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The 20 New Agentic AI Jobs Box, McKinsey, And LinkedIn All See Coming

20 new job titles are already live. Forward-deployed engineers, agent supervisors, AI strategists—the workforce is reshaping faster than hiring teams can adapt.

Reporting by Forbes Innovation 1 min brief
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Why it matters

As agentic AI moves from labs to production, enterprise demand for specialized roles is accelerating. Leaders need to understand which skills matter now versus which will be commodity in 18 months.

The key facts

5 to know

  1. 20 new agentic AI job categories identified by Box, McKinsey, LinkedIn

  2. Roles include: forward deployed engineers, agent supervisors, AI strategists

  3. Focus on 2026 workforce reshaping tied to agent deployment

  4. Major enterprise validation (Box, McKinsey, LinkedIn)

  5. Signals workforce displacement and reskilling demand

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Publisher excerpt: Box, McKinsey, and LinkedIn reveal the 20 new agentic AI jobs reshaping work in 2026, from forward deployed engineers to agent supervisors, AI strategists, and beyond.
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