VP, AI Growth Strategy

Education Development Center • Waltham, MA

1d • $200,000 - $300,000

About The Position

The VP, AI Growth Strategy leads EDC’s future-facing innovation function, responsible for designing, validating, and scaling AI-native products, platforms, services, and business models that ensure the organization’s long-term relevance, impact, and growth in an AI-native world. Operating on a 5+ year horizon, this role builds and leads a disciplined, venture-style team that identifies high-impact opportunities in education, workforce, and well-being and translates them into scalable offerings. The Head of Third Horizon ensures that EDC is not only adapting to technological change but actively shaping how value is created and delivered in an AI-native future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in innovation, product development, AI or equivalent and 12+ years of product innovation, venture building, or technology-driven business development.
• Master’s degree in in innovation, product development, AI or equivalent and 10+ years of product innovation, venture building, or technology-driven business development.
• Demonstrated success launching and scaling new products or services in ambiguous environments.
• Strong knowledge of AI, digital platforms, and emerging technology trends.
• Proven ability to operate at the vision, strategy, and execution levels.
• Experience leading small, high performing teams to deliver oversized impact.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities in complex environments
• Product & Venture Mindset: Strong intuition for building scalable, user-centered solutions
• Execution Discipline: Ability to move from idea to validation to scale with speed and rigor
• Influence & Communication: Ability to engage senior stakeholders, funders, and partners
• Adaptability: Comfort operating in ambiguity and rapidly evolving contexts
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
• At this time, the EDC is unable to support employment-based visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a portfolio of AI-native opportunities aligned to long-term mission and growth priorities
• Identify and prioritize high-impact problem spaces across education, workforce, and well-being
• Translate emerging trends in AI, technology, and global development into actionable innovation strategies
• Build and manage a portfolio of new products, services, and business models
• Establish and enforce a disciplined, evidence-based approach to opportunity validation
• Rapidly test, refine, and scale high-potential ideas while discontinuing low-value initiatives
• Lead the design of AI-native offerings that can scale beyond traditional delivery models
• Define value propositions, target markets, and revenue models for new offerings
• Ensure offerings are both mission-aligned and economically viable
• Partner with Engineering and Product Management to prototype and deliver new solutions
• Work with Business Development and program teams to align innovation with market demand
• Collaborate with executive leadership to ensure alignment with organizational strategy
• Engage funders, partners, and ecosystem stakeholders to shape and validate new opportunities
• Position the organization as a thought leader in AI-enabled impact
• Build relationships that accelerate adoption, funding, and scale of new offerings
• Establish and foster relationships that create multiplication of impact
• Recruit and lead a small, high-performing, multidisciplinary team (product, engineering, domain, design)
• Foster a culture of disciplined experimentation, rapid learning, and accountability
• Develop internal capability to support ongoing innovation across the organization
• Deliver validated concepts, pilot programs, and scalable offerings over time
• Contribute to the creation of new revenue streams and long-term growth
• Strengthen the organization’s position as a leader in AI-enabled learning, work, and well-being

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid holidays
• Generous vacation benefits for full- and part-time employees
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax transport benefit
• Robust retirement plan with TIAA/CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund)
• Paid sick time and personal time annually
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive