AI Solutions Lead

AccruePartners; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AccruePartners in Charlotte, NC, is seeking a leader for AI and automation initiatives within their HVAC services platform. This role involves identifying and deploying AI use cases to improve operational efficiency. Candidates should have hands-on experience with AI solutions, strong collaboration skills, and an understanding of workflow automation. This position offers a hybrid working model and is crucial for scaling AI practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience deploying AI solutions or automation workflows.
• Strong understanding of leveraging AI models to solve business problems.
• Experience with workflow automation would be valuable.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-enabled automation use cases across the business.
• Partner with leaders to understand and translate operational pain points.
• Connect data platform capabilities with workflow automation.

Skills

Experience deploying AI solutions

Understanding of existing AI models and tools

Experience with workflow automation

Ability to partner with business leaders

Tools

n8n

Job description

The Team You Will Be Joining

• A leading commercial HVAC services platform with a large North American footprint, headquartered in Charlotte and operating across a highly distributed network of service businesses
• A PE-backed growth environment focused on modernization, scalability, and using data more effectively across disconnected business units
• A decentralized operating model with multiple locations, systems, and ERP environments, creating meaningful complexity and opportunity for enterprise data transformation
• A data and AI strategy team building the foundation for better reporting, stronger connectivity, and future AI-enabled business use cases
• A business that values leaders who can think strategically, partner with the business, and still stay close enough to the work to execute hands‑on when needed

Location

• Charlotte, NC (Uptown) – Hybrid (3-days)
• Highly qualified, non-local Remote candidates will be considered (w/ travel)

What They Offer You

• Opportunity to lead practical AI and automation initiatives across a complex, growing services platform
• Chance to identify high-value use cases and move them from idea to real business impact
• Exposure to mature business units where automation, workflow improvement, and AI can create meaningful efficiency gains
• Ability to work with existing AI models, tools, and services without being boxed into a traditional data science role
• PE-backed environment with urgency around innovation, value creation, and scalable operating improvements

Why This Role Is Important

• Leads the identification, deployment, and adoption of AI-enabled automation use cases across the business
• Partners with business leaders to understand operational pain points and translate them into practical AI solutions
• Helps connect data platform capabilities with real-world workflow automation and business process improvement
• Supports innovation across service operations, mature business units, and edge-case opportunities where AI can move the needle
• Plays a key role in shaping how the organization applies AI in a practical, scalable, business-first way

The Background That Fits

• Hands‑on experience deploying AI solutions, automation workflows, or applied AI models in a business environment
• Strong understanding of how to leverage existing AI models and tools to solve operational business problems
• Experience with workflow automation, agentic AI concepts, or tools like n8n would be valuable
• Ability to partner with non‑technical business leaders and turn ambiguous problems into executable solutions
• Background in HVAC, facilities services, field services, Home Depot Pro-type environments, or other service-based industries would be a strong plus

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