Lead AI Strategist

Key Responsibilities

• Be the strategist in the room with CIOs, COOs, and leadership teams on where AI changes their business, shaping technology and operating strategy.
• Understand the customer's business deeply: learn how they make money, identify frictions, and frame high-value problems ($100M+ impact) in their language.
• Translate executive conversations into real programs, mobilize Distyl’s engineers and researchers, and own outcomes against key metrics.
• Grow relationships from initial programs into multi-unit portfolios, building Distyl’s largest accounts (tens of millions annually).
• Earn long-term trust by prioritizing customer needs, even when it costs short-term.
• Align Distyl’s delivery, product, and research teams behind commitments and provide clear leadership updates.

Requirements

• 10-15+ years of experience in management consulting, operational/transformation leadership in large enterprises, or product leadership in enterprise technology companies.
• Track record as a trusted advisor to senior executives (CIOs, COOs, peers) at large enterprises.
• Experience standing up and delivering strategic agendas with $100M+ value impact, including shaping roadmaps, scoping/discovery, establishing ROI, and securing funding.
• Fluency in technology and business strategy; able to discuss architecture, P&L, and translate between them.
• Proven ability to turn strategic relationships into large, multi-year programs and grow them.
• Command of complex enterprise dynamics (procurement, security, legal, internal agendas).
• AI-native instincts: uses frontier AI tools personally and speaks credibly on business impact.
• Judgment to deliver hard truths to customers, including advising against purchases.
• History of leading large-scale enterprise programs and transformations with significant budgets.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in telecom, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, consumer goods, or global social organizations.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $200,000 – $250,000, depending on experience, location, and level.
• Meaningful equity.
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents.
• 401(k) with additional perks (commuter benefits, in-office lunch).
• Access to state-of-the-art models and generous usage of modern AI tools.
• Ownership of high-impact projects across top enterprises.
• Mission-driven culture prizing curiosity, pragmatism, and excellence.