Consultant - AI Strategy

About the role

Keystone is a premier economics, technology, and strategy consulting firm. We advise technology leaders, Fortune 100 companies, their legal counsel, and governments on business, economic, litigation, and regulatory strategy related to emerging innovations and competitive ecosystems. We operate globally from offices in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Dubai, and Washington, D.C. We're growing quickly and are seeking an exceptional Consultant and AI Agent Manager to help clients transform AI ambitions into actionable strategies.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI-Native Strategy Work
• Structure ambiguous client problems into clear workplans, hypotheses, analyses, and recommendations
• Conduct independent research, market analysis, technology landscape assessments, and competitive benchmarking
• Synthesize complex findings into crisp narratives for client executives, technical teams, and internal leadership
• Help identify high-impact AI use cases and translate them into pragmatic execution roadmaps
• Manage AI Agents as Part of the Delivery Team
• Use, manage, and improve AI agents as part of the delivery team to accelerate workflows, raise quality, and create tangible client value
• Design repeatable AI-enabled workflows that improve speed, rigor, and client value
• Evaluate outputs critically and maintain high standards for accuracy, judgment, and confidentiality
• Build, Prototype, and Implement
• Work directly with AI tools rather than only advising from a distance
• Prototype solutions, prompts, workflows, and light technical approaches alongside clients and internal teams
• Partner with engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand feasibility, constraints, and implementation paths
• Bring a practical understanding of cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, LLM integration, and enterprise software ecosystems to client work
• Prepare Client-Ready Deliverables
• Prepare high-quality analyses, memos, presentations, and executive communications
• Manage discrete workstreams with strong ownership, judgment, and attention to detail
• Contribute to client meetings and workshops with clear communication and structured thinking

Qualifications

• Experience in strategy consulting, business strategy, AI strategy, product strategy, technology strategy, or similarly rigorous analytical project work
• High level of comfort using AI tools and agentic workflows directly in professional work, including tasking agents, reviewing outputs, identifying gaps, and improving workflow quality
• Ability to evaluate AI-assisted outputs for quality, accuracy, business relevance, and client readiness
• Proven ability to translate research, expert input, client context, and AI-generated outputs into polished client-facing materials
• Praactical understanding of how business processes can be broken down, documented, and redesigned for AI-enabled delivery
• Proven builder orientation: willingness to roll up sleeves, use tools directly, prototype workflows, and implement practical solutions with clients
• Working fluency in modern AI and enterprise technology architecture, including cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, enterprise software, and LLM integration
• Exceptional structured problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative skills, including rigorous research, market analysis, and technology landscape assessment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Adaptability, resilience, and ownership in fast-paced client-service environments

Benefits

• Annual salary range: $140,000—$190,000 USD
• Discretionary bonus
• 401(k) contribution
• Competitive benefits package