Chief of Staff: AI & Data Transformation & Analytics

CrossCountry Consulting LLC; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare options

401(k) with company matching

Parental and maternity leave policies

Technology stipends

Wellness reimbursement

Job summary

CrossCountry Consulting seeks a Chief of Staff to the AI & DT&A Practice Leader. You will align strategy, governance, and operating rhythms across the AI Lab and DT&A practice while enabling leadership to focus on high-value priorities.

You will drive FP&A partnerships, GTM execution, and leadership communications, shaping budgets, KPIs, and talent development across the firm.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in management consulting, strategy, or chief of staff roles.
• Deep fluency in AI, able to translate business needs to AI capabilities.
• Strong collaboration with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the Head of AI & DT&A, enabling the Practice Leader to operate at their highest level.
• Own and drive governance, budgets, KPIs, and reporting for AI Lab and DT&A practice.

Skills

AI fluency

Executive communication

Strategic partnership

Project management

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor's degree (or higher)

Job description

Chief of Staff: AI & Data Transformation & Analytics

From the beginning, our goal was to establish an advisory firm that stands apart from the rest – one that is grounded in our Core Values and dedicated to creating a positive experience not just for our clients, but for our people too. We firmly believe in the strength of collaboration, enthusiasm, generosity, and perseverance as the driving forces behind our success. With advisory solutions spanning accounting and risk, technology-enabled transformation, and transactions, we partner with our clients to solve today’s challenges and deliver present and future value.

Our commitment to our people has earned us numerous awards including Inc5000's Fastest Growing Companies and Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Explore what our employees have to say about our unique culture.

You will apply your strategic and operational skills as Chief of Staff to the AI and DT&A Practice Leader. This role sits at the intersection of go-to-market execution, internal AI enablement, firm governance, and operating discipline — responsible for enabling the Practice Leader to operate at their highest level while ensuring the AI & DT&A Practice runs with consistent rhythm and strategic clarity. You should be passionate about AI strategy, business operations, and the role technology plays in transforming professional services. This is an ideal opportunity for a high-caliber operator to grow in a fast-paced, innovation-led environment.

What You’ll Do: Serve as a Trusted Partner to the Practice Leader

The central dimension of this role is serving as a fully aligned strategic partner to the Head of AI & DT&A. The Practice Leader builds — you run. Your success is measured by the Practice Leader's ability to say they cannot operate effectively without your partnership, and by the AI Lab's ability to operate with consistent, well-understood rhythm.

Practice Leader Capacity Extender

• Drive and support strategic initiatives across the AI Lab and DT&A Practice, coordinating with the National Service Line and AI Lab team leaders.
• Own agendas, materials, and facilitation for weekly, monthly, and quarterly leadership forums.
• Own the leadership operating rhythm — meeting cadences, follow-through, and initiative accountability.
• Translate priorities into structured plans with clear owners and timelines, ensuring execution stays aligned with firmwide strategy.

AI Go-to-Market Execution

• Serve as the connective tissue between the Practice Leader, Marketing, and BD. Drive AI-specific commercial strategy, pipeline hygiene, and GTM Champion engagement across service lines.
• Steward the firm's AI investment. Own the governance model for use case intake, prioritization, and production deployment, and ensure AI spend is visible, well-forecasted, and tied to measurable output.

FP&A Partnership

• Accelerate the maturity of the financial operating model for the AI Lab and DT&A Practice, enabling the Practice Leader to use data to drive decisions rather than backward-looking reviews.

Core Responsibilities:

Business Strategy & Governance

Develop the AI and DT&A market strategy in partnership with the Practice Leader and Service line leaders to drive growth, profitability, and performance; hold leadership accountable for moving strategy forward

Design and own the Lab's AI governance model end to end — use case intake, sizing and scoring, Steer Co prioritization, and production deployment

Partner with FP&A to set annual budgets and goals, establish KPIs, review key metrics, and translate financial reporting into recommended actions

Lab Operations & Process Improvement

Own and run the Lab's operating calendar and leadership meeting rhythm, with clear owners, timelines, and follow-through

Identify people, process, and operational pain points across the practice, and develop strategies to improve and scale them

Go-to-Market & Revenue Enablement

Lead AI GTM Champion calls and channel management; drive pipeline hygiene and own GTM collateral libraries

Track and report on weekly pipeline, won work, revenue, and AI consent metrics; escalate as needed

Represent AI on the firm-level Strategic Pricing initiative, leading firmwide comms and the change cascade for AI pricing

Communications & Change Management

Develop and execute a communications plan for the AI DT&A Practice; partner with firmwide Communications, Marketing, and Operations to ensure alignment with firm-wide strategy and messaging across townhalls, AI videos, Field Guides, website updates, and market events

Work with Operations and practice leadership to execute key change management initiatives, ensuring updates cascade top-down

Prepare and support materials for SteerCo, Board, Partner meetings, firm townhalls, and Practice Leader calls; attend and present where appropriate

Leadership Relationships & Team Development

Build strong relationships with key business and functional leaders across the practice and the broader firm

May manage and develop direct reports as the team continues to grow; coach and mentor team members with a goal of developing and retaining talent at CrossCountry

Key Indicators of Success:

• You have established yourself as a trusted strategic partner and proxy to the Head of AI and DT&A Practice Leader
• Consistent, disciplined operating rhythm is maintained across the team, meetings are purposeful, decisions get made, and nothing falls through the cracks
• Strategic initiatives are executed — not just planned
• The team is able to spend more time on high-value work (sales, delivery, innovation) because operations run smoothly
• You have displayed a high level of confidentiality and professional maturity

What You'll Bring:

• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in management consulting, strategy, or a chief of staff / TMO-type role
• Deep fluency in AI — not as a developer, but as a strategist and operator who can translate between business needs and AI capabilities
• Proven track record running complex, multi-stakeholder programs at the firm or practice level
• High-quality professional presentation skills, including excellent writing and executive communication; comfortable presenting to boards, partners, and C-suite
• Ability to operate independently without close supervision; proactively identifies challenges and recommends solutions
• Strong command of priorities and deadlines; highly organized with the ability to zoom out to strategy and zoom in to execution
• Bachelor's degree (or higher)

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CrossCountry Consulting is required to include an estimate of the compensation range for this role. The following range takes into account a wide range of factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, licenses, certifications, business needs, and internal equity. An estimate of the current range is $150,000 - $210,000 per year + annual bonus + additional benefits.

Benefits Summary

• comprehensive healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• flexible spending accounts
• and a 401(k) with company matching
• generous parental and maternity leave policies
• technology stipends
• wellness reimbursement programs

all designed to support both professional growth and personal well-being.

For detailed information about benefits at CrossCountry, please visit our dedicated benefits site: https://www.crosscountry-consulting.com/careers/benefits/ .

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

CrossCountry provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employeesand applicants for employment and believes that respect and fair treatment are critical to creating a productive and inclusive workplace.

As an equal opportunity employer, CrossCountry is fully committed to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetics, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic. The company also complies with pay transparency and labor laws applicable to all terms and conditions of employment.