Engagement Manager — Varick Agents

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite)
Compensation: $200,000 – $320,000 base + equity
Employment Type: Full-Time

Varick Agents is an applied AI company helping billion-dollar enterprises transform operations through AI agents. Clients range from $1B to $100B revenue organizations, with engagements generating 7- and 8-figure ARR contracts. The team includes leaders from Meta, AWS Bedrock, Citadel Securities, McKinsey, and Stanford.

This is a senior client-facing leadership role owning enterprise AI engagements end to end — from initial executive meetings through deployment, expansion, and account growth. You will lead Forward Deployed Strategists and Engineers, work directly with CFOs, COOs, and CROs, and translate ambiguous business problems into measurable AI initiatives with clear ROI.

• Lead enterprise AI engagements end to end
• Manage client relationships from initial executive meetings through deployment and expansion
• Lead Forward Deployed Strategists and Engineers
• Work directly with CFOs, COOs, CROs, and executive stakeholders
• Translate ambiguous business problems into measurable AI initiatives
• Own engagement scoping, ROI definition, execution, and expansion
• Build playbooks and operational frameworks for future engagements
• Drive account growth and identify expansion opportunities

• 4–8 years of experience
• Ownership of large enterprise consulting or transformation engagements
• MBB, top consulting, top banking, PE operating, or equivalent background
• Executive presence with C-suite stakeholders
• Strong first-principles thinking
• Team leadership experience
• Founder, operator, COO, Chief of Staff, or P&L ownership mindset
• AI-native with a strong understanding of AI agents and implementation
• SF-based or willing to relocate

Ideal profiles include McKinsey Engagement Manager, Bain Case Team Leader, BCG Project Leader, COO, Chief of Staff, PE Operating Partner, Enterprise Transformation Lead, Strategy & Operations Leader, Founder, or Enterprise AI Consultant. Strong signals: Project Leader, Engagement Manager, Case Team Leader, or Principal/VP at a top investment bank or PE firm with operating experience and AI implementation background.

• Contributors rather than engagement owners
• Candidates with weak executive presence
• Framework-driven thinkers without first-principles reasoning
• Profiles with limited leadership experience or no AI fluency
• Slow communicators or surface-level business analysts

1. Initial screen
2. Executive interview
3. Case study / engagement simulation
4. Onsite
5. Offer

• Role is fully onsite in San Francisco — please only apply if you can commit to this

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by David Joseph & Co., the recruiting partner managing this search on behalf of Varick Agents.