Fractional AI

Associate Principal, AI Transformation

San Francisco Office · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 110 days ago

LLMsICD-10LeadershipCommunication

About the role

The fastest way to learn how AI will reshape businesses is to go inside and help transform dozens of them.
As an Associate Principal, you're the engine of our AI strategic advisory work - partnering with Principals to set companies' AI transformation agendas, and assessing value-creation opportunities and disruption risk across industries in diligence.
This is the path to becoming the "fractional Chief AI Transformation Officer" our clients call first.

Drive AI strategic advisory engagements end-to-end. You run point strategic engagements that set a company's transformation agenda or running diligence on an asset
Support live deals and the selling motion. Work alongside Principals on active pursuits - joining discovery calls, shaping proposals, helping manage relationships - and learn how we scope, price, and position our work.
Build your network. Through engagements and deal support, build durable relationships with executives and investors.
🎉 Team Events and Activities: Regular events to build camaraderie and a strong team spirit.

High ownership, comfort with ambiguity. Engagement windows are tight, and you drive the work forward without waiting to be told what to do.
Learning agility and analytical horsepower. You ramp quickly on an unfamiliar industry, identify what matters, and form a defensible point of view - turning pattern-matching across engagements into a compounding advantage.
Crisp communication, written and verbal. You translate technical AI concepts into business language that lands with executives and deal teams.
Relationship-building instinct. You build rapport with people and are energized, not drained, by client-facing work.
AI-native. You're genuinely interested in AI and have a working understanding of what generative AI can and can't do. You don't need to be an engineer, but you need to be credible in a room with one.
Low ego, high resourcefulness. You're both a doer and a strategist.
3-MONTH SNAPSHOT
You've contributed to several AI strategic advisory engagements alongside our Principals, progressing from supporting role to execution lead.
You're independently driving key takeaways, executive interviews, and deliverable creationn on active engagements.
You've joined live sales or account conversations with a Principal, and are starting to understand how we scope, price, and position our work.

🏦 Competitive Compensation Package: Attractive salary aligned with your experience and skills.

🏥 Life Insurance: Providing peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
📈 401k with Matching: Invest in your future with our company-matched retirement plan.
🌴 Unlimited PTO: Take the time you need to relax and rejuvenate.
🏥 Exceptional Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Comprehensive health benefits to keep you and your family healthy.
🚑 Health FSA: Manage out-of-pocket health expenses effectively.
🚌 Commuter Benefits: Make your travel to work easier and more affordable.
Learning agility and analytical horsepower.

We are writing the playbook on how to create enterprise value with LLMs, and building our reputation as the world's best applied AI team.
We're building a culture that attracts and retains top applied AI talent, and we stress test large decisions through the perspective of our world class builders.
San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY

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