Engagement Manager - CPG + Retail (AI)

Location: New York / Tri-State area preferred; office presence in Downtown Manhattan preferred; hybrid travel model depending on client needs.

Pay: Up to $180,000 annually, plus potential discretionary bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a strategic AI partner serving Fortune 500 enterprises and helping organizations apply intelligence to business decisions.

What you will do

• Partner with sales and account leadership to drive strategic AI and analytics discussions with enterprise CPG and Retail clients.
• Lead discovery workshops, executive discussions, solutioning sessions, client presentations, RFP responses, and large deal pursuits.
• Translate business priorities into scalable AI, data, engineering, cloud, and analytics solutions.
• Shape proposals, statements of work, and strategic transformation roadmaps.
• Advise clients on AI/ML, GenAI, data engineering, modern data platforms, cloud, MLOps/AI Ops, enterprise architecture, and analytics.
• Collaborate with consulting, engineering, data science, and delivery teams globally while mentoring junior teams during pursuits and advisory engagements.

Requirements

• Approximately 10+ years of experience in enterprise AI/data consulting, technical pre-sales, analytics consulting, solution architecture, or client-facing engineering leadership.
• Strong experience serving enterprise CPG and/or Retail clients.
• Strong working knowledge of Generative AI and LLM ecosystems, machine learning, advanced analytics, data engineering, modern data platforms, and cloud ecosystems including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Experience with MLOps/AI Ops, enterprise architecture, scalable AI deployment, BI and visualization, data governance, and enterprise data strategy.
• Exceptional communication, executive presentation, storytelling, business translation, and client conversation skills.
• Strong commercial acumen, solution-oriented thinking, executive presence, and ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical execution and communicate with executives, technical teams, and engineering teams.
• Hands-on practitioner experience in the CPG/Retail domain is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with top-tier consulting firms, enterprise AI companies, analytics firms, hyperscalers, or digital transformation organizations.
• Experience working with Fortune 500 clients and supporting enterprise transformation pursuits.
• Strong understanding of enterprise operating models and digital transformation.
• Existing relationships within CPG/Retail ecosystems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time client-facing techno-functional contributor role with hybrid travel based on client needs.
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plans available from the first day of employment.
• 401(k) eligibility after 30 days of employment.
• 11 paid holidays, 12 weeks of parental leave, and a flexible “free time” PTO policy for sick time and vacation.
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position at this time.