Enterprise Strategist – Chief Architect, AI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the strategic vision, development, positioning, and ongoing enhancement of CDW's AI advisory consulting portfolio.

• Create advisory standards, estimation models, delivery guides, sales enablement materials, thought leadership content, and reusable assets.

• Analyze AI advisory market trends, customer requirements, regulatory factors, ethical guidelines, and adoption trends.

• Train sales teams, assist in opportunity qualification, and spearhead intricate AI advisory initiatives.

• Conduct executive discussions, discovery sessions, and workshops.

• Prepare proposals, Statements of Work, Letters of Understanding, business cases, RFP responses, estimates, and change request scopes.

• Guide clients on AI strategy, governance, operating models, adoption processes, prioritization, roadmaps, and realizing business value.

• Convert client goals into actionable use cases, roadmaps, financial considerations, adoption strategies, and operational recommendations.

• Collaborate with technical solution teams and partners to create integrated AI solutions.

• Assess solution feasibility, challenge assumptions, identify risks, and work with technical experts.

• Ensure the quality of advisory delivery, adherence to solution standards, delivery methods, risk management, and methodology compliance.

• Review and authorize key AI advisory deliverables.

• Act as an escalation point for delivery-related solution issues.

• Engage in project delivery while providing advisory expertise and project supervision.

• Achieve billable utilization targets for project oversight.

• Recommend staffing for projects.

• Create and implement a professional development plan.

• Mentor and guide delivery and presales team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 10 years of experience in artificial intelligence, AI strategy, AI governance, data science, machine learning, analytics, or related technology consulting fields, or 14 years of experience in these areas.

• Proficiency in AI governance, organizational change management, operating model design, responsible AI considerations, and business adoption planning.

• Knowledge of AI technologies, data foundations, architectures, and implementation methodologies.

• Experience in translating business goals into AI advisory strategies, use cases, roadmaps, governance factors, adoption methods, and operational recommendations.

• Strong executive-level communication, presentation, and facilitation abilities.

• Capability to comprehend customer needs, tailor advisory solutions, and navigate challenging discussions.

• Proficiency in developing and articulating actionable strategic plans.

• 10+ years of consulting experience is advantageous.

• Experience in developing advisory offerings, consulting methodologies, service frameworks, or go-to-market assets is a plus.

• Experience in supporting complex presales efforts, executive discovery, and consulting solution positioning is beneficial.

• Relevant certifications or professional development in AI, governance, enterprise architecture, data, transformation, or related advisory areas is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Quarterly bonus target of 10%, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.

• Comprehensive benefits package (details provided at https://cdw.benefit-info.com/).

• Professional development plan.

• Opportunities for mentoring and coaching.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.