Senior Strategist leading end-to-end AI and digital strategy engagements at Robots & Pencils, an applied AI engineering firm. Shaping roadmaps, prototypes, governance, and executive decisions.
Responsibilities
Lead AI and digital strategy engagements end-to-end, from opportunity discovery and problem framing through prioritization, roadmap creation, and pilot planning
Map customer journeys, operational workflows, and decision points to identify opportunities for automation, AI, and digital solutions
Build and present business cases that quantify value, define KPIs, and align executive and operational stakeholders
Produce lightweight prototypes, agent demonstrations, and proof-of-concept experiences
Partner with client SMEs to encode institutional knowledge into AI-ready assets, including prompt libraries, evaluation examples, and retrieval corpora
Define governance frameworks covering responsible AI principles, privacy, human-in-the-loop controls, and escalation paths
Test ideas early with real users and operational teams, iterating based on evidence
Translate between business and technical teams across design, data, engineering, and change management
Use AI tools such as Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, and Figma AI, plus agentic frameworks where relevant
Lead executive briefings, ideation workshops, and process redesign sprints
Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and communicate findings, tradeoffs, and recommendations
Lead prioritization and scoping decisions by balancing value, feasibility, risk, and timelines
Mentor junior analysts and support their development
Requirements
5+ years of experience in business analysis, management consulting, product strategy, or a related role
Deep understanding of AI concepts including LLMs, RAG, copilots, agents, evaluation frameworks, and responsible AI principles
Experience prototyping and launching AI products and workflows in production with Microsoft Azure Foundry and Azure Foundry Agent Service as the core cloud platform
Demonstrated ability to lead discovery and strategy end-to-end including stakeholder interviews, journey mapping, opportunity sizing, prioritization, and roadmap creation
Experience creating executive-ready narratives and aligning senior stakeholders across business and IT
Strong applied experience with AI tools for strategy, prototyping, and productivity
Hands-on experience with prompt engineering, agent workflows, and lightweight AI prototyping
Experience independently facilitating workshops and working sessions that move groups to clarity quickly
Practical understanding of moving from pilot to scale, including data readiness, change management, adoption, and governance
Familiarity with agentic frameworks
Experience in a consulting or client-facing environment is a plus
Benefits
No specific benefits, perks, or compensation extras are stated in the posting
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