AI Strategy, Lead at Valkai | CA, US | Rezi

AI Strategy, Lead at Valkai

AI Strategy, Lead

Valkai · CA, US

4 days ago

AI Strategy, Lead

Valkai · CA, US

5 days ago
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About the Role

Valkai is accelerating drug and device development timelines using AI. AI Strategists lead deployments, configure AI tools, and serve as strategic partners to clients. This Lead role involves owning a portfolio of accounts, managing a team, and driving commercial success.

Responsibilities

  • Run the pod as a business, setting strategy and account plans for a portfolio of Pharma and medical device customers.
  • Manage team staffing, account sequencing, and commitment setting, ensuring accountability for adoption, value delivery, renewals, and expansion.
  • Hire, manage, and develop a team of AI Strategists, setting and coaching to high standards for deployment and customer leadership.
  • Serve as the senior counterpart to customer sponsors and executives, shaping value propositions and leading conversations to secure enterprise-wide agreements.
  • Partner with Sales on the commercial motion.
  • Lead high-stakes deployments by framing problems, setting requirements and success criteria, and reviewing deliverables.
  • Guide customers on governance, validation, change management, and compliance for AI deployments in regulated environments.
  • Aggregate insights from the pod into requirements for Product and Engineering, representing customer needs in roadmap decisions.
  • Develop repeatable deployment playbooks, account rituals, and onboarding processes for new Strategists.

Requirements

  • Treat the pod as your business, understanding numbers, making decisions, and owning the results.
  • Demonstrate accountability for outcomes, not just recommendations.
  • Possess thoughtful problem-solving skills, breaking down unstructured challenges into concrete plans.
  • Weigh business impact against technical feasibility across a portfolio of accounts.
  • Have experience leading teams on high-stakes client work, setting high standards, providing direct feedback, and developing team members.
  • Be credible with VP and C-suite sponsors at large enterprises.
  • Be comfortable leading difficult conversations and translating AI capabilities into defensible business value.
  • Be adaptable and learn new AI capabilities quickly, remaining open to better solutions.
  • Exhibit grit and drive customer success and adoption.

Skills

  • AI Strategist
  • Deployment leadership
  • Customer relationship management
  • Executive relationship management
  • AI governance
  • AI validation
  • Change management
  • AI compliance
  • Product requirements definition
  • Roadmap planning
  • Playbook development
  • Team management
  • Client portfolio management
  • Enterprise software deployment
  • AI and LLM capabilities
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude

Location

  • Remote

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 10+ years of experience
  • Senior consulting leader (Associate Partner or Partner level)
  • Experience managing teams
  • Experience owning client relationships at the executive level

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Meaningful equity
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Paid parental leave

About the Company

  • Valkai is compressing drug and device development timelines from months to days, working inside some of the largest pharma and medical device companies in the world.

Equal Opportunity

  • Valkai is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
  • We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.