AI Strategist, Data

Tenex Labs is hiring an AI Strategist, Data in New York, United States. It pays $130k-$180k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Tenex Labs.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting mentions OpenAI, Anthropic and Cursor among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a mid-level role.
Tenex Labs has 21 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

AI Data Strategist to analyze data workflows, identify AI opportunities, and drive AI adoption across enterprise clients.

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Tenex builds frontier AI that works in the real world. Our strategists sit with C-suite leaders, find where AI adds the most value, and drive it into production.

We were founded in New York City in 2025. We are currently 70 people and will reach 140 by the end of the year. We build for Fortune 500 companies across media, healthcare, retail, finance, and sports.

Anthropic, OpenAI, and Cursor build the frontier. As their trusted implementation partner, we turn technology into reliable systems businesses use every day.

The role

You’ll own client workstreams end to end: find where AI adds real value, define what gets built, drive adoption, and keep proving out the business results. You’ll report to an Engagement Manager and will partner with a Forward Deployed Engineer who owns architecture and delivery.

We look for strategists who:

Have changed how a team works, and can explain what they changed, why, and what happened.
Turn unclear business problems into requirements, priorities, and a plan an engineer can act on.
Can explain technical tradeoffs to a CEO
Use AI tools daily to solve problems

You will learn to run diagnostics that surface real value drivers, scope engagements an engineer can build against, and manage transformation rollouts and adoption.

The strategists we put in front of clients are the product, so hiring is the most important decision we make each week. Our strategists have worked at firms like McKinsey, Bain, Deloitte, EY, PWC, Accenture, and have founded AI consultancies of their own.

Recent work

Four-week diagnostic across claims, underwriting, and customer operations for a national insurer. We identified the ten highest-return AI opportunities, presented a roadmap, and delivered the first two.
Two-week sprint to define an agent’s requirements for a healthcare system. We Prototyped it with engineering and managed its rollout across three hospitals.
AI training program built across a private equity firm’s portfolio. We developed the playbook, led training, and prepared internal champions to carry the work forward after the engagement ended.

How we pay

Base $130K-$180K • Quarterly bonus $5K-$15K

How we work

Tenex is intense by design. The pace is fast, and the standards are high. People share what they learn, challenge each other, and step in to help, so the bar is high and so is the support.

This is probably not the right place if you want a narrow scope, a predictable pace, or distance from customers. It is built for strategists who want responsibility, hard problems, and a steep learning curve. We work from our New York City office five days a week and travel to client sites about once a month

Our Vision

We’re bootstrapped and profitable, and we reinvest what we earn into tools, research, and products of our own. Over time, that’s how we build a modern-day Bell Labs: a place where solving today’s problems gives us the means to tackle bigger ones.

Benefits

Medical insurance with PPO and HSA options, plus dental and vision
HSA, Healthcare FSA, and commuter benefits
100% employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
100% employer-paid long-term disability insurance
Responsible PTO: take what you need

Working at Tenex

We work from our New York City office five days a week. Expect to travel to client sites approximately once a month.

How we rate this

AI Strategist, Data at Tenex Labs rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

AI Strategist, Data is an open job at Tenex Labs.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The listed salary is $130k-$180k a year.
The role is based in New York City.
The job was posted on June 25, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Tenex Labs. Apply on Tenex Labs

Prepare for this job

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI StrategyData AnalysisClient ManagementBusiness TransformationOpenAIAnthropicCursor

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where ai strategy was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where data analysis was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where client management was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where business transformation was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used OpenAI in your day-to-day work.

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List these exact terms on your resume: AI Strategy, Data Analysis, Client Management, Business Transformation, and OpenAI. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.

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