Head of AI

• Set the AI vision and strategy with firm leadership across investing, portfolio impact, and operations
• Own Primary's AI product roadmap, prioritization, impact metrics, and results
• Lead development of shared context, data, infrastructure, evaluation methods, and technical primitives for trustworthy, reusable AI products
• Evaluate LLMs, agents, retrieval and context layers, evaluations, and model approaches
• Understand investor and operator workflows, prototype solutions, and ship products that improve decisions and outcomes
• Create tools, standards, and support enabling others to build agents on shared foundations
• Drive cross-functional AI integration, connect work across the firm, reduce duplication, and clarify ownership
• Direct engineers, analysts, and other contributors; recruit talent and build a culture of technical excellence
• Communicate strategy, roadmap, technical decisions, risks, and results to technical and non-technical audiences

• 7-10+ years of experience building meaningful technical products or systems
• Deep, current, hands‑on fluency with LLMs, agents, context/retrieval layers, evaluations, and the model landscape
• Track record of turning ambiguous, zero‑to‑one opportunities into adopted products with measurable value
• Strong product judgment combined with technical depth
• Ability to understand user behavior, identify high‑leverage problems, and decide when to prototype, build, buy, or stop
• Entrepreneurial approach to creating momentum with incomplete information and taking responsibility for results
• Experience navigating complex organizations with senior stakeholders and building alignment without formal authority
• Interest in re‑architecting organizational workflows within a venture firm
• Crisp written and verbal communication for technical and non‑technical audiences
• Ability to work in person 3+ days per week in NYC
• Legally authorized to work in the US
• Must answer whether employment visa sponsorship is required

Demonstrates expertise in AI product strategy, development, and integration, with a strong focus on LLMs, agents, and context layers. Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams, communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, and drive organizational change within a venture firm.

• AI Product Roadmap Ownership
• Hands‑On Experience with LLMs
• Cross‑Functional AI Integration
• Technical Communication Skills
• Stakeholder Alignment in Complex Organizations

• AI Vision and Strategy
• Product Development
• Evaluation Methods
• Context/Retrieval Layers
• Model Evaluation
• Prototyping Solutions
• Impact Metrics
• Technical Primitives
• Data Infrastructure
• User Behavior Analysis

• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Crisp Communication
• Leadership
• Problem Identification
• Building Alignment

• Venture Firm
• Technical Excellence
• Organizational Workflows
• Product Judgment
• Stakeholder Management