Enterprise AI Strategy Principal

504 CGCG-US CG Companies Global-US; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 208,000 - 390,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Retirement plan with company match

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

Capital Group is seeking an Enterprise AI Strategy Principal to lead forward‑deployed AI strategy across lines of business, shaping AI maturity and identifying high‑value opportunities.

You will partner with product, data, and technology teams to translate priorities into roadmaps, governance, and measurable outcomes, while ensuring executive understanding.

The role offers a competitive base salary in Southern California, with annual bonuses, a generous retirement plan, and flexible work options.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or internal strategy with senior leaders.
• Experience in financial services is strongly preferred.
• Understanding of generative and agentic AI and collaboration with product, data, and technology partners.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a forward‑deployed AI strategist and partner with lines of business to assess AI maturity and opportunities.
• Develop and prioritize AI strategies and roadmaps with business leaders.
• Build business cases, scenarios, and governance for AI initiatives.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable roadmaps with product and engineering teams.

Skills

Executive communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Financial modeling

Stakeholder influence

Job description

“I can be myself at work.” You are more than a job title. We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace. We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.

“I can influence my income.” You want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.

“I can lead a full life.” You bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you’re raising a family, you’re passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we’ll give you the resources that can set you up for success. Enjoy generous time‑away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love Access on‑demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones

“I can succeed as the Enterprise AI Strategy Principal at Capital Group.”

Key responsibilities

Serve as a forward‑deployed AI strategist. Partner deeply with individual lines of business to assess their AI maturity, clarify their highest‑value opportunities, and develop strategies tailored to their business priorities. Partner with line of business leaders to build AI strategies and prioritize opportunities. Assess where AI can create enduring value across investing, distribution and operations. Size the upside, both revenue and opportunity to create capacity, and build business cases and roadmaps that leaders can approve and fund. Track the market and competitors. Engage with industry leaders to keep a pulse on how asset managers, wealth managers, technology platform providers and frontier model providers are moving. Partner with leadership to surface early signals and implications for competitive strategy. Bring outside ideas into the firm’s strategic discussions and decision‑making on the application of AI. Shape the firm’s point of view on the strategic implications of AI. Run scenario work on how AI may change the business over the next 3‑5 years (e.g., how investors get advice, who influences investment decisions, implications for our sales and go‑to‑market strategy, product design, investment processes). Connect strategy to execution. Partner closely with product, engineering, data, business and enterprise AI team to translate strategic priorities into actionable priorities and establish measures of success. Product and business teams will own implementation, while you help preserve strategic intent across our portfolio and partner with Finance to ensure we realize business value. Build responsible AI into the strategy. Work with our AI Accelerator Platform Leadership Team including Line of Business Leaders, Risk, Information Security, Legal, Data and Technology so the recommendations reflect governance, regulation, data readiness and client trust from the start. Communicate clearly for leaders. Produce short, insightful communications for key leadership groups and forums to inform robust strategic decision‑making. Explain complex AI topics in plain business terms.

Experience

Significant experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or internal strategy, with demonstrated progression and experience advising senior leaders. Experience framing complex strategic questions, developing business cases, and advising senior leaders is essential. Experience in financial services is strongly preferred.

AI knowledge

You understand the business implications of generative and agentic AI and can engage credibly with product, data, and technology partners. Deep technical expertise is not required, but intellectual curiosity and a demonstrated commitment to building AI fluency are essential.

Skills

comfortable working through ambiguity, building scenarios and financial models, and influencing senior leaders without direct authority through clear, concise executive communication.

Mindset

curious, open‑minded and collaborative, and willing to follow ideas that challenge current plans.

I can learn more about Capital Group.

At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal is to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day.

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Southern California Base Salary Range: $208,245-$354,017

San Francisco Base Salary Range: $229,624-$390,361

New York Base Salary Range: $220,768-$375,306

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings. You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

Temporary positions in the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Capital Group is one of the largest and most trusted financial companies in the world, with the goal of improving people’s lives through successful investing. Our shared values of integrity, client focus, long‑term view, diverse perspectives and community inspire our associates every day. A career at Capital Group means having countless opportunities to explore, grow and succeed.

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