Position

Forward Deployed Consultant

About the Role

As a Forward Deployed Consultant, you will work directly with enterprise leaders to define, prioritize, and operationalize their AI transformation. You will operate at the intersection of business strategy, data, and agentic AI systems translating ambiguity into structured opportunities and measurable outcomes. This is not a traditional consulting role. You will be embedded in the customer’s environment, owning the path from problem definition to deployed solution.

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with C-level stakeholders to identify high-impact AI opportunities across functions (CX, GTM, operations, HCM, etc.)

  • Lead AI strategy engagements, including use case discovery, prioritization frameworks, and roadmap definition

  • Translate business problems into clear functional requirements and system-level thinking

  • Act as a bridge between business and engineering, working closely with Forward Deployed Engineers and AI teams

  • Facilitate workshops, working sessions, and executive readouts with clarity and conviction

  • Develop business cases, ROI models, and value articulation frameworks for AI investments

  • Support solution shaping ensuring what gets built aligns with real-world workflows and enterprise constraints

  • Bring structure to ambiguity - define problems, not just respond to them

Qualifications

Required:

  • 4–8 years in strategy consulting, digital transformation, or enterprise advisory roles

  • Strong background in business analysis (BA), requirements gathering, and process mapping

  • Experience working with enterprise systems (CRM, CDP, ERP, CX platforms, etc.)

  • Ability to move between executive conversations and detailed functional breakdowns

  • Familiarity with AI/ML concepts; don’t have to be hands-on, but need strong conceptual grounding

  • Exceptional communication, structured thinking, clear articulation, executive presence

Preferred:

  • Experience working on AI or data-driven transformation programs

  • Familiarity with agentic systems, automation, or advanced analytics use cases

  • Exposure to industries such as Retail, CPG, Healthcare, or Technology

  • Experience building ROI models or value engineering frameworks

  • Prior experience working in embedded or client-facing delivery roles

Position details

Type

Remote

Location

United States

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REIMAGINE ENTERPRISE AI

Skip the pilots. Build what matters.

From strategy to outcomes in weeks not months.

An AI-native digital agency helping enterprises strategize, design, engineer, and deploy reliable AI solutions.

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REIMAGINE ENTERPRISE AI

Skip the pilots. Build what matters.

From strategy to outcomes in weeks not months.

An AI-native digital agency helping enterprises strategize, design, engineer, and deploy reliable AI solutions.

© Copyright 2026, Soul of the Machine. All Rights Reserved.

455 Market St. Ste 1940, San Francisco, California 94105 USA +1 (707) 654-9728

REIMAGINE ENTERPRISE AI

Skip the pilots. Build what matters.

From strategy to outcomes in weeks not months.

An AI-native digital agency helping enterprises strategize, design, engineer, and deploy reliable AI solutions.

© Copyright 2026, Soul of the Machine. All Rights Reserved.

455 Market St. Ste 1940, San Francisco, California 94105 USA +1 (707) 654-9728