Applied AI Analyst
Ascentek•Golden Valley, MN
•$115,000 - $130,000
About The Position
The Applied AI Analyst is the business-facing owner of new AI and data solutions built by the IT Platforms & Integrations team. The role translates business needs into practical, responsible applications of AI and data, documents detailed and testable requirements for engineering, and leads solution rollout, enablement, and adoption. Initial solutions include the eTank monitoring platform and Product Data Platform. The analyst also helps business teams build agents that use governed data in the Microsoft Fabric data warehouse, and progressively takes ownership of additional solutions as they are defined. The position is full-time, salaried, and follows a Monday–Friday schedule. It is primarily performed in a professional office environment, with regular use of computers, phones, and standard office equipment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 3 years in business analysis or a solutions/enablement role translating business needs into detailed, testable requirements.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot or Copilot Studio, or comparable AI assistant or agent tooling.
- Working experience with a modern data or BI platform such as Microsoft Fabric or Power BI, and a working understanding of data models.
- Experience enabling or coaching business users to adopt new tools or solutions.
- Strong requirements elicitation and documentation skills, including producing build-ready specifications and acceptance criteria for engineering to build and test against.
- Technical fluency with AI agent tooling and data concepts such as Fabric and semantic models, sufficient to build prototypes and guide others.
- Ability to enable and coach non-technical business users toward self-service.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to bridge business and engineering audiences.
- Practical judgment about where AI and automation add value and where they do not.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent solution and adoption efforts across stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of responsible-AI practices and data governance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience building agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, or comparable low-code/AI tooling.
- Hands-on experience with Claude and other leading AI assistants and their application in a business setting.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric medallion architecture and Power BI semantic models.
- Business-analysis experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment.
- Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as JD Edwards, Salesforce, BigCommerce, or ServiceNow.
- Change-management, training, or adoption experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the business analyst for new solutions, initially including the eTank monitoring platform and Product Data Platform, and document detailed, testable requirements and acceptance criteria for engineering.
- Own deployment and adoption by coordinating user acceptance testing and validation with business owners, planning rollouts, enabling users, creating enablement materials, and driving uptake.
- Enable and coach business teams to build AI agents, preferably in Microsoft Copilot or Copilot Studio, using governed data in Microsoft Fabric.
- Build reference agents and prototypes to demonstrate possibilities and accelerate business adoption.
- Partner with the Data Engineer and IT Platforms Architect to ensure solutions and agents use well-modeled, governed Fabric data.
- Take ownership of future solutions as they are defined.
- Identify and prioritize high-value, practical AI and automation use cases across the business, and champion responsible AI use.
- Stay current on AI model releases, tooling, and emerging use cases, and bring relevant developments to the team and business.
- Maintain documentation of solution requirements, agent configurations, and enablement guides.
- Bridge business owners and the engineering team for these solutions.
Benefits
- Medical plan options, including fertility coverage and free mental health and telehealth coverage
- Dental and vision insurance
- FSA/HSA options
- Paid parental leave
- Company-provided short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
- Supplemental insurance, including accident, critical illness, hospital, and supplemental life insurance
- 401(k) with a generous company match
- Pet insurance benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- 21 paid days off
- 7 paid holidays
- Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP) bonus
- Casual dress environment
- Company-provided phone
- Company-provided computer
- Career advancement opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
