
Jay Goldman
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CEO, Sensei Labs · NYT Bestselling Co-author of The Decoded Company
Jay Goldman is a technologist, designer, speaker, and author who has spent his career at the intersection of people, data, and the systems that help organizations achieve big things.
Jay is the co-founder and CEO of Sensei Labs, where he has spent the last decade building Conductor®, the AI-powered strategy execution platform that connects strategic plans to the people, projects, and KPIs that make them real. Built for EPMOs, enterprise transformation, and PE value creation teams, Conductor has grown under his leadership from a bold idea about how work should work into a category-defining platform trusted by global enterprises, leading consultancies, and private equity firms to execute their most complex initiatives — from post-merger integrations and value creation programs to enterprise-wide transformations orchestrating billions of dollars in program value.
He is the co-author of The Decoded Company: Know Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers (Portfolio/Penguin), a New York Times bestseller that made the case for data-driven leadership long before it became conventional wisdom — a thesis that runs through everything Conductor does today. His writing and thinking on technology, leadership, and the future of work have appeared in Harvard Business Review and beyond, and he is a sought-after keynote speaker on strategy execution, transformation, and building data-driven organizations.
Jay is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. Before founding Sensei Labs, he built a career spanning product design, engineering, and executive leadership, which is a rare combination that shapes Conductor's obsession with tools that are as delightful to use as they are powerful.
He's a proud Canadian who lives in Toronto with his family, where he remains a hands-on builder: still designing, still coding, and still convinced that the best software disappears into the work it enables.
Recent Podcast Appearances

Leadership Evolution: Insights from Sensei Labs on Growing Teams and Company Culture
In this episode of the Human Side of Business Podcast, Jay Goldman, co-founder and CEO of Sensei Labs, shares his journey of leadership and scaling companies.

Optimizing Private Equity Success with Conductor: Insights from Jay Goldman
In this episode, Jay shares his insights on private equity value creation, operational efficiency, and emerging trends in the investment landscape.

Why Digital Transformation Often Fails: the Digital Transformation Podcast
In this episode of the Digital Transformation Podcast, Jay Goldman dives into why transformation efforts often miss the mark and what businesses can do to increase their odds of success.
Resources by Jay

Meet the Maestros: Nickesh Kumar on the Importance of Benefits Realization
Learn how to establish clear, measurable targets to align stakeholders and achieve benefits realization successfully.

Maximizing Transformation Value: The Strategic Imperative of Benefits Realization
Maximize transformation success with benefits realization—learn how to ensure business investments deliver real value.

Future Management: A New Paradigm for Organizational Success
In an era where change occurs at unprecedented speeds, organizations face the challenge of not just adapting to the future but actively shaping it.

Meet the Maestros: Dr. Ahmad Altarawneh on Future Management
Organizations are facing unprecedented challenges maintaining strategic relevance. Dr. Ahmad Altarawneh is here to talk you through solving that.

Meet the Maestros: Andrey Mozuliov on The Future of Finance Transformation
Discover how Andrey Mosilov, Director of Finance Transformation at Domtar, is redefining finance transformation.

Sensei Labs Conductor expands to Saudi Arabia, enabling hyper-growth for public/private sectors to achieve Vision 2030
Conductor, the world’s leading large-scale transformation orchestration platform, fully complies with Saudi security and data privacy regulations.

A Comprehensive Guide to Finance Transformation
Explore finance transformation: boost efficiency, agility, and decision-making with expert insights, key drivers, and actionable strategies

The Ultimate Guide to Successful Enterprise Transformation
Our guide on how to lead a successful enterprise transformation in your organization

Forbes: Navigating Change: Transformation Trends In 2024
Our "The 2024 State of Transformation Survey" includes 150-plus senior transformation leaders working for large enterprises (1,000-plus employees, $1 billion-plus in revenue) with respondents from North America, Europe and Asia.

Forbes: Portfolio Orchestration: Private Equity’s New Superpower To Improve Value Creation
The last decade has been the age of transformations. Transformation is now a critical skill and success factor for enterprises, including many owned by PE. Successful portfolio transformations are a prerequisite to fundraising and the fund’s ongoing existence.

Forbes: Thirteen Resources Tech Leaders Rely On For Keeping Up With Industry News with Jay Goldman
Our CEO, Jay, appears in Forbes sharing resources and strategies for keeping up-to-date with industry news.

Forbes: Thirteen Tech Leaders Share Smart Strategies For Avoiding Project Scope Creep
Learn how to avoid scope creep with a great tip from our Co-founder and CEO published in Forbes
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