Principal AI Strategist / VP

Principal AI Strategist

remote

We are seeking a Principal AI Strategist to play a lead role in our AI Innovation team. This position is for an elite professional who combines business strategy acumen, deep AI expertise, presales excellence, and solution development leadership. You will own key strategic client relationships, lead high-stakes pre-sales engagements, drive the creation of AI service offerings, and deliver executive-level AI strategy workshops and other services as required

Key Responsibilities

Executive Client Engagement and Leadership:

Act as the principal advisor on AI strategy for our most strategic customers.
Lead high-profile executive briefings, advisory sessions, and workshops with C-level client stakeholders and other services or offerings as required.
Own pre-sales and deal qualification processes for AI engagements, including solution shaping, storytelling, pricing strategies, and securing large-scale engagements.
Build trusted advisor relationships that position One North as an indispensable strategic partner.

Offering Ownership and Marketing Impact:

Architect, design, and own new AI offerings and go-to-market strategies across AI strategy, governance, and emerging technologies (e.g., LLMs, Agentic AI, Predictive Analytics).
Identify emerging AI trends and translate them into new services, solutions, and market opportunities.
Produce high-impact thought leadership (e.g., white papers, keynote presentations, published articles) to establish One North s authority in the AI space.
Act as an external evangelist, participating in select industry forums, panels, and events.

Solution Design and Delivery Leadership:

Lead the design and delivery of transformative AI strategies, roadmaps, governance frameworks, services, and POCs for Fortune 1000 clients.
Advise customers on AI platforms and ecosystems (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Anthropic, LangChain, HuggingFace, Databricks, AWS Bedrock/Sagemaker, Azure OpenAI).
Ensure AI initiatives drive measurable business outcomes, ethical use, and long-term value.

Organizational Leadership:

Mentor and guide senior strategists, architects, and consultants across TEKsystems and One North.
Align business, technical, and executive stakeholders on bold, enterprise-level AI transformation initiatives.
Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, collaboration, and responsible AI use.

Skills & Qualifications

12 or more years of experience in strategy consulting, technology advisory, or innovation leadership roles
7 or more years of hands-on AI leadership experience, including:
Designing enterprise AI strategies, governance frameworks, and AI transformation roadmaps
Leading presales, solutioning, and deal shaping for AI and emerging tech opportunities
Deep experience with LLMs, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics, and emerging AI architectures (agentic, composable)
Proven success delivering high-impact workshops and advisory sessions at the C-level
Strong business acumen combined with a technical understanding of modern AI stacks
Exceptional executive presence, communication, and storytelling skills
Track record of thought leadership, publication, and/or public speaking is highly desirable
Experience navigating regulatory, ethical, and governance aspects of AI at enterprise scale