Operations Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
C3 AI · Redwood City, California, United States
Posted 14 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days C3 AI's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of C3 AI's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at C3 AI
- high 55 stale, 0 reposted of 72 open
- Hiring momentum
- 94 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from C3 AI's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for C3 AI.
About this role
The Operations Manager for Forward Deployed Engineering at C3 AI will oversee the operational aspects of the professional services organization, focusing on staffing, forecasting, and delivery management. This hybrid role involves both operational management and hands-on technical work, including building and maintaining AI agents and internal applications to streamline delivery processes. The position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure effective resource allocation and operational efficiency.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of C3 AI as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years in an operations, business operations, or technical program management role within a professional services, consulting, or forward-deployed engineering organization
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related field of study
- Demonstrated ability to write production-quality code (Python and/or JavaScript)
- Direct experience building or configuring AI agents or LLM-based tools
- Fluency with core ops mechanics: staffing models, utilization tracking, forecasting, and margin analysis
- Experience owning a dashboard, reporting tool, or internal application from build through maintenance
Nice to have
- Experience in a forward-deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or implementation consulting environment
- Familiarity with services-industry benchmarking
- Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, low-code tooling, or workflow automation platforms
- Background in change management or org design work
What you get
- excellent benefits
- competitive compensation package
- generous equity plan
Worth weighing
- no salary listed beyond the California base pay range
- hybrid role may require balancing operational and technical responsibilities
- internal-facing role may limit client interaction experience
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Listed by C3 AI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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