Corporate Strategist, Platform and Product Strategy

Avathon•Pleasanton, CA

10h•$150,000 - $190,000

About The Position

Avathon is the leading Industrial AI autonomy platform, helping customers across heavy industries accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations. Our platform is built on a Computational Knowledge Graph foundation that contextualizes and connects operational data across siloed systems, bringing together time series, structured, unstructured, and machine vision data to power AI-driven applications. We are looking for an exceptional Corporate Strategist, Platform & Product Strategy to work at the intersection of corporate strategy, Physical AI, product, technology, and markets. You will work directly with Avathon’s executive leadership and partner closely with Product, AI Research, Product Engineering, Forward Engineering, and industry teams to help shape the strategic direction of Avathon’s platform and product portfolio. This is an opportunity to directly influence what Avathon builds, where we invest, and how we translate frontier AI capabilities into differentiated products for the physical economy.

Requirements

MBA required from a leading global university, with a strong record of academic and professional achievement
Approximately 3–5 years of pre-MBA experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, product strategy or technology strategy
Strong interest in AI, enterprise technology, product strategy, industrial technology, and the transformation of the physical economy
Demonstrated ability to evaluate markets, technologies, products, and business models and translate complex analysis into clear strategic recommendations
Ability to take an ambiguous question whether around a new AI capability, product category, industry opportunity, or strategic investment and develop a rigorous point of view and actionable path forward
Strong understanding of how technology platforms become products, including the relationship between core platform capabilities, applications, customer requirements, and market opportunities
Strong analytical capabilities, including market sizing, competitive analysis, business-case development, strategic modeling, and product/portfolio analysis
Intellectual curiosity and sufficient technical fluency to engage effectively with Product, Engineering, AI Research, and Forward Engineering teams on emerging AI technologies and their commercial potential
Exceptional written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technology and market questions into clear decisions and narratives
Comfortable working directly with executives and operating across functions in a high-growth environment where strategy, technology, and product direction are evolving rapidly.

Responsibilities

Help define the long-term strategy, strategic priorities, and product investment roadmap for Avathon’s Physical AI platform and product portfolio
Evaluate Avathon’s platform capabilities, applications, and industry solutions to identify opportunities to build, expand, consolidate, partner, or enter new product categories
Analyze customer needs, industry workflows, operational challenges, and market dynamics to determine which problems Avathon should productize and where the greatest opportunities for differentiated value exist
Evaluate advances across agentic AI, autonomous systems, knowledge graphs, multimodal AI, digital twins, optimization, and decision intelligence and translate them into strategic implications for Avathon’s platform and roadmap
Develop strategic perspectives on how Avathon’s platform should address high-value opportunities across energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace & defense, and supply chain & logistics
Develop analytical frameworks and business cases to evaluate new products, platform capabilities, market opportunities, partnerships, and strategic technology investments
Develop a deep understanding of the evolving AI and industrial technology landscape, identifying competitive shifts, emerging architectures, new entrants, and technology developments that should influence Avathon’s strategy
Partner with Product Management and Marketing to articulate how Avathon’s platform and products are differentiated and help define the strategic narrative for Physical AI and industrial autonomy
Work with customers, Forward Engineering, and industry experts to identify recurring operational problems and determine which customer-driven innovations can become repeatable, scalable products
Work directly with senior leadership on platform direction, product portfolio decisions, strategic partnerships, build-versus-buy decisions, market entry, and other company-level strategic priorities