AI Consultant
Aqueity · Downers Grove, IL · 5 mo ago
On-siteEducation$70k–$110k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary customer-facing point of contact for AI consulting engagements
- Lead discovery sessions to understand client workflows, business challenges, data sources, and success criteria
- Translate business problems into clear, actionable functional and non-functional requirements for AI solutions
- Act as the liaison between clients and senior AI engineers to ensure alignment and prevent scope drift
- Facilitate ongoing communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Support solution framing, demonstrations, and explanations of AI capabilities and limitations in plain language
- Manage client expectations around feasibility, timelines, risks, and tradeoffs
- Support iterative feedback cycles during development, testing, and pilot phases
- Assist with data intake assessments, readiness evaluations, and solution documentation
- Ensure accurate and complete handoff documentation for engineering teams
- Track engagement progress and communicate next steps, timelines, and outcomes to clients
Requirements
- Strong customer-facing communication and active listening skills
- High emotional intelligence with the ability to align competing priorities and de-escalate concerns
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-friendly language
- Strong organizational skills with consistent follow-through
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving technical environment
- Able to ask the right questions to uncover risks, dependencies, and constraints
- Working understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, including large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), workflow automation, data pipelines, and system integrations
- Ability to reason about data quality, structure, privacy, and security considerations
- Comfortable reviewing high-level system architectures, solution diagrams, and workflows
- Not responsible for coding, but able to collaborate effectively with senior engineers
- Background in consulting, solutions engineering, technical product management, pre-sales, or similar roles
- Experience supporting custom software or AI solution delivery environments
- Experience working directly with senior engineers and client stakeholders (enterprise or SMB)
- MSP, SaaS, or professional services experience preferred
Qualifications
Competitive salary based on experience
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Performance-based bonuses and incentives
Supportive and collaborative work culture
Professional growth and advancement opportunities
On-the-job training and mentorship
Pay
Salary Range: $70,000 - $110,000