> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Senior Forward Deployed Strategist Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/694db57f957b4020 Exiger posts a senior FDE role to plan what the customer deploys first in Mclean, VA and 1 more with no pay posted. Own and deliver defined workstreams within customer implementations. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Exiger](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) Posted Oct 16, 2026 by Exiger · open on Greenhouse as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted Mclean, VA +1 Hybrid Own and deliver defined workstreams within customer implementations. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F694db57f957b4020&placement=top) - [View posting at Exiger](https://www.exiger.com/careers/?gh_jid=6225382004) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay Not posted Mid-level FDE postings, 106 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $123K to $162K, median $149K. ### The work Plans what the customer deploys first Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) Travel **Up to 25%** - **Coding**: Prototypes and scripts - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Mid - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **2+ years** Operations consulting, including technology implementations or deployments - **3+ years** Operations consulting, including technology implementations or deployments Background - **Implementation and data engineering** - **Consulting** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 2+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a mid-level role. What level are you at now? The job is in Mclean, VA · Richmond, VA. Could you work in one of these? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Mclean, VA · Richmond, VA - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: Hybrid; McLean or Richmond, Virginia. Must be US-based and a US citizen. - **Travel**: Up to 25% ## More like this [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) ### [Deployment Strategist - Germany Forward Deployed](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/26bc4e3929332779) Washington, DC Hybrid 2w ago $110,000–$170,000 [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) ### [Deployment Strategist (TS/SCI Clearance Required)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ad89b186e784f610) Arlington, VA On-site 3mo ago $90,000–$250,000 [Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr) ### [Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/105d5ad33f153b39) Austin, TX · Menlo Park, CA · +1 more Hybrid 2mo ago $180,000–$235,000 - [Other jobs at Exiger (8)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/exiger) ## The job description from Exiger Posted by Exiger on Oct 16, 2026 ### Who We Are Exiger is the AI partner for supply chain and procurement automation. Its centralized 1EXIGER.AI platform allows organizations to manage their entire operating network, from parts to suppliers, regulators, and customers, through an autonomous agentic workforce that learns, adapts, and augments with every decision. The AI-native platform, combined with the largest supply chain knowledge asset, empowers 550+ global customers, including 150 Fortune 500 and 80+ government and defense industrial organizations, to act first. Exiger is FedRAMP® authorized and a 2x Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management. ### Senior Forward Deployed Strategist **Location**: Mclean, VA **OR **Richmond, VA | **Work Environment**: Hybrid We’re looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Strategist to serve as a technical translator on our forward deployment teams, working alongside our forward deployed engineers to help enterprise customers rapidly deploy AI-native solutions to complex supply chain and risk challenges, in days, not months. You’ll own defined workstreams, turn customer needs into clear requirements for the technical team, and explain what the technology can and can’t do to the customer. As an AI-oriented company, we want an adept problem solver who can credibly help customers think through agentic solutions on some of the most pressing, geopolitically sensitive issues they face. ### What You’ll Do - **Own Your Workstreams: **Own and deliver defined workstreams within customer implementations, such as quality-checking the outputs of AI-driven processes, and keep them moving. - **Translate Between Customer and Engineering: **Work with customer stakeholders to understand their bottlenecks and turn vague problems into scoped requirements for our forward deployed engineers, while explaining technical constraints to customers in plain terms. - **Support Adoption: **Help run workshops, design user-centric workflows, and train end users so customers actually adopt what we deploy. - **Hands-on Data Analysis: **Inspect customer data structures, clean and validate customer-provided files, and run rapid prototyping and ad hoc analysis (for example, segmentation to prioritize suppliers or parts) using SQL, Snowflake, Python, and R. - **De-risk the Program: **Bring structure to ambiguous environments by anticipating customer needs and potential failure modes. - **Product Feedback Loop: **Act as the voice of the customer, flagging recurring client-specific needs that should become reusable platform capabilities and feeding field requirements back to product and engineering. ### What You Need - **Consulting Experience: **2–3 years in operations consulting (Deloitte, PwC, EY, Accenture, or similar), including work on technology implementations or deployments. - **The Hybrid Skill Set: **A blend of technical aptitude (computational thinking, data manipulation) and strong communication, storytelling, and relationship-building skills. - **Technical Baseline: **Proficiency querying and analyzing datasets with SQL and Snowflake, and light scripting in Python and R, plus a solid understanding of how enterprise software, data architecture, and cloud environments operate. You’ll need to be credible with technical counterparts and understand what is being built, but you won’t be expected to build it yourself. - **Ambiguity & Grit: **A self-starter who is comfortable in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and under delivery pressure, and who brings structure to chaos. - **Credibility: **An adept problem solver who earns trust with both business and technical stakeholders at the customer. - **Mobility: **US-based and a US citizen, with the ability to travel up to 25% to work directly with customers. ### Preferred Qualifications - Experience in supply chain risk management (SCRM), or in SCRM combined with compliance (for example, trade, customs, or export compliance advisory). - Experience at a technology company in or adjacent to the SCRM and compliance space. ### We’re an amazing place to work. Why? - Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off - Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits - Competitive compensation package - 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave - Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable - Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming - Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications *Artificial intelligence tools may be used to support candidate screening and evaluation.* #LI-Hybrid Exiger is named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management, twice selected as one of Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter,' and recipient of the Third Party Risk Association's Innovator Award, Exiger's technology has been recognized by leading analyst evaluations and 50+ awards. Learn more at **Exiger.com** and follow Exiger on **LinkedIn**. At Exiger, our values define how we work and why we lead. We are mission-inspired, imagination-driven, trust-anchored, and compassion-focused—committed to building technology that makes the world safer, more transparent, and more resilient. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. *Exiger’s hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.* [View posting at Exiger](https://www.exiger.com/careers/?gh_jid=6225382004) ## Similar jobs [Vantor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/vantor) ### [Deployment Strategist (Secret)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/361f25424cfd6a08) Herndon, VA 1mo ago $137,000–$182,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14ed04ff7e2230a5) Washington, DC 6w ago $219,765–$302,220 [Altana](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/altana) ### [ Staff AI Deployment Strategist ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4676a0bf140baee3) Brooklyn, NY · Washington, DC Hybrid 12d ago $165,000–$195,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Applied AI Architect, Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/301376dc825dc9cc) Washington, DC Hybrid 2mo ago $234,000–$335,000 [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) ### [Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7c8c10267b57092d) Washington, DC 2mo ago $166,400–$208,000 - [Compare mid FDE salary ranges](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/mid-level) - [Similar jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) - [Similar jobs that plan what the customer deploys first](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?role=strategist) Hiring at Exiger and want this page changed or removed? 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