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We partner with industry leaders, including Snowflake, AWS, Anthropic, Glean, and dbt, to solve the complex data and AI challenges that slow large enterprises.\nWe're growing fast, and we give our people real ownership over their work. We hire top performers and trust them to deliver results.\nWhy phData?\nSnowflake Implementation Partner of the Year - 7 consecutive years, and 2026 Snowflake AI Partner of the Year\nAWS Premier Tier Services Partner - the highest tier of recognition in the AWS Partner Network\n 2025 Fivetran Partner of the Year (4th consecutive year)\n 2025 dbt Labs Partner of the Year (3x winner) with Visionary partner status\n2026 KNIME Customer Excellence Partner of the Year\n Preferred Partner in the Anthropic Claude Partner Network\n#1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications\n600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, and more)\nRecognized as an award-winning workplace in the US, India and LATAM\nphData is seeking a Forward Deployed Strategist to join our Advisory team. \nThe Forward Deployed Strategist is a business-first consultant who helps clients rapidly identify, shape, and accelerate high-value AI and data opportunities. This role sits at the intersection of consulting, product thinking, value mapping, and technology, working directly with business stakeholders to uncover high-impact use cases, frame them in clear business terms, and turn them into actionable MVPs that deliver measurable value.\nAt phData, the Forward Deployed Strategist is the primary business-facing lead on a small, nimble activation-style team. They quickly understand and internalize client challenges, build trust with executives, managers, and frontline operators, connect technical possibilities to business priorities, and help clients move from scattered ideas to real AI-enabled workflows, prototypes, and decisions with speed and clarity.\nCore Responsibilities\nClient Discovery & Opportunity Framing\nQuickly understand and internalize client challenges, constraints, stakeholder dynamics, and workflow realities.\nIdentify high-value opportunities by immersing in business operations and uncovering messy, manual, cross-functional workflows that are addressable with AI solutions.\nTranslate ambiguous business problems into crisply framed problem statements, use cases, hypotheses, and MVP scopes that can be validated quickly.\nLead workshops, interviews, working sessions, and art-of-the-possible conversations that create alignment, momentum, and a practical path forward.Bring a user-centered design mindset to the solution identification process.\nBusiness Value, Communication & Executive Storytelling\nDefine success in terms of business KPIs and quantify measurable business value to justify investment in MVPs and solutions.\nMaintain a transparent link between use cases, expected outcomes, and the client’s broader technology roadmap.\nBuild strong relationships with business executives, functional leaders, and end users by communicating clearly, listening actively, and facilitating productive decisions.Bridge the gap between business needs and technology by developing balanced technical, organizational, and process recommendations, along with compelling narratives and rigorous business cases for AI and data investments.\nAct as a translator between business and technical teams, helping stakeholders understand trade-offs, risks, dependencies, timelines, and the path from MVP to a scaled solution.\nPrototype Activation & Scale Readiness\nPrototype and iterate solutions using low/no-code and AI-assisted tools to showcase value early.\nWork hand in hand with phData technologists to bring solutions to life quickly and frame the business value in a way stakeholders can understand.Surface platform, data, workflow, and operating model gaps that must be addressed to scale successful patterns beyond MVP.\nHelp clients rethink how work gets done, not just which tools they use, by driving adoption-minded solution design and strong change communication.\nClient Leadership & Engagement Ownership\nServe as the consulting-forward, business-facing lead for the work, helping manage scope and risk while maintaining strong executive-level stakeholder relationships.\nCreate alignment around priorities, next steps, and decision points so that discovery, prototyping, and scaling efforts stay focused on measurable outcomes.\nPartner with client and phData teams to move validated ideas toward scalable delivery and broader organizational impact.\nWork alongside clients, in person as needed, to drive business outcomes.\nRequired Experience\n5+ years of experience in consulting with a passion for technology-driven process optimization.\nExceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive storytelling, workshop leadership, active listening, and business-case development.\nDemonstrated ability to build trust with business executives, functional leaders, and end users in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.\nStrong consulting presence with the ability to facilitate productive conversations, challenge assumptions constructively, and guide clients toward practical decisions.\nExperience translating ambiguous business problems into structured problem statements, use cases, hypotheses, and MVP scopes.\nAbility to connect solution ideas to measurable business value through KPIs, ROI logic, adoption metrics, cycle-time improvements, risk reduction, and time-to-value framing.\nExperience partnering with technical teams to move from business requirements to prototypes, 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management, adoption planning, or operating-model design.\nphData celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at phData. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 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