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AHEAD

AI Principal Consultant, AI Services

AI summary of the role

AHEAD seeks a Principal Consultant to lead enterprise AI engagements from strategy to execution, helping clients move from AI experimentation to measurable business impact.

What you’ll do

  • Lead complex AI and digital transformation engagements from diagnostic through roadmap design and execution support.
  • Structure ambiguous client problems into hypotheses, workplans, and executive-ready deliverables.
  • Facilitate executive workshops and align senior stakeholders across business, technology, data, risk, and operations.
  • Identify and prioritize AI opportunities, build business cases, and design AI governance and operating models.

What you’ll bring

  • 7–12+ years in management consulting, technology advisory, digital transformation, or AI strategy.
  • Proven experience leading client engagements or workstreams with senior stakeholders.
  • Strong structured problem-solving and executive communication skills.
  • Experience in AI strategy, use case prioritization, business case development, or AI governance.

Technologies

AI · generative AI · agentic AI · MLOps · cloud · data platforms · automation · software delivery · AI governance · responsible AI

About AHEAD

AHEAD builds and operates enterprise digital platforms — cloud infrastructure, automation/analytics, security and software delivery — for large US-headquartered enterprises via consulting plus managed/intelligent operations.

Private Late · 2000–5000 people

Source and classification

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seeking a Principal Consultant, AI Services to help enterprise clients move from AI ambition and experimentation to measurable business impact. In this role, you will lead high-impact client engagements with senior business and technology executives. You will help clients identify where AI can create value, prioritize use cases, build business cases and roadmaps, design operating models and governance, and mobilize implementation with AHEAD’s broader teams of consultants, architects, engineers, and specialists. This is a leadership role for a consulting professional who can operate at the intersection of strategy, technology, business transformation, and execution. The ideal candidate brings top-tier consulting discipline, strong executive communication, structured problem solving, and enough AI / technology fluency to guide multidisciplinary teams — without needing to be a hands-on
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