AI Engagement Lead

AI Engagement Lead Portugal · Remote-first · Full-time Offices in Porto and Lisbon A Portugal-based technical business is hiring an AI Engagement Lead. You own client AI programmes from discovery to renewal. Not a coordinator. Accountable for the outcome, the relationship and the commercial result. You work with client leadership and one or two Forward Deployed Engineers. You turn a messy operating problem into a small set of outcomes, a delivery plan and evidence of adoption. You grow the account only where it improves the client result. They are also hiring two Forward Deployed Engineers. You own - Client outcomes, adoption and evidence of impact - The sponsor relationship and the people doing the work - Priorities and fast decisions for one or two FDEs - Scope, burn, margin, renewal and paid expansion - How AI is used in delivery, including what you verify yourself - Turning what you learn into reusable delivery patterns After six months - Accounts run without routine dependence on company leadership - Sponsors can name the outcomes, evidence and next decisions - FDEs have clear priorities and direct access to users - Scope and margin are visible before they become surprises - AI workflows are in real use, with adoption and quality measured - Renewal or paid expansion is agreed against a validated need Fit - You have owned complex client work end to end - You have led a small senior technical team through ambiguous work - You can hold a board-level conversation and a technical deep-dive on the same day - You use AI in your own work and can show where it was wrong and how you checked it - You write and speak clearly, and you take ownership when the brief is incomplete No set degree or consultancy background required. Not a fit if you coordinate without owning the outcome, agree in the room and renegotiate with the team later, or treat AI as draft-polish and adoption as someone else’s problem. Package - €47,000–€56,000 gross base - €21,000–€24,000 benefits budget, including meal allowance - €68,000–€80,000 total package - Profit share on top, about 8% of gross on average, tied to company results - Occasional client travel