Innovation Strategist

Department: Innovation & Strategy Team
Reports To: Director of Innovation & Strategy
Location: Remote (anywhere in the US or Canada)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary Range: $125,000 -$150,000 base

Summary

Cyclotron is seeking Innovation Strategists to deliver client-facing innovation projects focused on AI strategy, process improvement, and change enablement. Strategists design and facilitate workshops, develop governance frameworks, and translate business objectives into actionable plans, ensuring solutions are practical and scalable.

Responsibilities

• Execute innovation and AI strategy projects for clients

• Design and deliver workshops for strategy assessment and roadmap development

• Develop governance models and risk mitigation strategies

• Collaborate with business leaders to translate objectives into execution plans

• Prepare client deliverables including strategy decks and operational playbooks

• Support account planning and pre-sales efforts

• Contribute to internal knowledge base and best practices

Requirements

• 5+ years in innovation, strategy consulting, or digital transformation

• Experience facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders

• Experience with AI tools and enterprise AI enablement preferred

• Strong understanding of business process design and governance

• Clear communication skills - both written and verbal, including the ability to collaborate

• Strong analytical skills - ability to synthesize complex concepts and develop actionable plans

• Ability to clearly develop and articulate messages to a variety of audiences

• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics

• Experience with large-scale organizational technology efforts

• Self-starter with the ability to quickly learn new business processes and applications and work independently

• Ability to manage and execute activities with the flexibility to adjust plans quickly, as needed

Additional Knowledge & Skills

• Consulting experience preferred

• Strategic storytelling and executive presence

Details

• Sanitized examples of deliverables will be required

30-60-90 Day Plan

First 30 Days

• Learn Cyclotron’s innovation offerings and delivery models

• Shadow senior team members in client workshops

• Begin drafting templates for strategy deliverables

Next 60 Days

• Lead portions of client workshops and readiness assessments

• Own documentation for initial engagements

• Support governance design and rollout planning

Next 90 Days

• Independently deliver client strategy sessions

• Contribute to thought leadership and internal enablement

• Assist in refining offerings and scaling delivery processes

Cyclotron is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cyclotron values diversity, equity and inclusion, and aims to practice DE&I in all that we do.