Lead Product Experience Strategist -- W2

Job Title*: Lead Product Experience Strategist -- W2

Location*:US Onsite - Charlotte NC

Domain (Industry)*: Fashion / Apparel/ Retail / CPG, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing

Total Experience*: 10+ years

Description*

Lead Product Discovery and Product Strategy initiatives to ensure the organization builds the right products before engineering investment begins. Drive evidence-based decision making by identifying meaningful business problems, designing discovery strategies, validating opportunities, and influencing product direction. Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Leadership to turn operational complexity into differentiated product experiences and scalable platform capabilities. Leverage AI to accelerate discovery, synthesis, planning, and strategic decision-making.

An evidence-driven Product Strategist who can independently navigate ambiguity, design discovery approaches, generate actionable insights, influence investment decisions, and recommend whether opportunities should proceed, pivot, pause, or stop based on objective evidence

Mandatory skills*

7-10+ years of experience in Product Strategy, Product Discovery, Service Design, Experience Strategy, Innovation Consulting, or Enterprise Product organizations.

Proven experience influencing product direction before development begins.

Strong expertise in Product Discovery, Opportunity Assessment, and Evidence-Based Product Decisions.

Ability to translate ambiguous business challenges into structured discovery and validation plans.

Experience identifying assumptions, knowledge gaps, risks, and investment readiness criteria.

Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and workshop facilitation skills.

Experience conducting customer discovery, workflow analysis, interviews, workshops, co-creation sessions, and validation activities.

Ability to quantify business outcomes including cost reduction, time savings, quality improvements, adoption, and risk mitigation.

Strong systems thinking across people, processes, technology, and data.

Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Leadership teams to shape roadmap and investment decisions.

Desired skills*

Experience establishing and scaling Product Discovery capabilities within organizations.

Background in Enterprise SaaS, Operational Products, Healthcare, Workplace Services, or complex enterprise environments.

Experience defining AI-enabled product experiences and discovery approaches.

Ability to identify reusable platform capabilities and cross-sector opportunities.

Experience influencing senior executives using evidence-driven recommendations.

Experience designing and executing competitive assessments and market discovery efforts.

Strong strategic thinking and investment prioritization experience.

Experience using AI tools to accelerate planning, synthesis, research analysis, and communication