Forward Deployed AI Strategist
Role Overview
As a Forward Deployed AI Strategist, you will embed with functional teams to identify high-value problems, build and deploy AI solutions from MVPs to full tools, and measure their impact on efficiency and business outcomes. This mid-to-senior role requires hands-on work across various domains, collaborating with leaders to drive organizational transformations through AI adoption. You will own the entire development cycle, from discovery to deployment, ensuring solutions are technically sound and operationally compatible.
Perks & Benefits
This role is fully remote, offering flexibility in work location without explicit time zone restrictions, ideal for self-motivated professionals. You'll experience rapid career growth by working on diverse, high-impact projects in a fast-paced, collaborative culture that values innovation and measurable results. The environment encourages autonomy, with opportunities to influence cross-functional teams and drive organizational change directly.
Full Job Description
Here at Tarro we build products that empower small brick and mortar restaurants by liberating them of the operational burden of running their business. We accomplish this by providing a frictionless connection between them and their customers through our multi-product ecosystem offering AI-enabled order taking, delivery enablement, payment solutions, and point-of-sale software. At Tarro, we use a combination of bits (technology) and atoms (people) to solve real world problems facing small business owners.
We obsess over placing our customers first and working backwards from there. When our customers succeed, we succeed. The restaurant industry in the US is over a $1 trillion total addressable market (TAM), but remains relatively underserved by technology. Large chains are able to afford expensive tech that gives them a huge advantage; we believe that small restaurant owners deserve access to the same technologies at an affordable price.
Tarro has been profitable for nearly a decade and has seen 5x revenue growth in the past four years. As of our last fundraising round in mid-2022, we were valued at $450M and have since seen substantial growth across customer acquisition, product development and company headcount. Thousands of loyal restaurants have entrusted Tarro with their success, and together we have supported nearly 20 million customers. We are proud to be named one of Built In’s top companies to work for in 2023.
To learn more about our culture, values, and how you can be a part of helping mom & pop restaurants thrive, please visit us here! Helping restaurants thrive, not just survive.
What we’re looking for:
At Tarro, we’re embedding AI into the operational core of every team — from Training and HR to customer support and beyond. Our mission isn’t to build AI for its own sake, but to deliver measurable impact where it matters most: improving workflows, accelerating decision-making, and unlocking new capabilities.
As a Forward Deployed AI Strategist, you will operate on the frontlines of this mission. You’ll partner directly with functional teams across the company, immerse yourself in their work, and deploy AI solutions that fit their real-world needs. You won’t just observe problems — you’ll build tools and systems using AI, facilitate adoption, validate impact, and feed insights to functional leaders to drive organizational transformations.
What You'll Do
Discovery & Opportunity Sizing
Be the user — embed within functional teams, do their jobs, ask questions, and understand exactly how and why they work the way they do.
Use ground-level insights to identify high-value problems that AI can address.
Product Buildout
Independently build and launch scrappy MVPs — from lightweight automation scripts to proof-of-concept AI applications — to validate ideas fast.
Evolve MVPs into complete tools and systems when feasible, with a strong bias toward self-sufficiency.
Exercise sound judgment on when and how to involve Engineering — engaging them only for scaling proven impacts, complex integrations, or advanced technical requirements.
Refinement & Deployment
Use primary source feedback, performance data, and experiment results to refine existing solutions and shape product direction.
Ensure all solutions are both technically sound and compatible with operational realities.
Remove barriers to deployment by aligning AI solutions with existing systems, processes, and constraints.
Impact Measurement & Alignment
Collaborate with functional leaders to define success metrics.
Design and run experiments to measure AI’s impact on efficiency, quality, and business outcomes.
Serve as the bridge between vision and execution, keeping stakeholders aligned from conception through delivery.
What We’re Looking For
Willingness to roll up your sleeves, work hands-on, and uncover insights directly from the front lines.
Rigorous thinking — able to design experiments, spot biases, and turn data into action.
Exceptional cross-functional collaboration — able to influence without direct authority.
Comfort with ambiguity and rapid context-switching across different domains.
Someone who is hardcore and refuses to settle for “good enough.”
About you
You have a bachelor’s degree in STEM.
You have work experience in fast paced and competitive industries such as product management, management consulting, or finance.
You have a user-first mindset and a track record of problem solving based on user needs.
You have the ability to own and drive requirements through the entire development cycle, from requirements to launch and iteration.
You have experience with cross-functional collaboration.
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