to navigate tough stakeholder conversations and align cross-functional teams.

Technologies

Cantilever · AI-powered data platform · forward deployed engineering · product management · enterprise software

About Gecko Robotics

Builds climbing, flying, and swimming robots plus AI software that inspect and optimize critical infrastructure for defense, energy, and industrial operators.

Unicorn

Source and classification

Deployment strategy · Evidence for this classification:

What We Do Gecko Robotics is helping the world’s most important organizations ensure the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers with a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure. Role at a glance Gecko’s Deployment Leads are the driving force behind delivering Cantilever—our AI-powered data platform—into the hands of customers. This role sits at the critical intersection of customer value, product strategy, and execution. Deployment Leads are part product manager,
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What We Do Gecko Robotics is helping the world’s most important organizations ensure the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers with a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure. Role at a glance Gecko’s Deployment Leads are the driving force behind delivering Cantilever—our AI-powered data platform—into the hands of customers. This role sits at the critical intersection of customer value, product strategy, and execution. Deployment Leads are part product manager, part project manager, and part strategic account lead. They manage a small number of high-stakes deployments (typically 1–2 at a time), where they are responsible for uncovering the most valuable problems within complex, often unfamiliar industries—and ensuring Gecko solves them effectively. This is a highly dynamic, customer-facing role. Deployment Leads serve as the connective tissue between our customers and our internal teams—especially our product strategists and forward deployed engineers—ens [... source excerpt omitted ...] ccountable for making sure Cantilever delivers value. They are business-savvy problem solvers who thrive in chaos, ask great questions, challenge assumptions, and build trust with customers. They are relentless in pushing toward the outcomes that matter the most. What you will do Serve as the primary owner of 1–2 high-impact customer deployments, acting as the bridge between Gecko’s platform and customer business value. Partner closely with Product Strategists and Forward Deployed Engineers to define what should be built, why it matters, and how to ensure it lands successfully. Engage directly with customer stakeholders—at all levels—to uncover high-value problems and maintai [... source excerpt omitted ...] management, strategic account management, consulting, business development, or program delivery — ideally with a blend of these that shows you can flex across strategic thinking, customer engagement, and execution. Demonstrated success managing complex deployments or initiatives across multiple stakeholders and functions. Proven ability to identify and prioritize high-value business problems, even in industries or domains you’re new to. Strong communication skills with the ability to navigate tough stakeholder conversations and align cross-functional teams. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and managing fast-moving, evolving environments. A structured problem solver who ca

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