About the Role
Artefact is seeking an AI & Data Consulting Manager to autonomously manage projects, develop team members, and grow client relationships while building with AI.
Responsibilities
- Manage projects end to end, including structuring work streams, distributing tasks, setting team OKRs, and providing sponsor visibility.
- Develop robust project plans that anticipate deadlines, delays, and risks, communicating them proactively.
- Structure mission deliverables, including writing C-level executive summaries and building presentation storylines.
- Maintain Artefact's quality standards for all team outputs.
- Ground recommendations in a hands-on understanding of the AI stack.
- Define client needs through interviews and translate them into strategic data and AI recommendations.
- Prototype with AI tools like Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or Codex to test feasibility and demonstrate concepts.
- Shape how clients connect AI to their data, documents, and systems, understanding context engineering (RAG, semantic layers, MCP).
- Maintain specialization in at least one AI platform ecosystem (Google, Anthropic, or OpenAI) and stay current.
- Foster team progress through precise, actionable feedback on analyses, decks, and client interactions.
- Set SMART objectives, conduct evaluations, and maintain team engagement.
- Coach consultants on AI-native working methods, including tool selection and verification.
- Mentor junior and senior team members towards autonomy.
- Maximize client satisfaction and expand client relationships.
- Collaborate with partners on client development strategy, identifying needs and shaping proposals.
- Maximize client NPS through delivery quality and relationship management.
- Contribute to new business proposals and content development, including research and business cases.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of full-time, client-facing work experience in consulting, technology, media, or a related field.
- Proven experience managing projects and small teams autonomously in a client environment.
- Demonstrated AI literacy as a builder, with daily use of AI tools for real work and hands-on prototyping experience with agentic coding tools.
- Comfort in the terminal and with modern AI workflows, with the judgment to verify AI-generated output.
- Working knowledge of at least one AI platform ecosystem (Google, Anthropic, or OpenAI) and core GenAI concepts (RAG, agents, context engineering).
- Excellent communication skills, including C-level-ready writing, presence, structured storytelling, and precise feedback.
- An entrepreneurial mindset and a conviction that decisions should be data-driven.
- Undergraduate degree, preferably in business, technology, or a related field.
Skills
- AI literacy
- Project management
- Client relationship management
- AI prototyping
- Agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex)
- Terminal usage
- AI workflows
- AI platform ecosystems (Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI)
- GenAI concepts (RAG, agents, context engineering)
- Communication skills
- C-level writing
- Storytelling
- Feedback delivery
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Data-driven decision making
- Strategy consulting
- Digital marketing
- SQL
- Python
- Business development
- Proposal writing
Location
- NYC
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5-7 years
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000 - $160,000
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan with company matching
- Paid parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Hybrid Flexibility
About the Company
- Artefact is a next-generation data and AI consulting firm focused on accelerating data and AI adoption for measurable business impact.
- We operate at the intersection of consulting, data science, AI technologies, data engineering, and digital transformation, delivering production-ready solutions.
- Our teams comprise consultants, data scientists, data engineers, AI engineers, analysts, and digital experts.
- We are building a team of entrepreneurial data and AI talent to help clients scale AI adoption beyond experimentation.
