Lead AI Strategist

The role

You will partner with CIOs and COOs at large enterprises to develop technology and business strategies that reshape how they operate using AI. You will translate executive conversations into programs by mobilizing engineers and researchers to solve high-value business problems.

What you will do

• Sit with CIOs, COOs, and their teams to shape technology and operating strategy
• Learn customer business models and identify high-value problems
• Translate executive conversations into real programs
• Mobilize Distyl's forward-deployed engineers and researchers
• Expand initial programs into portfolios across business units and budgets
• Align Distyl's delivery, product, and research teams behind commitments
• Provide leadership with clear explanations and plans

Required qualifications

• Track record as a trusted advisor to senior executives at large enterprises
• 10-15+ years of experience in management consulting, an operational/ transformation leadership role within large enterprises, or product leadership role within enterprise technology companies
• Experience in standing up and delivering strategic agendas ($100M+ value impact) with cross-functional executive team
• Fluency in both technology and business strategy
• Experience turning strategic relationships into large, multi-year programs
• Command of complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise dynamics
• AI-native instincts: use frontier AI tools and speak credibly about what they change for a business
• History of leading large-scale enterprise programs with significant budgets ($XXM+)

Benefits

• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible time off
• Retirement and financial planning benefits, including access to pre-tax HSA, FSA, and commuter accounts, 401(k), and financial coaching resources
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including physical fitness, mental well-being, and fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot
• Complimentary in-office lunches and snacks provided
• Access to state-of-the-art AI models, generous usage of modern AI tools, and real-world business problems
• Ownership of high-impact projects across top enterprises
• A mission-driven, fast-moving culture that values curiosity, pragmatism, and excellence

About the company

Distyl is an applied AI technology company partnering with the world’s most ambitious institutions to rearchitect critical operations for the frontier of AI. Their work spans research into self-constructing systems and products that transform mission-critical workflows.