AI & Data Strategy Architect - Remote

phData; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

phData is seeking a Forward Deployed Strategist to join our Advisory team. The role sits at the intersection of consulting, product thinking, value mapping, and technology, delivering MVPs that turn high-value AI and data opportunities into measurable outcomes.

You'll work directly with business stakeholders to uncover use cases, frame them in clear business terms, and partner with phData technologists to move ideas toward scalable delivery with speed and clarity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in consulting with a passion for technology-driven process optimization.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive storytelling, workshop leadership, active listening, and business-case development.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust with business executives, functional leaders, and end users in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Strong consulting presence with the ability to facilitate productive conversations, challenge assumptions constructively, and guide clients toward practical decisions.
• Experience translating ambiguous business problems into structured problem statements, use cases, hypotheses, and MVP scopes.
• Ability to connect solution ideas to measurable business value through KPIs, ROI logic, adoption metrics, cycle-time improvements, risk reduction, and time-to-value framing.
• Experience partnering with technical teams to move from business requirements to prototypes, pilots, and scalable solutions.
• Comfort working hands-on with AI copilots, analytics tools, workflow tools, and low/no-code platforms to accelerate discovery, prototyping, and validation.
• Deep empathy for users and a willingness to immerse in how work really gets done, including exceptions, workarounds, and organizational friction.
• High ownership, sound judgment, and comfort making progress without perfect requirements.

Responsibilities

• Understand client challenges and stakeholder dynamics to identify high-value AI and data opportunities.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into crisply framed problem statements, use cases, hypotheses, and MVP scopes.
• Lead workshops, interviews, working sessions, and art-of-the-possible conversations that create alignment, momentum, and a practical path forward.
• Define success in terms of business KPIs and quantify measurable business value to justify MVP investments.
• Translate business needs to technical teams and develop actionable recommendations.
• Prototype and iterate solutions using low/no-code and AI-assisted tools to showcase value early.
• Partner with phData technologists to scale solutions and drive adoption.

Skills

Consulting

Executive storytelling

Workshop leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem framing

AI/data strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AI copilots

Analytics tools

Workflow tools

Low/no-code platforms

Job description

phData is seeking a Forward Deployed Strategist to join our Advisory team. The role sits at the intersection of consulting, product thinking, value mapping, and technology, delivering MVPs that turn high-value AI and data opportunities into measurable outcomes.

You'll work directly with business stakeholders to uncover use cases, frame them in clear business terms, and partner with phData technologists to move ideas toward scalable delivery with speed and clarity.