Workplace
On-site
Employment
Full-Time
Published
Nov 21, 2025
Closes
No date supplied
The role
ABOUT HANDSHAKE Handshake is the career network for the AI economy — powering career discovery, hiring, and upskilling for 25 million job seekers, 1,600 educational institutions, and 1 million+ employers, from first internships to full-time careers to the frontier of AI training. In 2025, we launched Handshake AI on that same network and trust, and grew it into the fastest-growing AI data business in history — from $0 to a ~$1B run rate, now paying ~$60M a month to over 30,000 experts. Frontier AI labs work directly with us on their hardest, highest-scale data problems, because our decade of relationships with the world's most qualified students and experts is a moat no one else has. Why join now: - Shape how career and AI intersect at global scale, with impact you can see and feel - Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 companies, and top institutions - Work alongside operators from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and top YC companies - Build a massive, fast-growing business inside a company already serving millions THE ROLE As an Engagement Manager on Handshake AI's Engagement Management team, you own the day-to-day relationship for a large frontier AI lab, working under the close guidance of the VP, Engagement Management and partnering with Strategic Project Leads as you build toward full account ownership. You're a reliable, responsive point of contact for your accounts, translating client needs into clear requirements and flagging risks early — developing the judgment and executive presence to grow into ownership of strategic accounts over time. - Own the day-to-day relationship for a portfolio of frontier AI lab accounts, serving as a dependable, responsive point of contact for client needs. - Translate client requests and feedback into clear requirements, partnering with Strategic Project Leads & Operations to keep delivery on track. - Flag risks and tradeoffs early, escalating to the VP of Engagement Management when a client ask calls for a st
Requirements
Department: HAI Delivery Ops; Team: Delivery Operations