AI Strategist

Profound • New York City, NY

2d • $140,000 - $190,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Profound is an NYC-based AI startup helping brands measure and improve their visibility in AI platforms such as ChatGPT. We partner with some of the biggest brands and marketing agencies, including companies like MongoDB, Indeed, Mercury, DocuSign, Zapier, Ramp, Rho, Golin, Workable, Mejuri, Eight Sleep, G2, US Bank, Chime, and Clay. We recently raised a $35 million Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital , with continued backing from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Saga VC, and South Park Commons, as well as angel investors including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel) and Andrew Karam (Applovin). Learn more at tryprofound.com . This is ground floor of a category-defining company. Your frameworks will shape how an entire industry thinks about AI presence. Your insights will directly influence product direction. Your research will become required reading. This is an on-site role in our Union Square office — working in-person with a team that moves fast and thinks deeply.

Requirements

• 8+ years shaping search strategy, content architecture, or growth systems at scale
• Deep fluency in how search has evolved—from PageRank to RAG
• Track record of being early and right about industry shifts
• Natural ability to see patterns in chaos and structure in noise
• Experience translating technical concepts into strategic advantage
• Comfort operating at the intersection of product, engineering, and customer success

Responsibilities

• Partner with Fortune 500 brands as their strategic guide through the AI discovery landscape
• Lead original research on LLM behavior, prompt patterns, and visibility mechanics
• Develop vertical-specific playbooks that become industry standard
• Transform customer edge cases into product features that matter
• Conduct deep competitive intelligence and gap analysis across AI search platforms
• Build frameworks for measuring what's never been measured before
• Bridge technical complexity and strategic clarity in every client interaction

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed