Manager, Business

Konrad is a global leader in AI and digital innovation consulting. We help the world’s top businesses and brands succeed in the AI era. We are dedicated to solving complex business problems for our global clients with creative, forward-thinking solutions and AI-enabled products. Our employees enjoy a culture built on innovation and a commitment to creating best-in-class, AI-driven digital products used by hundreds of millions of consumers around the world.

We hire exceptionally smart, analytical, and hardworking people who are lifelong learners.

As a Manager on our Strategy team, you will oversee large-scale, cross-functional programs with global organizations as they embrace digital transformation and innovate for the AI era. Driving collaboration across our Strategy, Design, and Technology teams, you will solve complex business problems by shaping the creation of smart, intuitive, and human-centered experiences. You will act as a primary trusted partner to our clients, managing expectations and ensuring that delivery meets their evolving needs.

Defining how emerging technologies like AI can be leveraged to build best-in-class digital products, you will direct early discovery, shape executive-level strategy, and ensure seamless delivery. Leading projects from inception to launch, you will work hand-in-hand with Konrad’s leadership to ensure our teams deliver exceptional work at every phase of the project lifecycle. As a senior member of the team, you excel at turning complex business challenges into clear strategic direction, expanding our impact across client engagements, and mentoring junior team members.

• Serve as Engagement Lead on our most strategic digital transformation programs and client partnerships, including AI strategy and product strategy work
• Manage cross-functional teams and advise executive clients in evaluating business models, goals, and competitive pressures, identifying strategic opportunities where AI and emerging tech can drive material growth
• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for clients, managing their expectations, building relationships, and independently resolving project-level issues
• Identify opportunities for business development, proactively shaping new engagements and growing our business with existing clients
• Direct the creation of AI-forward digital solutions and target-state operating models, defining strategic visions for how AI will reshape intelligent products and customer experiences
• Drive the collaboration between our Strategy, Design, and Technology teams to ensure the team understands the overarching program vision and successfully bridges the gap between business objectives and elegant user experiences
• Design, lead, and facilitate executive-level design thinking workshops, technology architecture sessions, and large-scale project planning activities
• Oversee the structuring and authoring of high-impact presentations, business cases, Request for Proposal (RFP) responses, and other collateral, ensuring excellence for senior audiences
• Act as a prominent thought leader on the evolving AI, digital, and product innovation landscape, leveraging this expertise to strengthen client deliverables and actively mentor junior team members

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline or equivalent professional experience; we hire from business, engineering, math, statistics, science, economics, and beyond, and prior consulting experience is not required
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience
• A passion for and understanding of great user experiences, product innovation, and the rapidly evolving AI technology landscape
• History of structuring complex, ambiguous business problems and independently guiding…