AI & Systems Lead / Director / VP
Consultants for Impact (CFI) is a nonprofit dedicated to helping consultants channel their skills and careers toward meaningful social impact. We're hiring an AI & Systems Lead to design and develop new systems, automations, and digital tools that will improve the quality, scalability, and user experience of our core programs.
In this role, you’ll spearhead new digital solutions to amplify CFI’s most impactful programs during a period of rapid growth. You’ll identify where technology can solve challenges or multiply results, and then source or develop new digital solutions to improve the scale and quality of our support to CFI’s members. You’ll also own the evolution of our CRM (Airtable) and broader tech stack, and build and implement AI-powered automations that support thousands of networking introductions and hiring rounds.
We’re looking for someone who is genuinely excited by technology and AI, understands how to deploy them responsibly in small growing organizations, and sees digital tools as a means to maximize impact rather than as an end in themselves. Ideal candidates will bring both technical depth and a user-focused mindset, with the ability to both assess the business case for a new digital solution and roll up your sleeves to build it.
If the AI & Systems Lead is successful, CFI will have a best-in-class digital infrastructure that enables us to serve many more consultants, run smarter programs, and make better data-driven decisions.
[Application Deadline: June 14th, 2026, at the end of the day (23:59) Anywhere on Earth(UTC-12:00). ]
About Consultants for Impact
Consultants for Impact is a global organization that supports more than 2,500 consultants in their pursuit of social impact through evidence-based approaches
- We offer programs that support consultants in their career transitions. These include tailored career advising, talent referrals, and retreats designed to help members explore and pursue high-impact opportunities.
- We equip consultants with the tools, context, and relationships needed to reflect on their values and integrate them into their career decisions.
- We support workplace groups at major consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, etc.) in fostering community and driving high-impact initiatives.
- We develop and share digital resources to foster an online community through blogs, newsletters, social media platforms, our website, and tools such as the Career Theory of Change Worksheet and Career Check-In Templates.
Consultants we’ve worked with have gone on to launch start-ups, shape international policy, and take on key roles at organizations such as Mercy for Animals, the World Bank, Anthropic, The Humane League, GiveWell, and the RAND Corporation.
To learn more about Consultants for Impact, check out our website, our 2025 Impact Report, and delve into our organizational values and culture.
Consultants for Impact is fiscally sponsored by Rethink Priorities.
What you'll do
Drive digital systems and AI improvements (70–80%)
- Assess tech improvement potential across CFI’s major workflows. Identify, develop, and implement system redesigns, automations, AI-powered solutions, and integrations with external tools and databases.
- Scope and lead development of digital solutions, projecting the business case, value-add, and ROI of new technologies.
- Lead adoption of new tech across the organization, including setup, training, and change management to ensure tools are actually used and valued.
- Design and implement AI workflows using LLMs and other AI tools to automate processes, improve productivity, and adhere to responsible AI principles.
- Develop and maintain automations or other solutions capable of scaling CFI’s network introductions, talent matching, and career advising workflows.
- Own the evolution of how we capture, track, and share data on thousands of network members and interactions, and improve the quality of matchmaking in our network introductions and hiring support.
Manage data infrastructure and support talent matching (20–30%)
- Build and expand systems to collect and analyze CFI’s program data and provide teams with insights.
- Support talent matching for high-impact hiring rounds, applying structured matching logic and scoring frameworks to connect the right candidates with the right opportunities.
What success looks like
Within 3 months: You’ve completed onboarding, familiarized yourself with CFI’s technology and how it enables programmatic impact, identified the highest-priority improvement opportunities, and begun work on at least one high-impact automation or CRM upgrade.
Within 6–12 months: You’ve automated core program workflows, upgraded CFI’s CRM to better enable knowledge sharing and data collection, and are a major contributor to CFI’s tech strategy.
Beyond: You’ve built a best-in-class digital infrastructure that scales with the organization, enables smarter programs, and frees up human capacity for higher-value work.
Practical details
- This is a full-time role.
- Depending on the selected candidate’s qualifications, this will be an AI & Systems Lead, AI & Systems Director, or VP of AI & Systems role.
- The role will either report to the Managing Director (Joe Maddens) or the CEO (Sarah Pomeranz), depending on the selected candidate’s qualifications and final title.
- This is a remote-first role, and we prefer candidates who can guarantee at least 5 hours of working overlap with U.S. Eastern Time.
- We can legally hire in many countries, but not everywhere.
- Candidates should be comfortable traveling regularly for in-person conferences, retreats, and coworking sessions (approximately 1–2 weeks every 3 months).
We are aiming for a start in August 2026, but we can be flexible for the right candidate.
Who we are looking for
Skills and experience:
- Technical business analysis: Experience (professional or personal) projecting and assessing the business case, value-add, and ROI of new tech solutions, and scoping and leading the development of digital solutions.
- Digital solutions development: Experience (professional or personal) scoping, developing, and procuring digital solutions to challenges in small organizations, projects, or similar settings.
- Tech and digital solutions adoption: Experience leading the adoption of new technology across small organizations or similar settings, including setup, training, and change management.
- AI solutions, systems, and workflows: Experience designing AI workflows and using LLMs and other AI tools to automate workflows, improve knowledge access, and increase productivity. Basic understanding of responsible AI use and preventing AI use that reduces value.
- Tech and digital solutions knowledge: Ability to rapidly discover the most impactful digital tools and tech for small and growing organizations and experience conducting structured tech needs assessments.
- Automations: Experience developing automation strategy and automations between databases, surveys, calendars, and email (CFI currently uses Airtable, Claude, Google Workspace, Calendly, Zapier, etc., but can switch to other tools if appropriate).
- CRM: Experience building and maintaining CRMs for 2,000–15,000 profiles, with robust entity relationships, field design, and normalization logic.
- Integrations: Experience connecting databases to external tools via APIs and webhooks, and the ability to read and apply API documentation.
- Data management: Experience collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and reporting on large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data, comparable to personal data for 2,000–15,000 individuals and impact data for 10 or more programs.
- Project management: Experience in clearly setting, communicating, delegating, and managing goals, roles, and tasks across multiple workstreams. Experience with project-level meeting facilitation, stakeholder management, budgeting, reporting, and risk mitigation.
Mindsets and behaviors:
- Continuous improvement: Habit of continuous learning and growth, embracing development needs, and taking ownership and responsibility for tasks, outcomes, successes, and areas for improvement.
- Entrepreneurial drive and adaptability: Ability to overcome novel challenges, create solutions, and get things done despite obstacles in small organizations. Habit of building things from scratch, adapting approaches in response to new situations, lending expertise to colleagues, using contractors wisely, etc.
- A strong commitment to positive social impact and our values.
Some excellent candidates may lack some of the above qualifications but have other skills or experiences that make them well-qualified for the role. We encourage you to apply even if you don't fulfill every requirement, and we invite you to mention anything you think is relevant for consideration in your application!
We are committed to building a diverse applicant pool and do not want the application process to dissuade potential candidates. Some evidence suggests that individuals from underrepresented groups tend to underestimate their abilities, and we encourage you to apply even if you are unsure whether you qualify. We also strongly encourage interested candidates to apply regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, physical ability, educational background, socioeconomic status, or any other background they may identify with.
What we offer
Compensation:
- Annual salary of USD 100,000-150,000 pre-tax. Candidate salary and title (AI & Systems Lead / AI & Systems Director / VP of AI & Systems) will both be based on experience and qualifications.
- To maintain equity and consistency across the organization, Consultants for Impact uses a standardized compensation approach and does not negotiate salaries.
- Compensation is not restricted to USD. Payments may be made in different currencies and at different intervals, depending on location and legal requirements.
Other Benefits:
- Comprehensive global benefits, including high-quality medical coverage and life insurance (while benefits vary by country, we make every effort to ensure that our benefits package is equitable and high-quality for all).
- Fully remote work environment and team, and flexible working hours.
- Generous self-managed time off policy with a minimum of 30 days off annually, including holidays.
- Opportunities to grow/advance your career and engage through professional development, with a professional development budget of USD 3000 every year.
- A technology stipend of USD 2000 or equivalent every 3 years that can be used to cover the costs of purchasing work and office equipment.
- The chance to shape an exciting early-stage nonprofit working at the intersection of the consulting industry and social impact.
- High-autonomy work culture with significant ownership of your priorities.
- A caring and mission-aligned team that values well-being and a healthy work culture.
Hiring process
Below is a rough estimate of the hiring process for this role. Note that this is an approximation; the actual process will likely be adjusted based on the number and experience of applicants.
- Written application
- First round interview
- Paid work test and presentation
- Second round interviews
- Reference checks
We will only reach out to references at the final stage. You don’t need to submit them earlier in the process.
OffersWe aim to make offers in early August 2026.
Note before applying
We are committed to building a diverse applicant pool. There is some evidence suggesting that individuals from underrepresented groups tend to underestimate their abilities. Consultants for Impact does not want the application process to dissuade potential candidates. We strongly encourage interested candidates to apply regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, physical ability, educational background, socioeconomic status, or any other background they may identify with.
We use Pinpoint platform for our recruitment and hiring processes, and all email correspondence is conducted via Pinpoint. We encourage you to add the Pinpoint domain (@pinpoint.email) to your trusted contacts and/or check your 'spam,' 'promotions,' and ‘updates folders if you don’t hear from us within the expected timeframe.
In the interest of equitably evaluating your candidacy, we ask that you please do not include a cover letter, headshot of yourself, or any personal information that is not relevant to the role (including marital status, age, identity traits, etc.).
Additionally, please do not ask anyone on our team to meet with you – to ensure fairness, requests for meetings during the hiring process will be declined.
