Job Description
Join Horizon Dynamics at the forefront of innovation shaping 2026 and beyond. We're seeking a visionary Senior Futurist Strategist to decode emerging trends and architect transformative solutions for Fortune 500 clients. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage cutting-edge foresight methodologies to identify disruptive technologies, market shifts, and societal transformations that will redefine industries by 2026. Our Austin-based team operates at the intersection of technology, behavioral science, and strategic design, offering unparalleled opportunities to influence tomorrow's landscape today.
What You'll Achieve:
- Lead horizon-scanning initiatives to forecast technological and societal paradigms
- Develop strategic roadmaps for clients navigating 2026 market disruptions
- Collaborate with C-suite executives across Fortune 500 companies
- Pioneer proprietary foresight frameworks using AI-powered trend analysis
Responsibilities
- Analyze emerging technologies (quantum computing, biotech, AGI) and their 2026 market impacts
- Design scenario-planning models for climate adaptation and resource scarcity challenges
- Deliver executive briefings on geopolitical shifts affecting global supply chains
- Lead cross-functional workshops to integrate foresight into corporate strategy
- Author thought leadership publications on 2026 industry transformation
- Mentor junior futurists using our proprietary foresight methodology
- Partner with R&D teams to prototype future-state solutions
Qualifications
- 8+ years in strategic foresight, innovation consulting, or futurist research
- Proven expertise in horizon scanning and scenario planning methodologies
- Deep understanding of exponential technologies (AI, quantum, synthetic biology)
- Experience advising C-suite executives on future strategy
- Advanced degree in Futures Studies, Systems Thinking, or related field
- Published thought leadership on emerging trends or disruption
- Proficiency in foresight tools (e.g., Delphi method, causal layered analysis)
- Portfolio demonstrating 2026+ strategic impact projects