AI Innovation & Solutions Director

Global Strategy Group (GSG) works at the intersection of business, politics, and causes. Our team is made up of a great group of professionals who come from various backgrounds in strategic communications, research, and public affairs. Our culture and values play an integral role in how we operate, and we work hard to bring passion, energy, and drive to everything we do! Global Strategy Group is the go-to public affairs, communications, and research partner for companies, causes, and campaigns. We work with our clients to build their reputations, tackle big challenges, and win. The GSG research team is seeking an AI Innovation & Solutions Director to lead the integration of artificial intelligence across the research lifecycle. The Director will strengthen our internal infrastructure by designing processes, tools, and workflows that improve efficiency and automate routine tasks, so that our teams can focus more of their time on the strategic thinking our clients rely on. This position will be responsible for designing and refining AI-driven workflows and ensuring adoption across the research team. This is a unique opportunity to define best practices, drive adoption, and push the boundaries of how technology supports research. Our overarching goal is to leverage AI for routine tasks to help our analysts focus their time on strategic analysis and insights for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Partner with team to ensure effective AI usage.
• o   Ongoing Discovery: Identify needs of the team to inform design and development of AI tools and processes.
• o   Advance AI Integration: Drive adoption of AI across the research lifecycle, developing best practices for its use in survey design, fielding, data analysis, and modeling.
• o   Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with research and data staff to ensure AI methods meet high technical standards while delivering practical, applied value in polling and analysis.
• o   Translate & Communicate: Serve as a bridge between technical capabilities and business needs, clearly articulating how AI solutions improve client deliverables and organizational impact.
• o   Document & Track: Create internal documentation and establish a system to track development needs. Work closely with the head of the practice to prioritize updates and guide the development of AI workflows
• o   Monitor and boost usage and adoption: Connect with teams to identify ways to increase AI usage and adoption. Create spaces for staff to regularly share AI successes and challenges.
• Build AI Infrastructure and Workflows. 
• o   Build and Scale Infrastructure: Design and implement processes, tools, and methods that improve efficiency and automate routine tasks.
• o   Develop Technical Workflows: Code, test, and deploy AI-driven workflows and pipelines; build APIs and automation scripts to connect data sources, research tools, and reporting systems.
• o   Prototype & Innovate: Rapidly test and evaluate emerging AI tools, refining them into scalable solutions that enhance the speed, accuracy, and creativity of research.
• Stay Ahead of Trends: Monitor and assess the evolving AI landscape to keep the organization at the forefront of research innovation.

Qualifications

• Strong background in political polling and public opinion research, including questionnaire design, fielding, weighting, modeling, and analysis.
• Excellent project management skills and a proven ability to balance multiple initiatives.
• Strong communicator who can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences. Experience keeping leadership up to date on progress.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset and comfort working in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Collaborative team player with a commitment to innovation.
• Willingness to help staff gain familiarity with new research tools.
• Commitment to producing effective and usable solutions for the organization.
• Workflow Development: Ability to design and maintain scalable, reproducible workflows for survey design, data analysis, and reporting.
• Testing & Evaluation: Strong background in prototyping, testing new tools, and validating models to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Programming & Automation: Experience with coding in Python, R, or similar languages for building automated workflows, data pipelines, and research tools.
• APIs & Integration: Experience developing and managing APIs to connect data sources, survey platforms, and analysis systems.
• Data Management: Skilled in database tools (e.g., SQL, cloud-based solutions such as Redshift, BigQuery, or Snowflake) to structure, query, and optimize datasets.
• AI/ML Tools: Hands-on experience with AI frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Hugging Face) to design, test, and deploy applied models.
• Version Control & Collaboration: Knowledge of Git/GitHub or similar tools for code management, collaboration, and deployment.
• Cloud & Automation Platforms (preferred): Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure for scaling data pipelines and AI workflows.

The base salary for this position is between $115,000 to $170,000 commensurate with experience, plus eligibility for a discretionary bonus. GSG provides a comprehensive benefits package including excellent coverage for medical, vision, and dental insurance; paid parental leave; generous time off and holidays; 401k with employer match; and additional benefits.     If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please send your information our way! When submitting your resume, please include a cover letter which highlights your relevant experience, along with why you want to be part of the team at GSG. We are interested in candidates who align with our mission and want to contribute to our continued growth. Candidates who match the needs for the position will be contacted via email. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation to complete your online application or participate in the interview process, please reach out to hr@globalstrategygroup.com or you may call (212) 260-8813 and ask to speak to someone in Human Resources – Talent Acquisition.                        Global Strategy Group, LLC.Global Strategy Group (GSG) is a full-service research, public affairs, and communications agency tackling some of today’s most complex and important challenges. With more than two and half decades of experience and a team of 150+ talented professionals, we protect and build corporate reputations, influence public affairs decision makers, advocate on important social issues, and win campaigns. We combine unparalleled subject matter expertise with data-driven insights and innovative methodologies to generate urgency among stakeholders and key audiences, delivering tangible success for our clients.  Global Strategy Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At GSG, we are distinguished by our depth of talent. Our people are team players, straight shooters, and problem solvers. We bring passion, energy, and drive to everything we do. This all comes from our closely held firm values, which have guided us since the day GSG opened its doors. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides a diverse, inclusive, and culturally rich atmosphere and are always looking for talented individuals to add to our culture. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: race, religion or creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, uniform service member status, or any other protected class under federal, state or local statute.