# Founding Deployment Strategist

**Company:** [Casca](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/casca)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $157k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, API Integrations, Data Mapping, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Agile Methodologies, Standups, User Stories, Fintech, AI
**Posted:** 2026-02-17

> Deploys AI loan origination platform in major banks, driving technical integrations, managing project cadence, gathering client requirements, and owning client relationships to replace legacy systems with AI-native tech. Requires 2+ years in consulting, TPM, or deployment at tech firms.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

**Ship the Product**
- Deploy Casca's AI loan origination platform inside Tier 1 banks — you're on the ground when legacy systems that took decades to build get replaced in months
- Drive technical delivery alongside Casca's engineering team: core banking integrations, API specifications, data mapping, environment setup — you're not coordinating from afar, you're in it
- Own the project cadence — leading standups, tracking progress, testing software — you're the person who knows where every workstream actually stands
- Flag slippage early, and surface risks before they compound

**Evolve the Product**
- Gather and synthesize product requirements directly from bank users — understand how they work, what they expect, and where current capabilities fall short
- Translate client needs into actionable feature requests, user stories, and prioritized input for Product and engineering
- Surface edge cases and integration friction that only emerge in live deployments — your perspective shapes what gets built next

**Be the Expert**
- Become the ground truth on your bank — their systems, data models, compliance requirements, and internal dynamics
- Build deep domain knowledge in banking and lending — understand the regulatory, legacy, and organizational landscape well enough to anticipate problems before they surface

**Own the Client Relationship**
- Earn buy-in at the working level — VPs, Directors, and team leads. Become the person the bank's working team calls when something's off — you're Casca's credibility on the ground
- Make Casca's AI make sense to the people who have to live with it delivers what

## Requirements
- 2+ years management consulting experience at a leading firm (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, etc.) technical program management, or implementation/deployment experience at a top tech company or high-growth start-up
- Comfortable running workstreams, structuring ambiguous requirements, and driving day-to-day coordination across technical and non-technical teams
- Have worked in detail-heavy, multi-stakeholder environments and were the person people came to when things got stuck
- Eager to build deep domain expertise in banking and AI
- Outstanding communication and presentation abilities

**Bonus points:**
- Background in fintech or lending industry
- Experience with AI-related projects
- Previous experience at a high-growth startup
- MBA from a top-tier program

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive Compensation: Includes salary, benefits, and potential equity in a fast-growing startup.

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