Head of AI

The role

The Head of AI will build an AI-native operating system to create a durable advantage for the firm. This person will set strategy, own the product roadmap, and lead the development of shared data layers and AI products.

What you will do

• Set vision and strategy with firm leadership.
• Own the roadmap and results for the AI product surface.
• Build the platform foundations and shared context data layer.
• Stay fluent in LLMs, agents, context/retrieval layers, and evals.
• Turn workflows into products through prototyping and shipping.
• Enable others to build agents on top of shared foundations.
• Drive cross-functional cohesion across investing, portfolio impact, and operations.
• Direct the day-to-day work of engineers, analysts, and other contributors.
• Communicate strategy, roadmap, and technical choices to technical and non-technical audiences.

Required qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience building meaningful technical products or systems.
• Deep, current, hands-on fluency with LLMs, agents, context/retrieval layers, evals, and the model landscape.
• Track record of turning ambiguous, zero-to-one opportunities into adopted products that create measurable value.
• Strong product judgment combined with technical depth.
• Entrepreneurial mindset to create momentum with incomplete information.
• Experience navigating complex organizations and building alignment with senior stakeholders.
• Crisp written and verbal communication skills.

About the company

Primary is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to delivering support to the founders of transformational businesses.