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AI Product Strategist / Experience Strategist - New York

Photon · New York, NY, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

AI-Native Product Strategist

We are seeking an AI-native product strategist who can shape future-state digital experiences at the intersection of product strategy, customer behavior, AI systems, and storytelling. This role is responsible for transforming ambiguous business problems into intelligent, agentic, and highly personalized product concepts that redefine customer interaction models.
This is not a traditional UX strategy role. We are looking for someone who thinks in systems, behaviors, prompts, orchestration, and adaptive experiences — someone who can envision how AI fundamentally changes navigation, discovery, personalization, and decision-making.
The ideal candidate combines:
Product strategy
AI fluency
Narrative storytelling
Experience architecture
Vision prototyping
Executive communication
Key Responsibilities Strategic Product Visioning
Translate high-level business problems into AI-native product opportunities
Develop future-state experience concepts and product narratives
Reimagine customer journeys using AI, automation, and agentic systems
Identify opportunities to reduce friction, navigation complexity, and cognitive load
AI-Native Experience Strategy
Define prompt-driven and behavior-based interaction models
Shape hyper-personalized user experiences powered by contextual intelligence
Explore composable systems and conversational UX paradigms
Leverage AI tools to accelerate ideation, synthesis, and concept generation
Research & Competitive Benchmarking
Analyze market trends, behavioral patterns, and emerging AI product experiences
Benchmark best-in-class experiences across industries
Identify patterns from companies such as Airbnb, Marriott, fintech leaders, and AI-first platforms
Storytelling & Executive Communication
Create compelling strategic narratives and pitch materials
Present "current state vs future state" transformations
Build executive-ready presentations explaining:
Problem framing
Strategic rationale
Experience principles
Transformation roadmap
Cross-Functional Leadership
Partner with designers, product managers, engineers, and AI specialists
Act as the conductor/orchestrator across multidisciplinary teams
Help define pod-based ways of working for AI-enabled product development
Qualifications Required
7+ years in product strategy, UX strategy, service design, innovation, or related disciplines
Strong understanding of AI-native product experiences
Experience with generative AI tools and prompt-based workflows
Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills
Systems-thinking mindset
Strong conceptual thinking and synthesis capabilities
Preferred
Experience in financial services, fintech, travel, loyalty, or consumer platforms
Familiarity with conversational interfaces and agentic UX
Experience leading innovation or future vision initiatives
Background in design strategy or service design
What Success Looks Like
Creates compelling AI-native product visions
Helps leadership see transformational opportunities
Accelerates innovation through AI-enabled workflows
Bridges strategy, customer behavior, and experience design
Shapes the future operating model for AI-era product teams
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 40,000 Maximum Compensation: USD 142,000 Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role. Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees. This position is not available for independent contractors. No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.