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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.

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