Executive AI Strategy Leader for Enterprise Growth

F5 Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots and Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm seeking a VP, Strategist to define strategy and lead major client engagements from discovery through delivery. You will own the strategic direction, build senior relationships, and influence the growth of the strategy practice.

You will act as the senior strategy voice on cross-functional teams, mentor analysts, and shape how AI systems integrate into enterprise operations with measurable client impact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in management consulting, product strategy, AI strategy, or a related field.
• Expert-level understanding of AI concepts including LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, evaluation frameworks, responsible AI, and enterprise AI operating models.
• Demonstrated track record of leading AI and digital strategy engagements end-to-end across complex, multi-stakeholder organizations.
• Expert applied experience with AI tools for strategy, prototyping, and productivity (e.g., Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Figma AI).
• Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks as a core part of strategy and prototyping work (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, AWS Strands).
• Experience designing evaluation strategies and guiding conversations on model calibration and AI system performance.
• Strong executive communication and advisory skills with a track record of influencing senior leaders across business and IT.
• Experience creating reusable strategy assets, practice accelerators, and reference architectures.
• Experience contributing to business development, proposals, or practice growth.
• Track record of mentoring strategy practitioners and lifting team quality and craft.

Responsibilities

• Define AI and digital strategy for major client engagements, owning the opportunity portfolio from discovery through scale roadmaps.
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder strategy engagements independently, driving alignment across executive, operational, and technical audiences.
• Build and present board- and executive-level business cases with clear tradeoffs, value quantification, and pragmatic recommendations.
• Design and lead evaluation (Evals) strategy to improve AI system effectiveness, accuracy, and calibration across client programs.
• Create reusable strategy accelerators including playbooks, reference architectures, evaluation templates, and agent patterns that help clients scale consistently.
• Define AI governance and responsible AI frameworks that fit the client's regulatory context, risk posture, and operational realities.
• Make ideas real quickly by building agent workflows, conversational experiences, and AI-enabled demonstrations using modern tools.
• Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, and Figma AI — and agentic frameworks as a core part of how strategy gets built and validated (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, AWS Strands).
• Collaborate with client leadership to build long-term trusted relationships grounded in outcomes and honest counsel.
• Lead executive briefings, strategic planning workshops, and multi-stakeholder alignment forums.

Skills

Management consulting

AI strategy

Executive communication

Client leadership

Strategic planning

Mentoring

Claude

LangChain

Figma AI

AWS Strands

Tools

Claude

LangChain

LangGraph

Vercel AI SDK

Cursor

Job description

Robots and Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm seeking a VP, Strategist to define strategy and lead major client engagements from discovery through delivery. You will own the strategic direction, build senior relationships, and influence the growth of the strategy practice.

You will act as the senior strategy voice on cross-functional teams, mentor analysts, and shape how AI systems integrate into enterprise operations with measurable client impact.