CognitionApplied AI Transformation Manager
Cognition is hiring an Applied AI Transformation Manager in San Francisco, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cognition.
Level's read on this job
- Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Cursor, Devin and AI agents.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 104 other open roles at Cognition.
AI in this role
We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.
We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.
Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.
Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.
About the Role
Applied AI Transformation Managers are technically oriented strategic advisors and operators who ensure value alignment to our customer's most strategic projects and drive program delivery across several strategic accounts. You’ll be responsible for identifying strategic opportunities for our customers to realize value from Cognition’s platform and ensuring strong value capture and reporting. You will support delivery of enterprise wide programs to implement agentic AI, specifically by designing and building the operating model and delivery model for agentic AI.
You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior and functional leaders, designing value realization targets and delivering transformation programs. This role embeds with a select set of Cognition’s strategic accounts for upfront strategy work through in-depth program management and delivery. You will be on the frontlines of supporting customers turning productivity gains and quantifiable financial impact. You will pioneer the playbook for how the world’s largest enterprises get value from AI Agents.
In this role, you will:
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 everyone at customer and Cog has visibility on playbook implementation, consumption metrics and value metrics
Maintain great relationships and customer trust via delivery
Oversee onboarding and rollout to thousands of engineers, ensuring successful deployment
Apply world class 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
Requirements for the role:
Computer science or EE undergrad
SWE intern or full time work experience
3-5 years at a big 3 strategy consulting firm with a strong background in value targeting and realization and technology strategy as well as a proven track record building and expanding client relationships
Ideally 2+ years experience at a startup in a customer facing role preferred
Thrive in ambiguous, fast-changing environments—you move quickly and grow quickly
Demonstrated ability to learn exceptionally fast
You might excel if you…
have successfully been a part of complex enterprise teams, especially sourcing and managing account growth
have worked as a software engineer, SE, technical account manager or other technical role
previously founded a startup or were early stage at a high growth startup
are a competitive, highly ambitious person who loves working in high-intensity environments
Our Commitment
Equal Opportunity. Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any. Cognition also considers applicants with criminal histories consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance and similar local laws.
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How we rate this
Applied AI Transformation Manager at Cognition rates 74 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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- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Walk me through how you've used Cursor in your day-to-day work.
- What are the limits of Devin that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
- If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Cursor, and Devin. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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- 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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