
AI Strategist
Posted Aug 25

Posted Aug 25
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, collaborating with business and technology leaders to pinpoint, prioritize, and implement high-value AI opportunities.
• Facilitate value stream mapping, business process mapping, stakeholder interviews, and workshops.
• Uncover productivity opportunities where AI can minimize manual tasks, enhance knowledge work, boost employee effectiveness, or streamline processes.
• Identify higher-value opportunities where AI can enhance business processes, decision-making, workflows, or organizational capabilities.
• Assess and prioritize AI use cases according to business value, feasibility, complexity, risk, data requirements, organizational readiness, and time to realization.
• Convert opportunities into AI strategies, prioritized use case portfolios, business cases, and implementation roadmaps.
• Evaluate AI tools and platforms, such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and other leading providers.
• Compare AI platforms based on features, integration needs, security, governance, cost, scalability, and user experience.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams on solution strategies including productivity tools, workflow automation, custom applications, and AI-driven business processes.
• Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks for adoption, productivity enhancements, financial impact, and business value.
• Counsel senior stakeholders on AI investment priorities, trade-offs, risks, and sequencing.
• Manage client engagements from start to finish.
• Assist in business development through proposal scoping, client pursuits, AI Strategy offerings, and thought leadership.
• Create reusable methodologies and frameworks, mentor team members, and contribute to the growth of the Strategy practice.
• A bachelor's degree is required.
• A master's degree in Business or a related field is preferred.
• 3 to 5 years of recent consulting, advisory, or other client-facing strategy experience leading AI, analytics, digital transformation, process improvement, or related initiatives.
• Proven experience in identifying and prioritizing business opportunities through stakeholder interviews, workshops, process analysis, or value stream mapping.
• Experience in translating business processes and operational challenges into actionable technology or AI use cases.
• Strong background in developing business cases, including value quantification, ROI analysis, cost-benefit analysis, or productivity impact assessment.
• Practical experience using contemporary AI tools such as Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT, or similar platforms for analysis, prototyping, workflow enhancement, or solution delivery.
• Ability to evaluate AI tools and platforms and recommend suitable solutions based on business needs rather than personal product preferences.
• Comprehensive understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and practical applications within large organizations.
• Experience in crafting strategic recommendations and implementation roadmaps for complex organizations.
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting recommendations to senior and executive stakeholders.
• Experience in conducting value stream mapping, process redesign, operating model, or productivity improvement initiatives.
• Experience in evaluating and selecting AI tools, vendors, or enterprise platforms.
• Familiarity with AI capabilities within platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, or similar enterprise technology environments.
• Experience with workflow automation, AI-assisted decision-making, or AI-enabled business process redesign.
• Experience conducting organizational readiness assessments across people, processes, data, technology, and governance.
• Hands-on experimentation with AI tools, including prompt design, workflow development, tool integration, or rapid prototyping.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts, automation platforms, or MLOps practices is advantageous.
• Relevant certifications in data management, process improvement, project delivery, AI governance, or related fields are a plus.
• Full-time employment.
• Remote work options available within the US or Colombia.
• Applicants based in Atlanta have the opportunity to work at the headquarters in Sandy Springs, GA.
• Applicants based in Medellin can work at the headquarters in Colombia.
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