AI Generalist
Columbia University Information Technology · New York, NY · 1 wk ago
HybridInformation TechnologyFull-time
Responsibilities
- AI Intake & Concierge Support: Serves as the primary front door for AI consulting requests; conducts discovery conversations; clarifies needs, goals, stakeholders, urgency and expected outcomes.
- Gathering & Use-Case Definition: Translates user needs into clear use-case summaries, business requirements, success criteria, constraints, and recommended next steps.
- Triage & Routing: Assesses incoming requests and route them to the appropriate AI resource, technical team, platform owner, governance process, or self-service resource.
- Consultative Guidance: Advises schools, departments, and administrative units on available AI tools, responsible-use guidance, common automation opportunities, and practical paths for adoption.
- Pipeline Coordination: Maintain the intake queue, request documentation, follow-up actions, status updates, and service metrics to support portfolio visibility and prioritization.
- Stakeholder Enablement: Supports communications, training, documentation, FAQs, office hours, and other enablement activities that help users adopt AI services effectively.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Works closely with AI Solutions Engineers, existing Emerging Technologies team members, Service Management, Security/Risk, Enterprise Architecture, and other CUIT partners to coordinate delivery and handoffs.
- Continuous Improvement: Identifies recurring needs, user pain points, process gaps, and opportunities to improve the AIaaS intake and consulting experience.
Requirements
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and/or its equivalent required.
- Minimum 3-5 years’ related experience.
- Progressively responsible experience in business analysis, service delivery, customer success, consulting, program coordination, or technology enablement roles.
- Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, define business needs, document use cases, and coordinate next steps across multiple stakeholders.
- Working understanding of AI-enabled tools, automation concepts, and responsible-use considerations in an enterprise or institutional setting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex or emerging technology topics to non-technical audiences.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple concurrent requests in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated customer-service orientation and ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, leadership, and technical teams.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
- Demonstrated excellence in a variety of competencies including teamwork/collaboration, analytical thinking, communication and influencing skills, and technical expertise.
- Ability to work with changing priorities and with multiple projects.
- Ability to be precise and attentive to detail is essential.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive, ambiguous, or high-visibility requests.
- Ability to work occasional evening/off-hour work as needed to support major launches, events, or critical service milestones.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in higher education, research, healthcare, or similarly complex regulated environments.
- Experience supporting an intake, triage, service catalog, consulting, or technology advisory function.
- Familiarity with service management practices and tools such as ServiceNow.
- Experience creating user-facing documentation, training materials, FAQs, or adoption resources.
- Familiarity with AI productivity platforms, prompt engineering practices, workflow automation tools, or enterprise collaboration platforms.
- Experience partnering with technical teams to translate business needs into implementable solution requirements.