[Remote] AI Research & Playbook Developer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Uncommon Business is the world's fastest-growing AI-first education company, teaching business leaders to architect intelligent systems. The AI Research & Playbook Developer will be responsible for researching and validating emerging AI tools, developing clear playbooks, and driving curriculum improvements based on innovative insights.

Responsibilities

• AI Research & Intelligence: You stay at the bleeding edge of AI tools and workflows by monitoring launches, testing emerging platforms, and validating whether new capabilities actually solve business problems (not just generate hype), serving as our scout in the AI wilderness who filters signal from noise
• Hands-On Testing & Validation: You test 3-5 new tools or workflows per week, build real examples, break things to find the gotchas, and document what works, what doesn't, and when each tool is the right choice—your testing determines what makes it into our curriculum and what gets skipped entirely
• Playbook & Curriculum Development: You transform research into deployable assets (2-page playbooks, Loom demos, prompt libraries, intelligence reports, troubleshooting guides) so clear that a smart 12-year-old could execute them, with Carter reviewing, approving, and shipping your work to 1,500+ founders
• Innovation Insights & Strategic Recommendations: You identify patterns in what's working across the AI landscape, spot curriculum gaps, and propose new frameworks or systems based on discoveries, presenting findings with clear point of view (build this, refine that, skip this entirely) that shapes what we teach
• Collaboration with Carter: You align weekly on research priorities through syncs, deliver async Slack updates on findings and recommendations, and maintain a consistent innovation pipeline of tools validated, playbooks shipped, and strategic insights surfaced

Skills

• You're obsessed with AI —actively testing new tools daily, following launches religiously, and exploring capabilities beyond surface level because you genuinely can't help yourself from diving into what's possible
• You think in business applications, not just features, constantly asking 'how does this make a founder's life better?' and translating technical capabilities into revenue, time savings, or operational leverage
• You can break down complexity into clear, actionable steps that anyone can follow, with high standards for clarity and quality where you'd never deliver something confusing or half-baked
• You're process-oriented and love documentation, structure, and making things repeatable, toggling naturally between big-picture thinking (spotting trends) and tactical execution (step-by-step instructions)
• You're resourceful and fast, figuring things out independently, shipping quickly without perfect instructions, and having a curator's eye that knows what's worth attention versus what's just noise

Benefits

• Early AI Access: Test the newest, most effective AI tools before they hit mainstream with budget for tool subscriptions and experimentation
• Strategic Influence: Shape how thousands of founders adopt AI with your research directly informing curriculum taught to elite business leaders
• Ownership & Impact: Work with minimal supervision in a values-driven culture that rewards insight and execution speed
• Growth Opportunity: Expand role based on performance—potential to own larger curriculum initiatives or transition to full-time as company scales

Company Overview

• We don’t just teach AI. We build businesses that run on it. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Hopkins, Minnesota, US, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is https://theuncommonbusiness.co/.

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