AI Consultant

About the Role

This is a career-defining opportunity to shape the future of AI adoption for enterprise clients. You will be instrumental in transforming vague AI aspirations into structured, high-ROI business strategies. In this highly visible, billable role, you will bridge the critical gap between complex AI capabilities and strategic business transformation, directly influencing C-suite decision-making and driving tangible business value.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-level strategic advisory that combines deep technical credibility with profound business acumen.
• Engage directly with enterprise C-suites to translate complex AI concepts into clear ROI frameworks.
• Guide organizations through AI governance and expertly manage risk.
• Design architecturally sound, tech-agnostic roadmaps that ensure client AI ambitions can realistically deploy into their existing enterprise ecosystems.
• Evaluate data architectures, LLMs, and integration viability without writing code.
• Lead the initial implementation and delivery of an "AI Strategy Assessment" framework for key enterprise clients within 90 days.
• Drive consistent billable utilization, meeting revenue targets and contributing to the growth of the professional services pipeline within 180 days.
• Fully establish and scale a greenfield AI advisory practice within 365 days, becoming a recognized leader in transforming enterprise AI ambitions into tangible business outcomes.
• Shape the long-term vision and evolution of AI consulting methodologies, mentoring future team members.

Skills

AI Architecture & Data Readiness Evaluation

• Audit client data infrastructure, including pipeline bottlenecks and data hygiene, to determine readiness for specific AI models.
• Fluently explain and justify the selection or rejection of specific LLMs or architectures based on business constraints like latency, privacy, and cost.
• Assess client data pipelines and judge integration viability without needing to write code.
• Ship multiple production agents with measurable accuracy and safety outcomes.
• Build reusable evaluation frameworks, guardrail patterns, or agent templates adopted by others.

Strategic Enterprise Advisory

• Present directly to C-suite or VP-level stakeholders, defending an AI roadmap, governance policy, or risk-mitigation strategy.
• Translate complex technical AI concepts into clear financial ROI frameworks or business-value metrics that secure executive buy-in.
• Guide organizations through critical AI governance and risk management discussions with executive presence.
• Govern complex multi-environment organizations and establish robust administration standards and governance frameworks.
• Navigate boundaries between managed packages and custom development within an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) context.

Ecosystem Integration & Mapping

• Design and implement solutions that integrate with large, complex enterprise technology stacks.
• Address challenges of pushing and pulling data between modern AI tools and core platforms like Salesforce.
• Demonstrate clear understanding of API limitations, data synchronization complexities, and ecosystem guardrails in enterprise environments.
• Lead a team through significant discipline or technology shifts, demonstrating adaptability and strategic leadership.
• Build effective onboarding programs, upskilling initiatives, knowledge bases, or communities of practice.

Commercial Advisory & Value Scoping

• Operate successfully in a billable, utilization-tracked environment, such as a professional services or consulting firm.
• Accurately scope a Statement of Work (SOW) and manage client expectations around billable hours and deliverables.
• Proactively discover and scope follow-on projects organically during an advisory engagement.
• Quantify ROI and frame risk and oversight discussions for non-technical C-suite executives.
• Shape a strategic roadmap that clearly delineates what aspects of a business to automate and what not to.

Milestones

Within 90 Days

• Lead the initial implementation and delivery of the "AI Strategy Assessment" framework for key enterprise clients.
• Engage with multiple C-suite stakeholders to identify high-impact AI use cases, assess data readiness, and build trust.
• Contribute to the refinement of billable service offerings, ensuring accurate scoping and proactive client expectation management.

Within 180 Days

• Drive consistent billable utilization, meeting initial revenue targets and contributing to the professional services pipeline.
• Successfully complete and deliver several comprehensive AI Strategy Assessments, culminating in ecosystem-ready roadmaps.
• Establish strong working relationships with internal product and engineering teams for strategic alignment.

Within 365 Days

• Fully establish and scale the greenfield AI advisory practice, becoming a recognized leader in enterprise AI transformation.
• Consistently exceed professional services revenue targets by identifying new opportunities and expanding engagement scope.
• Shape the long-term vision and evolution of AI consulting methodologies, mentoring future team members.