Senior Strategist

The role

You will lead AI and digital strategy engagements from discovery to pilot planning. You will work as a lead analyst on cross-functional teams to map workflows and build business cases for AI solutions.

What you will do

• Lead AI and digital strategy engagements end-to-end
• Map customer journeys, operational workflows, and decision points
• Build and present business cases to quantify value and define KPIs
• Produce lightweight prototypes and agent demonstrations
• Partner with client SMEs to encode knowledge into AI-ready assets
• Define practical governance frameworks for responsible AI
• Test ideas early with real users and operational teams
• Translate between business and technical teams
• Lead high-impact client sessions including executive briefings and workshops
• Lead prioritization and scoping decisions

Required qualifications

• 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
• Ability to lead discovery and strategy end-to-end
• Experience creating executive-ready narratives and aligning senior stakeholders
• 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
• Practical understanding of moving from pilot to scale including data readiness, change management, adoption, and governance
• Familiarity with agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, AWS Strands)

Nice to have

• Experience in a consulting or client-facing environment

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)

Before you apply

• Offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check

About the company

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. They design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations.