Forward Deployed Strategist

Accountabilities:

• • Lead client discovery through interviews, workshops, working sessions, and art-of-the-possible discussions to understand business challenges, operational constraints, stakeholder dynamics, and workflow realities.
  • Identify and prioritize high-value AI and data opportunities by examining manual, complex, cross-functional, and inefficient business processes.
  • Translate ambiguous business problems into structured problem statements, use cases, hypotheses, MVP scopes, and practical paths toward validation.
  • Define measurable success criteria using KPIs, ROI logic, adoption metrics, cycle-time improvements, risk reduction, and time-to-value considerations.
  • Build trusted relationships with executives, functional leaders, managers, and end users while facilitating alignment and productive decision-making.
  • Develop compelling executive narratives, recommendations, and business cases that connect technology opportunities to broader business priorities and technology roadmaps.
  • Bridge business and technical teams by clarifying requirements, trade-offs, risks, dependencies, timelines, and the path from MVP to scalable implementation.
  • Use AI-assisted, low-code, no-code, analytics, and workflow tools to prototype and iterate solutions rapidly.
  • Collaborate closely with technical specialists to bring validated ideas to life and ensure business value is clearly communicated to stakeholders.
  • Identify data, platform, workflow, organizational, and operating-model gaps that could prevent successful solutions from scaling.
  • Drive adoption-minded solution design and help clients rethink processes and ways of working, not simply implement new tools.
  • Serve as the business-facing lead for engagements, helping manage scope, risks, priorities, milestones, and stakeholder expectations.
  • Maintain alignment around decisions and next steps while moving discovery, prototyping, and scaling initiatives toward measurable outcomes.
  • Partner with client and internal teams to transition validated concepts toward scalable delivery and broader organizational impact, including working onsite with clients when needed.

  Requirements:

  • 5+ years of consulting experience, ideally with a focus on technology-enabled transformation, business optimization, or process improvement.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive storytelling, workshop facilitation, active listening, and business-case development.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish credibility and trust with executives, functional leaders, and end users in ambiguous and fast-moving environments.
  • Strong consulting presence, with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively, facilitate productive discussions, and guide stakeholders toward practical decisions.
  • Proven ability to turn ambiguous business challenges into structured problem statements, use cases, hypotheses, and MVP definitions.
  • Strong understanding of how to connect technology opportunities to measurable business value through KPIs, ROI, adoption, efficiency, risk, and time-to-value metrics.
  • Experience collaborating with technical teams to progress from business requirements to prototypes, pilots, and scalable solutions.
  • Hands-on familiarity with AI copilots, analytics platforms, workflow technologies, and low-code/no-code tools for discovery, experimentation, and validation.
  • Strong user empathy and willingness to immerse yourself in operational realities, including exceptions, workarounds, and organizational friction.
  • High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to make meaningful progress despite incomplete requirements or ambiguity.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, analytics, engineering, information systems, design, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • An MBA or equivalent graduate business degree is preferred.
  • Exposure to modern data and AI platforms, self-service analytics, workflow automation, or low-code/no-code technologies is a plus.
  • Experience developing business cases for technology investments and influencing executive stakeholders is desirable.
  • Experience working with engineers, solution architects, or delivery teams in consulting or client-service environments is preferred.
  • Familiarity with change management, adoption planning, or operating-model design is an advantage.

  Benefits:

  • Remote-first work environment with flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States.
  • High degree of ownership and autonomy within an agile, collaborative consulting environment.
  • Opportunity to work directly with senior business stakeholders on complex data and AI transformation initiatives.
  • Hands-on exposure to emerging AI, analytics, workflow, and low-code/no-code technologies.
  • Opportunity to influence how organizations adopt AI and translate emerging technology into measurable business outcomes.
  • Collaborative environment focused on learning, innovation, and meaningful client impact.
  • Career development opportunities within a rapidly growing data and AI consulting organization.
  • Inclusive workplace committed to diversit