Head of AI

Primary Venture Partners

Head of AI building Primary's AI-native operating system for venture capital. Driving LLM infrastructure, AI products, and firm-wide adoption to improve sourcing, deals, and portfolio outcomes.

Posted 8/13/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $300,000 - $400,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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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.

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AI Product Roadmap OwnershipHands-On Experience with LLMsCross-Functional AI IntegrationTechnical Communication SkillsStakeholder Alignment in Complex Organizations

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Hard Skills

AI Vision and StrategyProduct DevelopmentEvaluation MethodsContext/Retrieval LayersModel EvaluationPrototyping SolutionsImpact MetricsTechnical PrimitivesData InfrastructureUser Behavior Analysis

Soft Skills

Entrepreneurial MindsetCrisp CommunicationLeadershipProblem IdentificationBuilding Alignment

Industry Keywords

Venture FirmTechnical ExcellenceOrganizational WorkflowsProduct JudgmentStakeholder Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Benefits

Comp & perks

$300K–$400K base compensation
Carry upside in the fund