BUSINESS ADVISOR, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Toronto

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POSITION OVERVIEW

The AI Business Advisor serves as a trusted strategic advisor to Canadian entrepreneurs and executive teams seeking to leverage artificial intelligence to improve performance productivity and longterm competitiveness. Operating at the intersection of business strategy operations and emerging technology this role helps clients move from AI curiosity to practical valuedriven adoption.

The Advisor works with SMEs across industries to assess AI readiness identify highimpact use cases define responsible AI strategies and oversee the delivery of AIenabled advisory mandates. The role emphasizes business outcomes governance and adoption rather than technical model development ensuring AI initiatives are aligned with client strategy data maturity and operational realities.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

Client Advisory & Engagement Leadership

• Act as a senior advisor to entrepreneurs and management teams on AI strategy readiness and adoption translating complex AI concepts into clear business decisions and priorities.

• Lead diagnostic engagements assessing data maturity operational processes and organizational readiness for AI adoption.

• Identify prioritize and validate AI use cases that deliver measurable business value (e.g. productivity revenue growth cost optimization customer experience).

• Provide executivelevel guidance on AI risk ethics governance and responsible use in alignment with organizational values and regulatory expectations.

Mandate Delivery & Oversight

• Lead and oversee the delivery of standard and customized AI advisory mandates ensuring quality impact and alignment with advisory methodologies.

• Coordinate with internal specialists delivery consultants and external partners as required to execute AIenabled solutions.

• Ensure strong client adoption through change management capability transfer and executive alignment.

• Maintain accountability for mandate outcomes timelines scope and client satisfaction.

AI Strategy Governance & Thought Leadership

• Support the development and evolution of AI advisory offerings frameworks and tools incorporating best practices in responsible and ethical AI use.

• Contribute to internal thought leadership training materials and workshops to build AI literacy among advisors and clients.

• Represent the AI advisory practice in business development activities client presentations and selected external events.

• Stay current on AI trends platforms and the Canadian AI ecosystem to inform client advice and solution design.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 8 years of experience in management consulting technology advisory digital transformation or related strategic advisory roles.

• Proven experience advising senior executives on business strategy operations or technologyenabled transformation.

• Demonstrated experience applying artificial intelligence in a business context (strategy usecase design adoption or governance).

• Strong understanding of AI concepts (e.g. machine learning NLP generative AI) at a conceptual and applied business level (not handson model development).

• Excellent communication and executive presence with the ability to influence and guide decisionmakers.

• Proven ability to lead complex advisory mandates and manage multiple stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience working with SMEs across diverse industries.

• Exposure to data strategy analytics automation or enterprise systems.

• Familiarity with AI governance ethics and risk management frameworks.

• Bilingualism in English and French (strongly preferred)

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and business acumen

• AI and emerging technology fluency

• Client advisory and executive facilitation

• Change management and adoption leadership

• Project and mandate delivery excellence

• Collaboration and influence across internal and external stakeholders

Why This Role Matters

This role plays a critical part in helping Canadian entrepreneurs move beyond experimentation and responsibly harness AI for real business impactwhile preserving trust transparency and longterm value creation.

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