Knowledge, Data, and AI Strategy Lead Consultant

Enterprise Knowledge (EK) is hiring a full-time Data, Knowledge, and AI Strategy Lead Consultant to join our Strategic Consulting practice. In this role, you will lead knowledge, data, and AI initiatives, providing strategic guidance around operational design and AI vision that helps organizations build the key data foundations they need to realize value from enterprise AI. You'll work with Fortune 500, global, and public sector clients to assess their current state, shape a clear vision, and design the people, processes, and ways of working that enable semantic initiatives to scale.

You'll lead executive conversations, facilitate workshops that move senior stakeholders to alignment, and translate complex organizational challenges into practical, prioritized recommendations and roadmaps. You'll quickly synthesize what you're hearing to define what clients need and how their organizations should operate to get there. As with all of our positions, we seek independent thinkers with exceptional written and oral communication skills who thrive as part of a collaborative team.

As an EKer, you will join a fast-growing company that is committed to diversity and inclusion, have the opportunity to work in a collaborative workplace, take advantage of our unique benefits, and help build our innovative culture. To read more about the impactful work we are doing and to see the latest thought leadership from EK, follow us on LinkedIn.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Data, Semantic Layer, and AI strategy engagements end to end, including current state assessments, target state visioning, business cases, and outcome-based roadmaps
• Lead operating model design and implementation approaches for semantic and AI initiatives, defining roles, responsibilities, organizational structures, ways of working, and the sequencing needed to operationalize them
• Lead stakeholder engagement across business and technical audiences, helping clients shape the vision and strategy for semantic initiatives and fostering buy-in by demonstrating business value
• Design and facilitate executive workshops / working sessions that align diverse stakeholders on priorities, outcomes, and next steps
• Provide analysis of client information, synthesizing findings into clear insights and viable recommendation pathways and project deliverable artifacts
• Lead executive communications and presentations, crafting compelling narratives and recommendations for senior client audiences through presentations, proposals, demos, and other client-facing materials
• Guide and coach consultants on project teams, modeling strong consulting practices and providing day-to-day direction and feedback
• Collaborate with leadership to develop internal practices, teams, and strategic initiatives to support growth activities
• Actively engage as a thought leader in the field through articles, social media, and marketing efforts
• Progress in your mastery of core consulting skills 

Requirements

As a federal contractor, Enterprise Knowledge will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e., H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1, and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer.

Our office is located in Arlington, VA, and operates on a hybrid model. While local candidates are preferred, we are also able to hire remote candidates residing in the following states: CO, FL, MA, NC, NH, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, and WA.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5-7 years of management consulting or strategy experience, with demonstrated experience leading client engagements or major workstreams
• Experience leading strategy, organizational design, or operating model projects from discovery through recommendations and implementation planning to execution
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize ambiguous information, identify patterns, and develop confident, well-supported recommendations
• Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating workshops with senior and executive stakeholders
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and visual), including experience developing and delivering executive-level presentations
• Ability to build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated experience with KM, data, content, or information management strategy
• Familiarity with semantic concepts (taxonomy, ontology, knowledge graphs, semantic layers) and how they enable enterprise AI
• Advanced facilitation experience, including designing and leading in-person, virtual, and hybrid sessions for large or senior-level groups
• Change management and communications experience
• Experience with strategic planning and business development in the management consulting industry
• Experience with budget management and team planning 
• Experience mentoring or supervising junior consultants

Salary Information:

EK considers a broad range of factors in considering employee salary, including a candidate’s skills, experience, education, certifications, past successes, and qualifications. The salary range for this role is $135,000 to $165,000, with most candidates likely to fall in the lower half. This range does not guarantee a specific salary and may be adjusted based on the needs of the company and the candidate’s qualifications.

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