AI Product Strategist, New Ventures
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Requirements
- You've led complex, ambiguous initiatives end to end. Not "contributed to" — led. You were the person accountable for the outcome, and you drove it from unclear problem to shipped result. This could have been at a startup, a consulting firm, a forward-deployed tech company, or something you built yourself.
- You build with AI, not just talk about it. You've independently built agent workflows, automations, or AI-powered tools. You're fluent in current LLM capabilities and limitations. You can evaluate whether a problem is best solved with an agent, a workflow, a fine-tuned model, or a simple prompt chain — and then build it. We'll ask you to demonstrate this in the interview.
- You're a structured thinker who operates in chaos. You can take a vague, high-stakes problem and decompose it into a sequenced plan with clear dependencies. But you also thrive when the plan changes — because it will, constantly.
- You're credible in a room of executives and operators. You'll be embedded at client sites without a Valon team around you. You need to command trust quickly, speak with authority, and manage senior stakeholders who may be skeptical, scared, or both.
- You want to build something new, not optimize something existing. This role is for people who get energy from ambiguity, not anxiety. If you need a well-defined role with clear guardrails, you'll be miserable here.
- BACKGROUNDS THAT TEND TO FIT
- We care about evidence of the traits above, not pedigree. That said, people with these backgrounds often have the right muscle memory:
- Forward-deployed engineers or deployment strategists (Palantir, Anduril, Scale AI)
- MBB consultants who chose the digital/AI practice AND build with AI outside of work
- Technical founders or early operators at B2B startups (fintech, healthcare, logistics)
- PMs at AI-native companies who've shipped customer-facing AI products (not consumer tech)
- Independent AI consultants or builders who want a platform and team behind them
- Technical program managers or Chiefs of Staff at high-growth startups who also build
- What won't work here:
- Pure strategists who don't build
- "AI-curious" but no evidence of hands-on building
- Needs clear structure and defined scope to be productive
- Uncomfortable being the only Valon person in the room
- Location: Embedded onsite at client sites (currently East Coast / Pacific Northwest). Home base flexibility, but expect significant travel.
- Comp: Competitive base + equity in a Series C company scaling rapidly. This is a senior IC / founding team member role — comp reflects that.
- Reports to: CEO/COO
- Start date: As soon as possible. Engagements are already signed.
- Throughout the interview process, please remember that emails will only be from valon.com http://valon.com email addresses. We will never ask for any personally identifiable information during the interview process itself. Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any requests to verify the authenticity of an outreach.
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- NY/SFBase Salary (Multiple levels encompassed) $130K – $250K • Offers Equity
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