Full-Time

Applied AI Transformation Manager

Updated on 8/1/2026

Cognition

Cognition

501-1,000 employees

AI-powered code writing and testing

No salary listed

London, UK

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Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
LLM

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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
  • Software engineering internship or full-time work experience.
  • Three to five years of experience at a Big Three strategy consulting firm, with a strong background in value targeting and realization and technology strategy, as well as a proven track record of building and expanding client relationships.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-changing environments and move quickly.
  • Ability to learn exceptionally quickly.
Responsibilities
  • Work with customer leadership to identify, quantify, and report value targets for productivity gains and financial impact.
  • Ensure seamless operations and delivery for the overall customer program in close partnership with the Cognition account team.
  • Ensure customer and Cognition stakeholders have visibility into playbook implementation, consumption metrics, and value metrics.
  • Maintain strong customer relationships and trust through delivery.
  • Oversee onboarding and rollout to thousands of engineers, ensuring successful deployment.
  • Apply analytical and technical program management skills to support customer executives and teams, particularly with value realization and tracking.
  • Build centers of excellence within accounts and empower them through tailored enablement programs.
Desired Qualifications
  • At least 2 years of experience at a startup in a customer-facing role.
  • Experience as part of complex enterprise teams, especially sourcing and managing account growth.
  • Experience as a software engineer, sales engineer, technical account manager, or another technical role.
  • Experience founding a startup or working at an early-stage, high-growth startup.

Cognition automates software engineering tasks with Devin.ai’s autonomous AI platform that can write, run, and test code. It integrates with Slack, GitHub, and browsers to manage tasks and track progress within existing workflows. The service is subscription-based, enabling engineering teams to scale output without hiring more staff, reducing costs while speeding delivery. Its end-to-end automation includes creating pull requests and code reviews, focusing on workflow optimization within familiar tools.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$1.7B

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Enterprise demand supports autonomous engineering tools that deliver measurable productivity gains.[1][5][15]
  • TierZero expands Cognition into production remediation and observability-driven operations.[1]
  • Large customers already use Devin, supporting broader deployment across engineering organizations.[7][15]

What critics are saying

  • OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can bundle coding agents into existing enterprise contracts.
  • Autonomous agents still fail on complex repositories and long-horizon debugging tasks.[3]
  • Security, data-residency, and IP concerns slow procurement for sensitive codebases.[1][3]

What makes Cognition unique

  • Devin plans, writes, tests, and ships production code in customer codebases.[1][3]
  • Cognition pairs autonomous coding with sandboxed developer tools and workflow integrations.[1][3]
  • Cognition is expanding beyond Devin through orchestration tools and production-system agents.[3]

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-11%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

-5%
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