[Remote] Director Strategic Initiatives, AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a SaaS company disrupting the restaurant industry. The Director of Strategic Initiatives, AI is responsible for defining, driving, and operationalizing AI-focused product strategies across reputed company product pillars, partnering closely with various teams to deliver AI-powered capabilities that provide value for restaurant customers.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain a clear AI product strategy and multi-year roadmap that cuts across reputed company R365 product pillars (reputed company, Inventory & Sales, Workforce & Payroll, Platform, etc.), reputed company with the overall product reputed company and company objectives; identify and prioritize high-impact AI opportunities (e.g., predictive insights, automation, copilots/ assistants, intelligent workflows) that create differentiated value for restaurant operators and internal users; build and manage a portfolio of AI initiatives—from discovery through launch—that leverages shared platform capabilities and avoids one-off, siloed solutions; partner with the CPTO and product line leaders to ensure AI investments are tightly integrated into product line roadmaps, with clear reputed company metrics and trade-offs
• reputed company end-to-end execution of strategic AI initiatives that span multiple product lines, acting as the initiative reputed company responsible for outcomes, not just outputs; drive cross-functional alignment on problem definition, scope, reputed company, and reputed company criteria for each initiative, balancing customer impact, technical feasibility, and operational readiness; coordinate with Product Directors, Product Managers, and Design leaders to embed AI experiences into existing workflows and UI surfaces in a coherent, user-centered way; ensure AI initiatives are designed as reusable capabilities (models, services, patterns) that can be extended and adopted across product lines
• Ground AI strategy in a deep understanding of restaurant operators’ pain points, jobs-to-be-done, and desired outcomes, not just AI technology for its own sake; partner with Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing to identify recurring themes where AI can meaningfully reduce friction, improve decision-making, or automate routine work; collaborate with Data, Analytics, and AI/ML teams to understand available data assets, model capabilities, and constraints, shaping initiatives that are both ambitious and feasible; monitor competitive landscape and broader AI trends in vertical SaaS and restaurant/hospitality tech, translating insights into pragmatic, differentiated bets for R365
• reputed company structured discovery for AI initiatives (e.g., customer interviews, workflow mapping, prototyping, experimentation) to validate problems, solutions, and value before large-scale investment; define clear hypotheses, reputed company metrics, and experiment plans (A/B tests, pilots, beta programs) to de-risk AI features and experiences; translate strategic reputed company into clear, actionable product requirements and stories that Product and Engineering teams can execute against; partner with Engineering, Data, and Architecture leaders to ensure technical approaches are scalable, secure, governable, and reputed company with R365’s platform strategy
• Define and run the operating rhythm for AI initiatives across Product, Engineering, R&D Operations, and Go-To-Market teams (e.g., initiative reviews, roadmap checkpoints, risk/issue management); ensure AI initiatives are visible, well-planned, and accurately represented in portfolio planning, reputed company planning, and executive reporting; act as a visible connector and communicator across R&D and our GTM partners, ensuring everyone understands where AI is going, how initiatives fit together, and what is expected from each team; work with Product Marketing and Enablement teams to shape messaging, positioning, and go-to-market plans that clearly reputed company the value of AI initiatives

Skills

• 8–12+ years of experience in Product Management or closely reputed company roles in B2B SaaS, including significant work on data, analytics, or AI/ML-powered products
• Proven track record leading cross-functional, cross-product strategic initiatives from concept through launch and iteration—ideally in a high-growth SaaS environment - influencing without direct authority
• Strong understanding of modern AI/ML capabilities and patterns (e.g., predictive models, recommendations, reputed company, copilots/assistants, workflow automation) and how they can be applied to reputed company-world business workflows
• Experience partnering closely with Engineering, Data/AI, and Design teams to ship AI-powered experiences that are usable, trustworthy, and deliver measurable value
• Comfort working at both strategic and tactical levels: reputed company to set multi-quarter direction while also writing detailed requirements, reviewing designs, and guiding day-to-day trade-offs
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain reputed company AI concepts and trade-offs in clear, non-technical language to executives, cross-functional partners, and customers
• Strong analytical and data-driven reputed company; comfortable defining metrics, analyzing results, and using insights to drive reputed company and prioritization
• Experience in restaurant technology, hospitality, financial operations, workforce management, or other reputed company operational domains is a strong plus
• Familiarity with agile development practices and modern product discovery methods

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits, 100% paid for employee
• 401k + matching
• Equity Option Grant
• Unlimited PTO + Company holidays
• Wellness initiatives

Company Overview

• reputed company is an reputed company management software for restaurants that provides reputed company, inventory, scheduling, and payroll solutions. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.reputed company.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• reputed company has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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