AI Strategist Lead at Distyl AI

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
AI, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • Enterprise-Scale Delivery Experience: A track record of successfully leading large, complex high-budget customer engagements or transformation programs ($10M+) ideally involving AI
  • People Leadership: Track record of leading cross-functional teams and mentoring others. You foster clarity, motivation, and accountability at scale
  • Enterprise Scale Delivery: Demonstrated experience delivering mission-critical solutions for organizations with significant scale, complexity, and regulatory considerations
  • Executive Communication: Comfortable presenting to C-level stakeholders and translating between technical and non-technical audiences
  • Strategic Leadership: Ability to frame high-level business challenges, guide strategic decision-making, and influence senior executives
  • Customer-Centric Mindset: Deep empathy for users and the ability to identify solutions that create tangible, lasting business impact
  • Technical Acumen: Proficiency in programming or data analysis tools (e.g., Python, R, SQL) and a solid understanding of AI/ML concepts
  • Passion for AI: You believe in AI’s transformative potential and want to help shape how it’s applied responsibly and effectively in the enterprise
  • Bias for Action: You’re comfortable with ambiguity, eager to take ownership, and capable of turning vision into structured execution
  • Travel: Flexibility to travel 25–75% depending on engagement needs

Responsibilities

  • Executive Engagement: Build trust with senior stakeholders, including C-suite and VP-level sponsors. Align on business priorities and act as a strategic thought partner
  • End-to-End Ownership: Lead customer engagements from initial scoping to sustained value delivery. Define success, design the roadmap, and measurable outcomes
  • AI Strategy & Value Discovery: Identify the most valuable problems to solve and aligning solutions to ROI
  • Team Leadership: Jointly lead teams of 10+ engineers, researchers, AI Strategists and program managers. Set clear goals, foster a high-performing team culture, and manage cross-functional execution
  • Enterprise-Grade Delivery: Ensure technical solutions meet performance, compliance, and scalability standards. Navigate complex enterprise environments and drive cross-functional dependencies to deliver deeply integrated solutions
  • Change Management & Adoption: Drive onboarding, user adoption, and change management to ensure systems are embedded into daily workflows
  • Platform Influence: Represent the customer’s voice to the Platform team. Surface insights and themes that inform platform development

Skills

AI Strategy
Executive Engagement
Team Leadership
Change Management
ROI Analysis
Enterprise Delivery
Cross-functional Execution
Value Discovery
Program Management
Strategic Planning

Distyl AI

Provides customized AI solutions for enterprises

About Distyl AI

Distyl.ai provides artificial intelligence solutions tailored for enterprises, focusing on enhancing productivity and streamlining operations. Their products utilize generative AI and large language models, which can be customized to fit a client's specific data, workflows, and systems. This customization allows for smooth integration with existing technologies. Distyl.ai serves a wide range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies in sectors like Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, Healthcare, Finance, and Manufacturing, as well as federal agencies. The company’s experienced team, which includes professionals from major tech firms and top AI research institutions, enables them to create scalable solutions that meet high standards. Distyl.ai aims to unlock value for clients quickly, typically within a quarter, by providing tailored AI applications that address unique business needs.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2022Year Founded
$26.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_ACompany Stage
Government & Public Sector, Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
11-50Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Company Equity
Hybrid Work Options
Professional Development Budget

Risks

Rapid AI advancements by competitors could outpace Distyl AI's integration capabilities.
Reliance on OpenAI partnerships poses risks if partnerships are disrupted.
Complex AI integration may lead to client dissatisfaction if not managed well.

Differentiation

Distyl AI customizes AI solutions to specific client data and workflows.
The company integrates generative AI to enhance human productivity in enterprises.
Distyl AI's team includes experts from Palantir, Apple, and Microsoft.

Upsides

Recent $20M funding boosts growth and demand from Fortune 100 customers.
Strategic partnership with OpenAI enhances AI capabilities for enterprise clients.
Growing interest in AI customization drives market confidence and investment.

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