Our partner is looking for a Forward Deployed Strategist based in Canada. As a Forward Deployed Strategist, you will embed directly with enterprise customers to turn ambitious AI initiatives into measurable business outcomes. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, product, technology, and change management, helping customers identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases.

The role combines consulting, product management, project leadership, and hands‑on AI enablement in a highly dynamic environment. You will translate customer needs into clear requirements for engineering teams while maintaining alignment across technical and executive stakeholders. A major focus will be helping teams move beyond experimentation by building practical AI workflows, driving adoption, and establishing repeatable processes.

You will also identify opportunities to expand successful deployments and bring field insights back to product and deployment teams. This is a remote, high‑autonomy role suited to a structured, technically fluent strategist who enjoys solving ambiguous problems and working closely with customers. Embed with enterprise customers as a strategic partner, operating as an extension of their teams from contract signature through measurable business impact.

Act as the product manager for customer AI initiatives by identifying high-value use cases, defining success metrics, and establishing practical implementation plans. Translate customer requests into clear, prioritized requirements for engineering teams while providing the underlying business context.



Distinguish between what customers initially request and the underlying problems they need to solve.

Develop and manage project plans covering timelines, dependencies, risks, milestones, and stakeholder responsibilities. Facilitate workshops, office hours, and hands‑on sessions that help non-technical teams understand and build practical AI workflows. Develop enablement materials, curricula, guides, and playbooks tailored to different teams and levels of technical expertise.

Monitor adoption, usage, and outcomes while identifying and addressing blockers that could prevent deployments from reaching production. Identify opportunities for account expansion and additional scope based on demonstrated customer value. Capture field insights and translate them into actionable feedback for partner product teams and internal deployment methodologies.

Collaborate closely with engineering, data, product, and customer stakeholders to ensure solutions are technically feasible and aligned with business objectives. 3+ years of experience in client-facing consulting, strategy, product management, or project management, with a track record of owning projects end to end. ~ Consulting experience with a technical, data, or AI focus at an MBB, Big Four, or equivalent organization is preferred. ~ Excellent ability to explain complex AI concepts to executives,



non-technical users, and engineering teams. ~ Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience creating executive presentations, strategic documents, roadmaps, and project plans. ~ Technical fluency and experience collaborating closely with software engineering or data teams; coding is not required. ~ Ability to understand software, integrations, and data concepts well enough to ask effective technical questions and translate between business and engineering teams. ~ Solid project management skills, including the ability to manage timelines, dependencies, risks, and multiple stakeholders. ~ Ability to work effectively across different industries, technologies, customer environments, and project types. ~ Experience with account expansion or identifying additional customer opportunities is an advantage. ~ Product management experience within a software company is a plus. ~ Fully remote work opportunity from Canada. Flexible work environment designed around autonomy and distributed collaboration. Exposure to multiple industries, customers, technologies, and high‑impact AI projects.

Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge AI deployments and help organizations move from experimentation to production. Collaborative environment with experienced engineers, designers, strategists, and product professionals. Continuous learning and knowledge‑sharing opportunities.

Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision advantages. Opportunity to work directly with enterprise customers and influential AI‑focused organizations.

📌 Executive Strategist- Remote (Toronto)
🏢 Lever
📍 Toronto