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title: 'AI Strategy at Valkai'
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# AI Strategy at Valkai

- **Company:** Valkai
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $140k–$240k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-02-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/valkai/45c9113c-f145-4afc-bca4-442119b3b420

## Job description

## THE ROLE:

You'll be responsible for revolutionizing how life sciences organizations interact with AI. You will design and deploy novel AI experiences that become daily drivers of critical workflows. Working at the intersection of customer and product, you'll orchestrate frontier AI models into practical solutions that transform drug development timelines from months to minutes.

## WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

- Thoughtful problem solvers: You approach problems holistically, starting with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You break down unstructured customer challenges into concrete deployment plans. You think critically about both business impact and technical feasibility of your solutions.
- Not ideological about technology: To you, technologies are about tradeoffs. You may be opinionated, but you're not ideological. You can learn new AI capabilities quickly and are receptive to new approaches for solving customer problems.
- Organized and self-sufficient: You are comfortable managing yourself, navigating ambiguity in customer environments, and finding ways to create measurable impact. You turn loose goals into concrete execution plans.
- Owner of your mission: You are an owner of the customer outcomes you drive. You take pride in the quality of deployments, the adoption you achieve, and the ROI you deliver. You're accountable for results, not just recommendations.
- Grit: You will run through walls to achieve customer success and drive adoption.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO:

- Lead AI deployments with Top 10 Pharma and leading biotech organizations, from pilot through production adoption
- Configure and customize AI Assistants and Agents hands-on in the platform to deliver clear, measurable value
- Act as strategic advisor on AI implementation in regulated environments, including change management, governance, and compliance considerations
- Translate customer needs into product requirements by working closely with Engineering and Product teams
- Develop repeatable deployment playbooks and best practices to scale successful implementations
- Define requirements, test outputs, and validate success criteria for new Agent builds with customers
- Identify and drive expansion opportunities based on usage patterns and adjacent workflow needs
- Operate as day-to-day strategic partner to customer sponsors, ensuring momentum and removing blockers

## NICE TO HAVE'S:

- 3+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, operations, or client-facing roles
- Experience in Life Sciences, healthcare, or other regulated industries
- Background in enterprise software deployments or post-sale customer work
- Prior experience collaborating with product or engineering teams
- Familiarity with AI/LLM capabilities and deployment patterns

## BENEFITS:

- Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
- Generous PTO policy
- Paid parental leave

At Valkai, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

## About Valkai

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Valkai provides an AI operating system for life sciences, using agent systems to accelerate drug discovery, clinical trials, and regulatory workflows across pharma, biotech, and medical device companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, NY, USA
- **Founded**: 2024 ([builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/valkai))
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Artificial intelligence / Life sciences software
- **Target customers**: B2B – large pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and medical device organizations
- **Mission**: “Bringing life back to life sciences” – enabling experts to spend less time on coordination and more time advancing science ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))

## Products & Services
- **Agent Systems for Life Sciences**: A platform that connects internal data, industry sources, and AI agents into a single coordinated layer to remove blockers in the pipeline. Covers quality management (ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR Part 820), regulatory pathway guidance, sales intelligence, and workflow automation. ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/), [getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/))
- **Custom Software Solutions**: Modular, customizable tools that integrate into company-specific workflows. ([getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/))
- **Enterprise Security & Compliance**: Isolated data storage, client data not used for training, third-party auditing, and GxP compliance. ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/), [getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/))

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Over 20,000 users across top pharma companies (per [valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2024, already trusted by “leading life science organizations” including a top 5 medical device company and a leading biotech; aggressively hiring for multiple roles (AI Strategy, Talent, Product Designer).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep domain expertise**: Built by a team with decades of experience across life sciences, regulation, and AI innovation. ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))
- **Enterprise-grade security**: Designed by security experts with over a decade of experience in regulated environments; meets highest standards for data privacy and compliance.
- **Full pipeline coverage**: Integrates quality, regulatory, sales, and research workflows in a single platform, differentiating from point solutions.

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate adoption of agent systems within major life sciences organizations.
- Expand platform capabilities and modular tools to cover more workflow pain points.
- Grow the team across engineering, product, and customer-facing roles.

## Why Work Here
- **Work model**: Hybrid / In-office (New York City). The company describes a “Hybrid Workspace” where employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work. ([builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/valkai))
- **Culture**: Small, agile team (currently 1 employee listed, likely growing fast) working on a mission-driven problem – making medicine more abundant.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on AI innovation, security, and direct collaboration with life sciences experts. The team includes veterans from “the world’s premier AI labs and life sciences companies.” ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))

## Sources
1. [valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/) – Company overview, products, security, mission, and team.
2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/valkai) – Year founded, location, work model, employee count, and job listings.
3. [builtin.com/jobs](https://builtin.com/company/valkai/jobs) – Job description details and company tags.
4. [getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/) – Product features, enterprise security, and industry use cases.
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/valkai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/valkai) – Careers page listing open roles.

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