Job Description
Innovate Tomorrow Inc. is seeking a visionary 2026 Futurist Strategist to shape our roadmap for the next frontier of human progress. This role demands a blend of analytical rigor and creative foresight to decode emerging technologies, societal shifts, and market disruptions that will define 2026 and beyond. You'll collaborate with C-suite executives to translate future scenarios into actionable strategies, ensuring our leadership in the rapidly evolving landscape of AI, biotechnology, and sustainable innovation.
Join our multidisciplinary team of pioneers where you'll influence product roadmaps, investment decisions, and corporate culture through data-driven futurism. If you thrive at the intersection of technology, philosophy, and business strategy, this is your opportunity to architect tomorrow's reality today.
Responsibilities
- Analyze global megatrends (AI ethics, climate tech, neurotech) to forecast 2026 market opportunities
- Develop scenario-planning frameworks for disruptive technologies and regulatory landscapes
- Lead cross-functional workshops to align innovation pipelines with future human needs
- Produce strategic whitepapers on exponential technologies and their societal impact
- Advise product teams on future-proofing solutions against technological obsolescence
- Build and maintain an ecosystem of futurists, academics, and industry disruptors
- Quantify future risks/opportunities using predictive modeling and horizon scanning
Qualifications
- Master's degree in Futures Studies, Strategic Foresight, Technology Innovation, or equivalent
- 7+ years in strategy consulting, R&D, or corporate innovation with future-planning focus
- Expertise in horizon scanning methodologies (e.g., Delphi, STEEP analysis)
- Published thought leadership on emerging technologies or societal transformation
- Proficiency in strategic foresight tools (e.g., Causal Layered Analysis, Futures Wheel)
- Experience advising C-suite on exponential technology adoption strategies
- Portfolio demonstrating future scenario development for Fortune 500 companies