> 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. # Forward Deployed Solution Strategist (US) Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f4e31a3147f78d7e Lyric posts a director FDE role to plan what the customer deploys first in US, at $180,000–$240,000 base, below the staff+ FDE median of $225,000 across 388 postings with pay. Director-level customer-facing strategist responsible for adoption, retention, and expansion across Lyric’s largest enterprise supply chain accounts. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Lyric](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyric) Posted Sep 9, 2026 by Lyric · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$180,000–$240,000** + equity US Remote Full-time Director-level customer-facing strategist responsible for adoption, retention, and expansion across Lyric’s largest enterprise supply chain accounts. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Ff4e31a3147f78d7e&placement=top) - [View posting at Lyric](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lyric/9338ec44-fbf2-4927-856c-f570ee6b7d85/application) 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 $180K–$240K Below the median Midpoint $210K · median $225K This job $180K to $240K. Staff+ FDE postings, 388 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $197K to $262K, median $225K. ### The work Plans what the customer deploys first Balance **Mostly pre-sales or support** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation (not covered) 4. Operations Travel **Up to 30%** - **Coding**: Prototypes and scripts - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Staff+ - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **10+ years** Consulting, Supply Chain Operations, or Go-to-Market Strategy roles, with experience managing practical AI/analytics roadmaps or transformation Background - **Consulting** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 10+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a staff-level role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. Can you work from the US? 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**: US - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Remote work restrictions**: US - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Up to 30% - **Pay**: ## More like this [Alation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/alation) ### [Staff Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/315e13504a747835) US Remote 2mo ago $141,781–$191,404 [Chalk](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chalk) ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4e356b364ebc5fc) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $180,000–$250,000 [SpruceID](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spruceid) ### [Forward Deployed Product Manager](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9fea13213f97756) US Remote 2w ago $150,000–$250,000 - [Other jobs at Lyric (3)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lyric) ## The job description from Lyric Posted by Lyric on Sep 9, 2026 ### About the Company **Why We Built Lyric:** Supply chains are more critical and complex than ever. Every day, large enterprises navigate trillions of possible decisions that could impact the bottom line. Powerful algorithms and AI can address these problems, yet most organizations struggle to leverage supply chain AI at scale. The current SCM technologies are either rigid, limited-scope point solutions or custom solutions built in-house, which demand immense expertise and investment. That is…until now. **Enter Lyric**: Lyric is an enterprise AI platform built specifically for supply chains, offering the best of both worlds: - **Out-of-the-box AI solutions** for optimizing networks, allocating inventory, scheduling routes, planning fulfillment capacity, promising orders, propagating demand, building predictions, analyzing scenarios, and more, * **plus*** - **A platform-first approach** that empowers both business and technical users with end-to-end product composability, leveraging no-code tools, their own code, or even forking our code to build and refine supply chain decision intelligence With Lyric, enterprises no longer have to choose between flexibility and speed, they get both. **The Mission:** We’re building a new era in supply chain with the team best equipped to lead it. With over 20 years at the intersection of supply chain and algorithms, we developed a deep conviction that global supply chains needed something like Lyric. Since our inception in December 2021, that conviction has been validated time and time again. Today, a growing number of Fortune 500 companies, including Smurfit WestRock, Estée Lauder, Coca-Cola, and more, are innovating on their own terms with Lyric. We can’t wait to see what our customers, both current and future, are empowered to build with us next. Come build with us! ### About The Role Lyric is hiring a Forward Deployed Solution Strategist within its Customer Success organization to drive adoption, retention, and expansion across some of our most strategic customer relationships. This is a Director-level, customer-facing role that blends deep supply chain expertise, strong technical fluency, and exceptional relationship-building to navigate customer organizations. As a Forward Deployed Solution Strategist, you are both core strategic advisor and business partner to Lyric’s enterprise customers. Lyric Studio is a platform built to “start anywhere, scale everywhere” with the vision to transform all parts of supply chain operations. We call this lighting up the supply chain decision mesh. The Forward Deployed Solution Strategist (FDSS) plays a key role in shaping how customers realize value from their partnership with Lyric and expand into new parts of the decision mesh. The ideal candidate is T-shaped, capable of engaging broadly across business and technical topics, and brings deep expertise in one of three areas: advanced modeling, operational planning, or AI and machine learning–driven prediction use cases. This role requires agility, strong executive presence, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment. ### What You'll Do - Own the strategic success of Lyric's largest enterprise accounts, serving as the primary customer lead and coordinating cross-functional teams to drive adoption, retention, and measurable value. - Lead Quarterly Success Reviews, governance sessions, and executive engagements that align customer stakeholders on account goals, business impact, and the product/platform roadmap. - Embed deeply within customer organizations to understand their operational challenges, supply chain processes, and internal capabilities — translating that knowledge into actionable solution strategies across scenario modeling and network analysis, operational planning and fulfillment, or AI/ML-powered use cases. - Partner closely with Sales on joint account planning — shaping renewal strategy, expansion pathways, and growth roadmap workshops that uncover new users, workflows, and business units to bring into Lyric's decision mesh. - Build hands-on in Lyric’s platform, Lyric Studio, and where needed, direct small teams of forward deployed engineers to turn "art of the possible" ideas into working prototypes customers can progress through the product life cycle. - Surface the voice of the customer to Product, advocating for customer needs and helping prioritize them within the roadmap. - Train and enable customer teams on Lyric's platform, building their confidence with a powerful, fast-evolving toolset — including developing customers' own Supply Chain Engineer capability for long-term self-sufficiency. - Craft compelling business cases for expansion opportunities and collaborate with Sales to convert them into account growth. ### About You - 10+ years of experience in Consulting, Supply Chain Operations, or Go-to-Market Strategy roles, with a strong track record of managing practical AI/analytics roadmaps or transformation - Adept knowledge of supply chain domains with the ability to engage in both technical and business-level discussions - Deep fluency in at least one core domain: Modeling & Analysis, Planning & Execution, or Frontier Use Cases (AI / Machine Learning) - Proven ability to drive platform adoption and measurable value through stakeholder engagement, value quantification, and quarterly success review leadership - Excellent communication skills across business and technical audiences; capable of building high-trust relationships from end users to senior executives - Skilled at identifying expansion opportunities, shaping growth narratives, and feeding structured insights back to internal cross-functional teams (including Sales, Product, and Engineering) for continuous improvement - Comfortable training and enabling customers on a dynamic, technical platform; able to instill confidence in less-technical users; and can get hands-on with the platform to prototype alongside customers - Highly adaptable, coachable, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a dynamic environment *Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications, we recommend applying to the role!* Location: Remote. Up to 30% travel expected, primarily within the US. Compensation: The annual compensation range for this position is $180,000 and $240,000 in on-target earnings. Base cash will be determined based on years of experience with a 30% variable compensation that is earned based on individual & business performance. You will also have the opportunity to receive equity in Lyric. 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