[Hiring] AI Consultant @Go Cadre

Role Description

The AI Consultant is a senior individual contributor on Cadre AI’s Strategy Organization. You own the end-to-end execution of fixed-scope AI strategy engagements—from kickoff through final delivery—and you set the stage for clients to take the next step into a long-term retainer.

This role requires cross-vertical business experience, strategic thinking, deep AI expertise, and complete project ownership. You partner with clients to define AI roadmaps, deliver high-impact findings, and position Cadre AI as their long-term transformation partner.

You are not handing work off to someone else. You run the engagement, earn the trust, and close the next chapter.

What You’ll Do

• Kick Off and Onboard New Engagements:
  • Receive and kick off new strategy engagements handed off from the Sales team, ensuring clients feel confident in Cadre AI’s process from day one.
  • Lead structured onboarding sessions that establish project scope, success criteria, key stakeholders, and working rhythms.
  • Set up and maintain all project infrastructure in ClickUp—tasks, milestones, timelines, and client-facing naming conventions—in coordination with the Operations Specialist.
• Execute Strategy Engagements:
  • Lead structured discovery engagements: stakeholder interviews, workflow assessments, and AI readiness evaluations to uncover high-impact opportunities.
  • Develop comprehensive AI roadmaps that prioritize use cases by feasibility, ROI, and strategic alignment, translating complex findings into clear executive narratives.
  • Produce polished, insight-driven deliverables including discovery findings, opportunity assessments, implementation roadmaps, and executive presentations.
  • Manage project timelines, scope, and client expectations with precision—proactively flagging risks and ensuring on-time, on-scope delivery.
  • Facilitate client working sessions, workshops, and milestone reviews with confidence and clarity.
• Close the Retainer and Hand Off:
  • Build trusted advisor relationships with client stakeholders throughout each engagement, demonstrating deep AI expertise and genuine investment in their outcomes.
  • Connect roadmap priorities to the ongoing support a long-term retainer provides—positioning Cadre AI’s Solutions offering naturally, not as a sales pitch.
  • Lead the retainer close conversation at the conclusion of each strategy project, framing the transition as the logical next step.
  • Document and hand off completed engagements to the Solutions team with thorough context, ensuring a seamless client experience.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally:
  • Work closely with Directors of AI Strategy, the Operations Specialist, and Engineering pod members to ensure seamless execution across all active engagements.
  • Relay client feedback, emerging needs, and expansion signals to the Chief Strategy Officer and relevant pod leaders.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of Cadre AI’s strategy methodology, deliverable templates, and project execution standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in management consulting, AI strategy, or client-facing advisory roles, with a strong track record of independently owning and delivering projects from kickoff through final delivery.
• A daily, self-directed practitioner of AI, LLMs, and automation—you stay current not because you have to, but because you’re genuinely obsessed with where this technology is going.
• Deep understanding of business processes and the ability to take complex operational problems and make them simple for clients.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with strong executive presence—you’ve facilitated workshops, run stakeholder interviews, and presented to C-suite audiences.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and reliable follow-through across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Consultative instinct and commercial awareness—you know how to build client trust, identify the right moment to introduce next steps, and position continued engagement as the natural path forward.
• Fluent with Google Workspace, Slack, and ClickUp—proactive, self-directed, and motivated by helping clients move faster and think bigger.
• First principles thinker who brings perspective and opinions while staying sensitive to context and skilled at surfacing critical assumptions.
• Genuinely energized by rapid change—the pace at which AI is evolving doesn’t intimidate you, it’s why you’re here.

What Sets You Apart

• You’ve closed the next phase of an engagement yourself—you know how to turn a project relationship into a long-term partnership without it feeling like a sales motion.
• Track record of delivering AI strategy work that led to real implementation, not just a deck that got filed away.
• You’ve worked across multiple verticals and can get up to speed on a new industry quickly—you ask the right questions before making assumptions.
• Systems thinker who is always improving the methodology, not just executing it—you leave every engagement better than you found it.
• You move with urgency. You understand that time means impact, and you don’t wait to be told when something needs to happen.

Benefits

• Real ownership: You run engagements end-to-end. No handoffs mid-project, no waiting on approvals. You own the outcome.
• Variety and velocity: Every engagement is a different industry, a different problem, and a new chance to build something that matters. You won’t get bored.
• AI-native culture: We don’t just build AI for clients. We use it to run our own operations. You’ll work with people who are as obsessed with the tools as you are.
• Access to the frontier: Through partnerships with Anthropic, OpenAI, and YC, you’ll be among the first to experiment with new models and capabilities.
• Upside: We’re bootstrapped, profitable, and growing fast. Early team members share in the success they help create.
• No bureaucracy: Small pods. Clear accountability. The best idea wins, regardless of who says it.