Forward Deployed Strategist

2 days, 11 hours ago
Full-time
Senior
Product Management
phData

phData

phData specializes in providing comprehensive data engineering, data strategy, and machine learning services, offering end-to-end managed data solutions that facilitate data migrations, integrations, and the development of modern data products and appl...

IT Services
251-1K

Description

  • Discover client challenges, stakeholder needs, workflow realities, and high-value AI opportunities.
  • Translate ambiguous business problems into structured problem statements, use cases, hypotheses, and MVP scopes.
  • Lead workshops, interviews, working sessions, and art-of-the-possible discussions.
  • Define business KPIs, quantify value, and connect use cases to technology roadmaps.
  • Build relationships with executives, functional leaders, and end users while facilitating decisions.
  • Translate between business and technical teams by communicating trade-offs, risks, dependencies, and delivery paths.
  • Prototype and iterate solutions using AI-assisted, low-code, and no-code tools.
  • Partner with technologists to deliver prototypes and identify gaps affecting scalability.
  • Drive adoption-minded solution design, change communication, and operating-model improvements.
  • Own client engagement leadership, including scope, risk, priorities, decision points, and progression toward scalable delivery.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of consulting experience with a focus on technology-driven process optimization.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, analytics, engineering, information systems, design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication, including executive storytelling, workshop facilitation, active listening, and business-case development.
  • Ability to build trust with executives, functional leaders, and end users in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Experience framing ambiguous business problems into use cases, hypotheses, and MVP scopes.
  • Ability to connect solutions to measurable value through KPIs, ROI, adoption metrics, cycle-time improvements, risk reduction, and time-to-value.
  • Experience partnering with technical teams to develop prototypes, pilots, and scalable solutions.
  • Hands-on comfort with AI copilots, analytics tools, workflow tools, and low/no-code platforms.
  • User-centered mindset with empathy for operational workflows, exceptions, workarounds, and organizational friction.
  • High ownership, sound judgment, and ability to make progress without complete requirements.
  • MBA preferred.
  • Experience with modern data and AI platforms, self-service analytics, workflow automation, change management, adoption planning, or operating-model design preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work environment with employees across the United States, Latin America, and India.
  • Opportunities to work with leading data and AI partners, including Snowflake, AWS, Anthropic, Glean, and dbt.
  • Work alongside an award-winning, highly certified data and AI consultancy.
  • In-person client collaboration as needed.
  • Inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunity commitment.

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