AI Analyst

Stanford University; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University’s Enterprise Technology team (AI Catalyst) seeks a senior analyst to connect business stakeholders with engineering delivering enterprise AI. You’ll shape and document requirements for AI/GenAI initiatives, translate needs into buildable specs, and guide solutions through delivery, testing, and adoption.

You will not build models but will scope feasible use cases, set expectations, and support platform rollouts (Claude, OpenAI/ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini) and AI applications

Qualifications

• Experience delivering AI/GenAI projects in a large organization.
• Knowledge of AI quality, governance, prompt engineering and guardrails.
• Familiarity with agent interoperability standards.
• Proficient with Agile/Scrum and tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet.
• Process mapping (BPMN) and data analysis to support decisions.
• Experience in higher education or similarly complex environments.
• Ability to write clear requirements and guide delivery across turns.
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Shape and document requirements for AI/GenAI initiatives in Stanford’s Enterprise Technology team.
• Translate ambiguous business needs into buildable specifications for enterprise AI platforms.
• Guide solutions through delivery, testing, and adoption processes.
• Support rollout of platforms like Claude, OpenAI/ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini and related AI applications.
• Write strong requirements and assist with delivery planning and governance.

Skills

AI/GenAI delivery

Stakeholder management

Agile/Scrum

SQL & dashboards

Change management

Training program design

Vendor management

Higher education context

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Job description

Job Description

NOTE: This is a 1-year, Fixed-Term position.

Are you a senior analyst who is fluent in how modern AI gets built and adopted? Join Stanford’s Enterprise Technology team (AI Catalyst) as the connective tissue between business stakeholders and the engineering teams delivering enterprise AI. You will shape and document requirements for AI and GenAI initiatives, translate ambiguous business needs into clear, buildable specifications, and help drive delivery across the rollout of enterprise platforms (Claude, OpenAI/ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini) and a portfolio of high-stakes AI applications.

This is a senior, applied business analysis role. You will not build models, but you will understand AI concepts deeply enough to scope feasible use cases, set realistic expectations, write strong requirements, and guide solutions through delivery, testing, and adoption.

Approved budgeted annual salary for this role: $156,505 - $183,920

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Enterprise AI Delivery: Experience delivering AI/GenAI projects in a large, complex organization, ideally including platform rollouts and adoption efforts.

• AI Quality & Governance: Familiarity with prompt engineering, evaluation of AI outputs (rubrics, accuracy/quality, hallucination checks), and AI guardrails, privacy, and governance practices.

• Agentic & Interoperability Awareness: Awareness of agent interoperability standards (e.g., A2A) and MCP-based integrations between AI agents and enterprise tools.

• Agile & BA Tooling: Experience with Agile/Scrum and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet.

• Process & Data Skills: Process mapping (e.g., BPMN) and comfort with data analysis (SQL, dashboards) to support decisions.

• Change & Training: Experience with change management, user enablement, and training program design.

• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Coordinating across multiple stakeholders and external vendors.

• Higher Education Context: Experience in higher education or similarly complex, decentralized environments.