By 2024, the demand for AI professionals is expected to outpace the supply by 30%. Despite its critical role in successful AI implementation, the position of an AI strategist is often not widely advertised and is commonly grouped with Product Management roles.
However, it remains a highly lucrative job, often surpassing the pay of regular AI engineers due to the scarcity of resources guiding individuals on how to transition into this role. This scarcity results in a high reliance on on-the-job experience, contributing to the failure of many AI implementations.
Who Can Become an AI Strategist:
– Technical Product Manager
– Product Manager
– AI Engineer
– Project Manager
– Software Engineer
What Does an AI Strategist Do?:
An AI Strategist is responsible for: (I’ll try to write about in detail in a separate post)
– Crafting a comprehensive AI strategy for the enterprise.
– Conducting feasibility analyses from technological, cost, and ROI perspectives.
– Developing a roadmap for AI implementation.
– Collaborating with project managers on planning and sometimes taking on planning responsibilities.
– Constantly monitoring and making decisions on pivoting through discussions with AI engineers.
– Engaging in strategic tasks such as competitive analysis and generating new product ideas, similar to a product manager\’s role.
How to Become an AI Strategist:
AI technical courses are readily available, but the same cannot be said for AI Strategy courses. Courses that purport to cover AI Strategy often fall short, merely skimming the surface of this complex skill. The inherent challenge lies in the fact that true proficiency in AI Strategy is derived from hands-on experience rather than theoretical knowledge.
While well-known universities offer executive programs, these can be expensive and time-consuming. An alternative is a self-directed approach broken into multiple steps involving:
– Learning product management through popular courses.
– Gaining basic AI technical skills from available courses.
– Building AI strategy skills by studying various books
To simplify the learning process, we have created an 8-hour virtual, action-oriented classroom course, offering practical insights at a fraction of the cost. At present we are full but new batches will commence in March.
Should You Learn AI Strategy Even If You\’re Not Becoming an AI Strategist?:
Absolutely. Whether you\’re a CEO, CTO, AI engineer, software engineer, or any IT professional, possessing general knowledge of AI strategy is essential for comprehending proposals and managing AI-related projects. Given that AI is the future, reskilling oneself should not be delayed.
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