VP Strategist leading AI strategy, governance, evaluation, and complex client engagements. Shaping production-ready enterprise AI systems at Robots & Pencils.
Responsibilities
Define AI and digital strategy for major client engagements, owning the opportunity portfolio from discovery through scale roadmaps
Lead complex, multi-stakeholder strategy engagements independently and drive alignment across executive, operational, and technical audiences
Build and present board- and executive-level business cases with clear tradeoffs, value quantification, and pragmatic recommendations
Design and lead evaluation strategy to improve AI system effectiveness, accuracy, and calibration across client programs
Create reusable strategy accelerators, including playbooks, reference architectures, evaluation templates, and agent patterns
Define AI governance and responsible AI frameworks aligned with clients’ regulatory contexts, risk postures, and operational realities
Build agent workflows, conversational experiences, and AI-enabled demonstrations
Serve as a senior strategic partner to client leadership and build trusted relationships
Lead executive briefings, strategic planning workshops, and multi-stakeholder alignment forums
Communicate strategy, tradeoffs, and recommendations at the executive level
Establish strategic delivery standards and ways of working
Mentor senior and mid-level analysts and help grow their strategic thinking, client skills, and delivery impact
Contribute to business development, proposals, and growth of the strategy practice
Act as an escalation point on complex scope, prioritization, and strategic framing challenges
Requirements
7+ years of experience in management consulting, product strategy, AI strategy, or a related field
Expert-level understanding of AI concepts including LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, evaluation frameworks, responsible AI, and enterprise AI operating models
Demonstrated track record of leading AI and digital strategy engagements end-to-end across complex, multi-stakeholder organizations
Expert applied experience with AI tools for strategy, prototyping, and productivity, including Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, and Figma AI
Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks including LangChain, LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, and AWS Strands
Experience designing evaluation strategies and guiding conversations on model calibration and AI system performance
Strong executive communication and advisory skills with a track record of influencing senior leaders across business and IT
Experience creating reusable strategy assets, practice accelerators, and reference architectures
Experience contributing to business development, proposals, or practice growth
Track record of mentoring strategy practitioners and lifting team quality and craft
Ability to build agent workflows, conversational experiences, and AI-enabled demonstrations using modern tools
AI-forward mindset and familiarity with Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Figma AI, LangChain, LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, and AWS Strands
Background check may be required in accordance with local legislation
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