Knowledge, Data, and AI Strategy Lead Consultant

Enterprise Knowledge•Arlington, VA

7d•$130,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Enterprise Knowledge (EK) is hiring a full-time Data, Knowledge, and AI Strategy Lead Consultant for its Strategic Consulting practice. The role leads knowledge, data, and AI initiatives, providing strategic guidance on operational design and AI vision so organizations can establish the data foundations needed to realize value from enterprise AI. The consultant works with Fortune 500, global, and public sector clients to assess current states, shape visions, and design the people, processes, and ways of working that enable semantic initiatives to scale. The role involves leading executive conversations, facilitating workshops that align senior stakeholders, and translating complex organizational challenges into practical, prioritized recommendations and roadmaps. The consultant synthesizes client needs and advises how organizations should operate to address them. The position also contributes to a collaborative team and to EK’s internal practices, growth activities, and thought leadership.

Requirements

5–7 years of management consulting or strategy experience, including demonstrated experience leading client engagements or major workstreams.
Experience leading strategy, organizational design, or operating model projects from discovery through recommendations, implementation planning, and execution.
Strong analytical skills, including 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 verbal, written, and visual communication skills, including experience developing and delivering executive-level presentations.
Ability to build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues.
Must not require employer immigration support or sponsorship for employment authorization.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience with KM, data, content, or information management strategy.
Familiarity with semantic concepts such as taxonomy, ontology, knowledge graphs, and semantic layers, and how they enable enterprise AI.
Advanced facilitation experience 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.

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 sequencing.
Lead stakeholder engagement across business and technical audiences to shape strategy and vision for semantic initiatives and foster buy-in by demonstrating business value.
Design and facilitate executive workshops and working sessions that align stakeholders on priorities, outcomes, and next steps.
Analyze client information and synthesize findings into clear insights, viable recommendation pathways, and project deliverables.
Lead executive communications and presentations, developing narratives and recommendations for senior client audiences through presentations, proposals, demos, and other client-facing materials.
Guide and coach consultants on project teams by modeling consulting practices and providing day-to-day direction and feedback.
Collaborate with leadership to develop internal practices, teams, and strategic initiatives that support growth.
Engage as a thought leader through articles, social media, and marketing efforts.
Progress in mastery of core consulting skills.