Principal Product Strategist

About the Company

LaunchPad Lab is a digital product and AI development firm that helps organizations turn complex business challenges into software that creates measurable impact. Since 2012, our teams have designed, built, and supported hundreds of digital products, including custom applications, AI-powered platforms, and intelligent workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with client stakeholders to identify business problems and define successful solutions
• Run Blueprint Workshops to deliver product roadmaps, technical approaches, scope, timelines, and budgets
• Translate business goals into product requirements and phased delivery plans
• Collaborate with engineering to evaluate technical tradeoffs, including build-versus-buy and AI-versus-traditional options
• Support the sales process by qualifying opportunities, building business cases, and shaping pitches
• Scope and price work by developing realistic estimates that account for complexity and risk
• Transition sold work to delivery teams to ensure alignment on assumptions and commitments
• Improve discovery frameworks, proposal materials, and estimation practices

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in consulting, professional services, or an agency in a client-facing solutions, product, or strategy role
• Demonstrated experience leading discovery and translating client needs into scoped, priced, and buildable solutions
• Strong product management fundamentals and working knowledge of modern software architecture
• Practical understanding of AI, including AI agents and automated workflows
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical tradeoffs to nontechnical audiences
• Experience managing multiple client engagements or sales pursuits simultaneously
• Ability and willingness to travel for onsite client workshops when needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working closely with teams that design and build custom software
• Experience building or scoping AI agents, RAG systems, or workflow automation
• Familiarity with agile delivery
• Experience working at a growing consultancy helping to develop functions or processes
• Experience selling or scoping solutions in regulated or data-sensitive environments

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $200,000
• 100% employer-covered PPO health insurance premiums
• Dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with up to 4% company match
• Education and learning stipend
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid parental leave