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          "text": "<p>As a Senior Business Strategy &amp; AI Advisor, you will lead a cross-functional team in the delivery of Advisory offerings in Business Strategy and AI, Business Strategy, and Business Advisory Services.</p><p>You will partner with clients to shape and execute strategies that leverage AI technologies and innovative approaches for measurable business outcomes, ensuring responsible, scalable, and human-centric adoption as well as overall business readiness and enablement.</p><p>This role sits at the intersection of <strong>business strategy and implementation value, innovation, and organizational preparedness for transformation</strong>—leading clients and internal teams through ambiguity into clarity and value. You will provide strategic leadership to ensure that decision-making aligns to long term objectives for realized value as the trusted advisor for our clients.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><em>Strategic Leadership </em></p><ul><li><strong>Advise clients on business strategy</strong>, including leadership alignment, policies and procedures, governance, Centers of Excellence, process evaluation, and organizational design/development.</li><li>Contribute to the continued development of the <strong>AI Advisory vision and roadmap</strong>, aligning offerings and methods with Advisory leadership.</li><li>Serve as a <strong>trusted advisor to client executives</strong>, guiding organizations from AI readiness assessment through enterprise-scale adoption.</li><li>Position Advisory as the <strong>strategic entry point for AI engagements</strong>, connecting business objectives, KPIs, and transformation outcomes.</li></ul><p><em>Offerings &amp; IP Development</em></p><ul><li>Deliver and support continued<strong> development of Business Advisory offerings</strong> and cross-discipline offerings within the Advisory subdomain.</li><li>Contribute to the continued development of <strong>repeatable AI Advisory offerings</strong> (AI Starter, AI Value Accelerator, Copilot Readiness, Governance frameworks, etc.).</li><li>Create frameworks, accelerators, and playbooks that integrate <strong>AI maturity models (Microsoft, NIST, Google, Ng)</strong> and <strong>Responsible AI practices</strong>.</li><li>Contribute to the evolution of Advisory’s portfolio through <strong>thought leadership, case studies, and market insights</strong>.</li></ul><p><em>Client Engagement &amp; Outcomes</em></p><ul><li>Facilitate engaging conversations, workshops, and interviews for <strong>meaningful discovery</strong> that lead to insights, business intelligence, and recommendations.</li><li>Lead <strong>C-suite workshops, envisioning sessions, and transformation roadmaps</strong>, translating AI into measurable business value.</li><li>Partner with cross-functional teams (UX, data, technical, change management) to deliver <strong>holistic, human-centered solutions</strong>.</li><li>Ensure delivery of <strong>measurable value, operational efficiency, and sustainable adoption</strong> for clients.</li></ul><p><em>Capability Building</em></p><ul><li>Mentor Advisory consultants in <strong>AI fluency, client strategy, and facilitation skills</strong>.</li><li>Support hiring, onboarding, and <strong>upskilling the Advisory team</strong> to strengthen our AI bench.</li><li>Actively contribute to internal <strong>AI Center of Excellence (COE)</strong> and cross-practice enablement.</li></ul>",
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