AI Implementation Associate
Highbeam is hiring an AI Implementation Associate in New York, United States. It pays $130k-$180k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Highbeam.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 6 other open roles at Highbeam.
AI in this role
Configure and operate financial AI agent workflows for business banking customers and partner with product teams to build new automation capabilities.
Highbeam is building the future of business banking and cash management.
Our platform combines AI agents, automated financial workflows, and integrated financial products that save brands time and money.
Customers have generated billions in sales and include well-known brands such as Cuts, Tushy, Rocco, Sabah, Still Here, Alice Mushrooms, Original Grain, birddogs, and more.
Our team includes alumni of Shopify, Square, Toast, Rippling, and McKinsey.
We’ve raised $42M in equity from Acrew, FirstMark, Mayfield, and Two Sigma Ventures.
About this roleWe're hiring a Finance AI Implementation Associate to sit at the seam between our customers and our product. You'll work directly with brands to optimize their cash across cash management, bill pay, and forecast health on our agentic platform and you'll be the primary channel feeding what you learn back into what we build. Every manual workflow you run today is a candidate for tomorrow's autonomous capability, and you'll be the one spotting which ones, specifying them, and partnering with Product and Engineering to ship them.This role is based in our NoHo, NYC office.
What you’ll do
Implement and operate customer workflows. Configure each customer's setup across cash management recommendations, AP and bill pay, and forecast health monitoring. Own the outcome, customers should see measurable cash improvements from your work
Work hands-on with the agentic platform. Prompt it, evaluate outputs, tune behavior, and build the skills and workflows it uses to serve customers. You're not just a user of the platform, you're shaping how it behaves
Partner closely with Product. Spot patterns across customers, translate them into clear asks, and work with PMs and engineers to translate manual workflows into autonomous ones
Prototype new AI-powered workflows. When a customer need doesn't fit what exists, build something. Partner with customers and internal teams to test ideas quickly and bring the winners into the product
Solve ambiguous financial problems. Break down messy customer situations, reason through them, and design workflows that scale beyond a single brand
Engage customers directly. Be a person they trust to optimize their cash and resolve issues completely
Qualifications
Experience in a customer-facing, strategy & operations or product role
Strong analytical thinking; able to break down ambiguous financial problems and reason through them clearly
Hands-on experience tinkering with AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor (personal projects, school, or work all count)
Desire to learn; able to pick up on unfamiliar concepts quickly and directly apply in day-to-day work
Understanding of core financial concepts (cash flow, P&L, AP/AR) and genuine curiosity about fintech
Comfort in Excel or Google Sheets modeling and analysis
Strong communication skills; can articulate complex concepts clearly to customers
Comfort working cross-functionally and moving fast in ambiguous, early-stage environments
BA or higher, preferably in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field
You'll thrive at Highbeam if...
You love working in-person with a high-performing team
You enjoy working in an idea-meritocratic, low-ego environment
You are proactive and self-directed, and you excel in ambiguous, fast moving environments
You care about delivering a polished customer experience
Bonus: You have experience working in fintech, AI or early-stage startups
What we offer
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Comprehensive health & benefits package
Generous PTO
$1K/year stipend to purchase our customers' products
$100/mo wellness stipend
Yearly offsite—last year we went to Mexico City!
In-office perks: Commute covered and $20/day lunch stipend
Great location: Our NYC office is in NoHo, a short walk from the A,C,E · B,D,F,M · N,Q,R,W · 1 · 6 trains. Our Toronto office is downtown near St. Andrew Station.
How we rate this
AI Implementation Associate at Highbeam rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where customer support was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where financial operations was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where workflow automation was part of your work. What did you do?
- How do you structure and test a prompt to get consistent output from a language model?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Customer Support, Financial Operations, Workflow Automation, and Prompt engineering. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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