Foresight & Strategy Councilor

About the job

We are looking for a Foresight Councilor; she/ he will be both a connector and a member of the orchestration group for our Foresight Council. The role will be part of our Product Team.

Role Profile: Foresight Councilor

Purpose of the Role

Ensure the Foresight Councils work is continuously fed with fresh signals, translated into actionable insights, and well-integrated into the companys planning cycles.

Serve as the bridge between internal teams and an esteemed, cross-disciplinary council.

Core Responsibilities:

1.Orchestrate the Council

Manage meeting cadences (bi-weekly huddles, deep dives, workshops, retreats).

Prepare agendas, pre-reads, and signal briefs; follow up on action items.

Maintain the foresight knowledge hub (signals library, foresight map updates).

2.Gather Signals; Sense Insights

Continuously scan for signals across tech, policy, culture, and markets.

Tap external feeds and internal expertise (across departments) for contributions.

Curate and synthesize into digestible briefs for council discussions.

3.Integrate & Translate

Liaise within Product pods, R&D, Design, Marketing to capture customer needs.

Translate foresight council outputs into relevant takeaways for internal teams.

Ensure council insights inform stage-gates, strategy reviews, and roadmaps.

4.Facilitate & Steward

Support workshops and scenario sessions; encourage open, respectful dialogue.

Ensure all voices are heard, capture insights faithfully, and distill them into council outputs.

Uphold a culture of foresight-as-learning (sharing lessons, documenting debriefs).

Desired Profile:

First Principles Thinker naturally questions assumptions, reasons from fundamentals.

Quick to Action bias for momentum; comfortable experimenting and iterating.

Collaborative & Respectful excellent listener, values diverse perspectives, builds trust with senior/ external council members.

Smart Synthesizer able to distill complexity into clear, actionable insights.

Organized Operator strong at logistics, follow-through, and keeping cadence.

Storyteller comfortable shaping narratives (signals > implications > prompts).

T-Shaped depth in one domain (e.g. strategy, research, tech, design) but broad curiosity

across many.

Background & Experience:

Exposure to emerging technologies, trend analysis, futures thinking.

Comfortable in super-dynamic, high-ambiguity, high-velocity environments.

*Everything else is up to how you impress us with your capabilities and potential.

Success Measures:

Council meetings run smoothly and are consistently productive.

Insights Reports and Foresight Maps delivered on time and valued by leadership.

Evidence of council insights shaping product/ portfolio decisions.

Strong, trusting relationships built with council members (internal & external).

Planning org perceives the council as relevant, responsive, and respected.

If this sounds interesting to you, pitch for it. Send Waseem a short-format on why you make the best fit. Email id is