Consultant AI Strategy (SaaS 100 Enterprises)

Consultant AI Strategy (SaaS 100 Enterprises)

Location: Remote / Global

Type: Part-Time - Contract

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced AI Strategy Consultant to advise and support SaaS 100 companies in defining, implementing, and scaling AI-driven initiatives. This role bridges strategic consulting, technical understanding, and business operations, helping enterprise clients identify high-impact use cases, design data and AI roadmaps, and enable measurable business outcomes.

You'll work with cross-functional teamsfrom executives to data scientiststo turn AI potential into tangible business value.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Consulting

• Lead discovery sessions to understand client goals, product ecosystem, and data maturity.
• Identify high-value AI and automation opportunities across sales, marketing, customer success, and product functions.
• Develop AI adoption roadmaps aligned with client priorities, infrastructure, and security requirements.
• Define ROI and success metrics for AI initiatives, ensuring measurable business impact.
• Conduct AI readiness assessments (people, process, data, technology).

Program Design & Implementation

• Collaborate with client engineering and data teams to prioritize and execute pilots.
• Support LLM and GenAI use case designe.g., customer support automation, intelligent document processing, product recommendations, or predictive analytics.
• Work with MLOps and engineering leads to outline technical requirements, model lifecycle management, and governance frameworks.
• Develop AI integration strategies for SaaS ecosystems (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Workday, etc.).
• Coordinate workshops, training, and change management activities to promote adoption.

Advisory & Communication

• Advise C-level and product leadership on emerging AI trends and best practices in SaaS environments.
• Translate complex technical capabilities into actionable business language.
• Create executive presentations, business cases, and client-ready deliverables.
• Collaborate with product marketing and partnerships teams to align messaging and AI offerings.

Common Tasks

• Conduct client interviews and map workflows for automation opportunities.
• Draft AI vision and strategy decks tailored to enterprise SaaS use cases.
• Prepare RFPs or proposals for AI projects and pilots.
• Evaluate vendor tools and APIs for AI enablement (OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI, Azure AI, etc.).
• Support data governance and ethics assessments for responsible AI deployment.
• Benchmark competitors' AI maturity and recommend differentiation strategies.
• Develop and maintain knowledge repositories and AI best practice playbooks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in management consulting, SaaS strategy, or digital transformation; 3+ years in AI/ML-related projects.
• Strong understanding of SaaS architectures, data pipelines, and product lifecycles.
• Familiarity with LLMs, NLP, predictive analytics, and automation frameworks.
• Proven experience working with Fortune 500 or SaaS 100 enterprises.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership.
• Experience building business cases and translating technical outputs into ROI-driven narratives.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with AI tools such as OpenAI API, Hugging Face, LangChain, Vertex AI, or DataRobot.
• Exposure to MLOps and AI governance practices.
• Strong presentation and workshop facilitation skills.
• Prior consulting experience at firms serving enterprise SaaS clients.