Deployment Lead

DRYFT

Ideas only change the world when you build them at scale. That’s what Dryft is here for.

Dryft builds models that automate complex human decisions in manufacturing operations. We capture the knowledge of experienced operators across supply chain, production planning, engineering and more, simulate the consequences of their decisions, and use this understanding to help run their business. Our customers include some of the largest robotics, machine and component manufacturers in the world.

We’re a small, talent-dense team with modest roots and a love for the physical world: cars, machines, planes. Our team includes graduates from Stanford, Berkeley, CDTM and TUM, winners of Stanford TreeHacks, recipients of Fulbright & Haniel scholarships, and people who have built everything from robots and race cars to software with millions of downloads.

What matters more to us than credentials is how people work: humility, hard work, speed, kindness, deep customer care, and a willingness to take on problems others avoid. Working at Dryft is hard. You get unusual ownership early on, with real responsibility. But that’s also what makes it one of the biggest learning experiences of your life.

We’re backed by founders and operators behind some of the most legendary tech companies of our time, Tier-1 U.S. venture firms, and board members of global industrial companies.

ERPs ran the physical world for half a century. Dryft is building the intelligence layer that will power the next.

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THE ROLE

This is the most entrepreneurial and founder-like role we have at Dryft. As a Deployment Lead, you'll face questions you've never heard before, processes you've never seen, and customers who expected answers yesterday. One day you're with C-level executives, the next with shop-floor users trying AI for the first time, and in between you're building prototypes. Your goal is to find the solution that creates the most value, get it running, and make Dryft indispensable.

• Lead deployments end-to-end – carry our customers from the first executive workshop to production use across their plants, with C-level execs, operators and IT

• Shape the product – work daily with users, turn messy workflows into features, and collaborate closely with engineering to push the roadmap forward

• Build for scale – turn deployments into repeatable playbooks and product features, build and lead the deployment team, and grow into roles like CPO or COO

This isn't a role where you sit back and follow a process. You'll be in the trenches, under pressure, solving problems most people wouldn't touch. You sit at the intersection of product, commercial and project management, and what you bring back shapes where Dryft goes next.

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YOU

• Fast-paced experience – 5+ years in a top-tier role (e.g., consulting), as a founder, or as an early employee in a high-growth startup

• Technically curious – you're not afraid of technical depth and can explain complex topics simply; ideally you have a technical background

• Industrial background – experience in manufacturing, industrial software, procurement, supply chain or another industrial domain is a plus

• Founder DNA – you have high agency, drive and a serious work ethic; you thrive in ambiguity and anticipate next priorities instead of waiting for direction

• Builder mindset – you solve problems; you listen deeply, ask sharp questions, and translate messy realities into scalable systems and products that actually work

• Confident communicator – you can calm an impatient exec, win over a skeptical IT leader, and still crack a joke in the middle of it

• Down-to-earth & relatable – you bond with shop-floor operators as easily as with boardroom execs, and you'll put on the safety shoes without being asked

• Language – you speak native-level German and fluent English

• Relocation – you're ready to work onsite in Munich, with around 30% travel