Entry Level AI-First Transformation – Strategy Consultant 2027

IBM; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM’s AI-First Transformation organization leads enterprise-wide transformation by designing AI-native workflows, operating models, and technology foundations. The role sits at IBM in New York/New York City or Armonk, collaborating with transformation leaders, product owners, and data experts to accelerate IBM’s enterprise-wide AI efforts.

As an AI-First Transformation Strategy Consultant, you will blend AI-informed product thinking with strategic operating-model architecture, driving value

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep workflow assessments across Finance, HR, Procurement, Operations, Sales, and other business domains.
• Apply zero-based design to create AI-native workflows, not incremental fixes.
• Identify opportunities for automation, GenAI, agentic systems, and intelligent orchestration.
• Define future-state operating models and transformation playbooks.
• Evaluate prototypes, tools, and platforms being developed or tested across IBM.
• Lead or support experiments that test feasibility, scalability, and workflow integration.
• Support design of MVPs and contribute to readiness assessments for scale.

Job description

IBM’s AI-First Transformation organization is redefining how a global enterprise operates in the agentic AI era—designing workflows, operating models, and technology foundations that power the next generation of IBM.

We are the group responsible for architecting IBM’s enterprise-wide transformation agenda, scaling AI solutions, and reimagining how work gets done across thousands of processes. Our mandate is to help IBM become the world’s benchmark AI-first enterprise.

To date, the organization has delivered $4.5B in productivity gains, making IBM a standout performer in the MIT GenAI Divide study, where 95% of enterprises fail to move beyond pilots. IBM is the rare organization successfully scaling AI at material enterprise levels—and this team is at the center of that shift.

This position sits inside one of IBM’s most strategic transformation engines.

The position will be based either at our flagship IBM New York City office at One Madison Avenue or at IBM’s headquarters campus in Armonk, NY, roughly 30 miles north of New York City, depending on candidate preference.

Your role and responsibilities

As an AI-First Transformation Strategy Consultant, you will work with transformation leaders, technical product owners, data and AI experts, workflow specialists, and senior stakeholders across IBM accelerate IBM’s transformation.

This role blends:

• AI-informed product thinking
• Enterprise workflow redesign
• Strategic transformation & operating model architecture
• Value creation analysis and benchmarking
• Technology roadmap & experimentation strategy

What You’ll Gain:

• The opportunity to help transform one of the world’s most iconic technology companies
• Mastery of AI-native workflow design and enterprise operating model transformation
• Experience with critical decision-making forums across IBM
• Hands-on experience evaluating and experimenting with cutting‑edge AI tools
• A portfolio tied directly to measurable enterprise value
• The ability to work at the forefront of AI‑first transformation

If you want to help define the blueprint for the AI‑first enterprise, this is the place to do it.

What You’ll Do

1. Reimagine Enterprise Workflows with AI

• Conduct deep workflow assessments across Finance, HR, Procurement, Operations, Sales, and other business domains
• Apply zero-based design to create AI-native workflows, not incremental fixes
• Identify opportunities for automation, GenAI, agentic systems, and intelligent orchestration
• Define future‑state operating models and transformation playbooks

2. Advance AI Product Strategy & Experimentation

• Evaluate prototypes, tools, and platforms being developed or tested across IBM
• Lead or support experiments that test feasibility, scalability, and workflow integration
• Support design of MVPs and contribute to readiness assessments for scale