Principal Product Lead - AI Value Creation

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is partnered with a leading investment firm seeking a senior AI and technology leader to drive operational and financial improvements across its portfolio. You will work with executive leadership to apply AI, automation, data, and broader technology to complex business challenges.

The role combines technology strategy, value creation, financial analysis, and executive advisory, emphasizing moving concepts into real-world implementation across diverse businesses.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience across management consulting, private equity value creation, digital transformation, technology strategy, or senior operating leadership.
• Proven ability to partner with executive stakeholders and advise on complex business, operational, and technology decisions.
• Strong commercial and financial skill set, including evaluating opportunities, quantifying impact, and developing ROI cases.
• Broad knowledge of AI, automation, data, and enterprise technology, with ability to connect to practical business applications.
• Ability to communicate across executive, operational, and technical audiences; healthcare or similarly complex industries is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Partner with portfolio company leadership to assess operations and identify tech-driven improvements.
• Develop understanding of processes, tech environments, data flows, and challenges to maximize impact.
• Build and evaluate tech initiatives considering value, complexity, readiness, investment, and speed to impact.
• Create financially grounded recommendations and ROI analyses for senior executives.
• Advise on emerging AI capabilities and collaborate with delivery teams to ensure initiatives achieve business outcomes.

Skills

Executive stakeholder mgmt

Technology strategy

AI & automation

ROI analysis

Value creation

Job description

Responsibilities

Summary

Selby Jennings is partnered with a leading investment firm looking for a senior AI and technology leader to partner with businesses across its portfolio and uncover opportunities to drive meaningful operational and financial improvement. This individual will work closely with executive leadership to evaluate how AI, automation, data, and broader technology capabilities can be applied to complex business challenges.

The role combines technology strategy, value creation, financial analysis, and executive advisory, with a strong emphasis on identifying opportunities that can move from concept into real-world implementation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with portfolio company leadership to assess existing operations and uncover areas where technology can improve efficiency, profitability, productivity, or growth.
• Develop a strong understanding of business processes, technology environments, data flows, and operational challenges to determine where transformation efforts can have the greatest impact.
• Build and evaluate potential technology initiatives by considering expected business value, implementation complexity, organizational readiness, required investment, and speed to impact.
• Create financially grounded recommendations and ROI analyses that allow senior executives to make informed decisions around technology and AI investments.
• Serve as a strategic advisor on emerging AI capabilities and collaborate with technical delivery teams to help ensure approved initiatives remain tied to their intended business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience spanning areas such as management consulting, private equity value creation, digital transformation, technology strategy, or senior operating leadership.
• Proven ability to partner directly with executive stakeholders and advise on complex business, operational, and technology decisions.
• Strong commercial and financial skill set, including experience evaluating opportunities, quantifying potential impact, and developing investment or ROI cases.
• Broad knowledge of AI, automation, data, and enterprise technology, coupled with the ability to connect new capabilities to practical business applications.
• Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar businesses and communicate effectively across executive, operational, and technical audiences; experience within healthcare or similarly complex industries is highly desirable.