Senior AI Strategy & Solutions Advisor

Connection; Merrimack (NH); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free therapy visits

Mental health coaching

Meditation resources

Generous PTO

Job summary

CNXN Helix Center at Connection Inc. seeks a Principal AI Solutions Advisor to lead customer workshops, advise on Microsoft AI and data platforms, and translate business needs into practical roadmaps.

You will guide executives and technical teams in governance, security, and adoption strategies across an enterprise AI stack. The role emphasizes pre-sales enablement, assets development, and collaboration with partners to shape opportunities while mentoring junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in technical pre-sales, consulting, solution architecture, customer success engineering, advisory services, or related customer-facing roles.
• Leads customer-facing discovery sessions, executive briefings, and workshops of 2 to 16 hours.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure services relevant to AI, data, automation, and governance.
• Understanding of AI governance, responsible AI, data governance, security, privacy, identity, compliance, and operational readiness considerations.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical solution recommendations, roadmap options, and next-step engagement plans.

Responsibilities

• Leads customer-facing discovery sessions, executive briefings, and workshops ranging from approximately 2 to 16 hours in duration.
• Advises customers on Microsoft AI, automation, and data platforms, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI, Azure data services, and related governance and security considerations.
• Helps customers understand and compare options for AI assistants, agent platforms, enterprise coding tools, and AI governance patterns, including practical exposure to Claude Enterprise, Claude Code, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex.
• Translates customer business goals, technical requirements, risk concerns, and operating constraints into practical recommendations, reference architectures, maturity assessments, and roadmap options.
• Supports pre-sales pursuits by partnering with Connection account teams, OEMs, hyperscalers, software partners, and internal delivery resources to shape opportunities and position CNXN Helix services.
• Develops workshop outputs and reusable assets including presentation materials, assessments, decision frameworks, use-case maps, demonstration narratives, and solution playbooks.
• Guides customers on topics such as agent strategy, Copilot readiness, data readiness, responsible AI, governance, compliance, environment strategy, identity and access, lifecycle management, and operational adoption.
• Provides practical direction on Power Platform architecture, Dataverse, environment planning, DLP, ALM, Center of Excellence concepts, and governance operating models.
• Supports customer conversations related to Microsoft Fabric, Azure analytics modernization, and data platform alignment for AI and agentic use cases.
• Maintains awareness of broader infrastructure and platform choices, including AWS, Google Cloud, Dell, HPE, and NVIDIA-based AI infrastructure, where those choices influence customer strategy and buying decisions.
• Operates across a broad customer base spanning multiple verticals including manufacturing, healthcare, retail, financial services, education, and other industries, as well as customers of varying size and maturity.
• Builds trusted-advisor relationships with customer stakeholders ranging from practitioners and architects to senior IT and business leaders.
• Contributes to CNXN Helix thought leadership and field readiness by staying current on platform capabilities, partner priorities, competitive positioning, and customer adoption trends.
• Mentors junior team members and helps scale field capability through repeatable assets, guidance, and best practices.

Skills

Executive communication

Workshop facilitation

Pre-sales advisory

AI governance

Microsoft Copilot

Power Platform

Azure services

Stakeholder mgmt

Solution architecture

Education

Bachelors in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Copilot Studio

Dataverse

Power Apps

ChatGPT Enterprise

Claude Enterprise

Job description

CNXN Helix Center at Connection Inc. seeks a Principal AI Solutions Advisor to lead customer workshops, advise on Microsoft AI and data platforms, and translate business needs into practical roadmaps.

You will guide executives and technical teams in governance, security, and adoption strategies across an enterprise AI stack. The role emphasizes pre-sales enablement, assets development, and collaboration with partners to shape opportunities while mentoring junior colleagues.