AI Lead - Agentic AI Consultant

AI LEAD — AGENTIC AI CONSULTANTCharlotte, NC · New York, NY · Hybrid / Remote Options AvailableFull-Time · Senior / Principal Level · Technology Consulting Function AI & Digital Transformation — Agentic Systems Practice Level Principal Consultant Locations Charlotte, NC | New York, NY | Hybrid About the RoleWe are looking for a visionary AI Lead to spearhead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade Agentic AI solutions. In this role you will combine deep technical expertise in large language models (LLMs), autonomous agent orchestration, and multi-agent frameworks with a sharp consulting mindset to drive measurable business value for Fortune 500 clients across financial services, healthcare, and retail verticals.As the practice lead you will own the end-to-end agentic AI delivery lifecycle — from opportunity identification and solution architecture through implementation, change management, and post-deployment optimization — while simultaneously growing a high-performing team and shaping internal AI methodology.
LLM / GenAI Multi-Agent Systems RAG Pipelines AI Strategy Enterprise Architecture Key ResponsibilitiesClient Delivery & Solutioning•     Architect and lead delivery of Agentic AI systems using frameworks such as LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or custom orchestration layers on Azure / AWS / GCP.•     Design multi-agent pipelines incorporating reasoning, planning, tool-use, memory, and feedback loops tailored to enterprise workflows.•     Partner with C-suite and senior stakeholders to translate ambiguous business challenges into well-scoped AI roadmaps and delivery plans.•     Conduct AI readiness assessments, data audits, and opportunity prioritization workshops for prospective clients.
Technical Leadership•     Define reference architectures for RAG, tool-augmented agents, AI gateways, and human-in-the-loop workflows.•     Drive responsible AI governance — including bias audits, hallucination mitigation, prompt-injection hardening, and model risk frameworks.•     Establish engineering best practices: CI/CD for ML, LLMOps, evaluation harnesses, and performance benchmarking.•     Stay at the cutting edge — evaluate emerging models (GPT-o3, Claude 3.x, Gemini Ultra, open-source LLMs) and tooling for fit-for-purpose applicability.
Practice & Business Development•     Originate and expand client relationships; contribute to proposals, RFP responses, and Statements of Work.•     Build and scale the agentic AI practice — create reusable accelerators, IP assets, and delivery playbooks.•     Mentor and develop a team of AI engineers, ML scientists, and business analysts; conduct performance reviews and career development planning.•     Represent the firm at conferences, publish thought-leadership content, and contribute to the external AI community.
Required Qualifications•     8+ years of overall technology experience with at least 3 years focused on AI / ML systems in a consulting, product, or enterprise engineering capacity.•     Proven hands-on experience designing and deploying LLM-based applications and autonomous agent systems in production environments.•     Proficiency in Python and relevant AI/ML libraries (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face Transformers, PyTorch / TensorFlow).•     Deep familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector), semantic search, and knowledge graph integration.•     Experience with cloud AI platforms: Azure OpenAI Service, AWS Bedrock, or Google Vertex AI.•     Strong understanding of prompt engineering, fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, RLHF), and model evaluation methodologies.•     Exceptional executive communication skills — ability to present complex AI concepts to non-technical senior leadership.•     Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, Engineering, or a closely related field.
Preferred Qualifications•     Industry certifications: AWS Certified ML Specialty, Google Professional ML Engineer, Azure AI Engineer Associate.•     Experience with agentic frameworks at scale: LangGraph, Microsoft Semantic Kernel, Autogen, or similar.•     Background in financial services, healthcare, or retail — understanding of sector-specific regulatory and compliance constraints.•     Published research, patents, open-source contributions, or conference speaking on AI/ML topics.•     Prior consulting experience at a Big-4, boutique AI firm, or hyperscaler professional services division.•     Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns, API management, and MLOps tooling (MLflow, Weights & Biases, SageMaker Pipelines).