Senior Manager

Senior Manager
About
Quantum Rise is a rapidly scaling AI consulting and product development start-up focused on helping high growth organizations adopt AI and win their industry. Our offerings range from strategy and roadmap engagements through to full AI/ML product development.
We are expanding our client delivery team and are looking for a talented and experienced consulting leader to join as a Senior Manager and be the face of our most strategic client engagements. We operate in line with 3 guiding principles that we call Consulting 2.0:

• Profit, not PowerPoints.... while we create PowerPoints (strategy & roadmaps) our primary objective is to help get our clients build and deploy AI solutions that significantly impact profit (top line revenue and bottom-line costs)
• Product, not projects... the AI products we deploy should always on, continuously measured, and iteratively improved via the product backlog
• Open, not black box... we will take our clients along the journey helping them understand how it works and the fundamentals that influence AI product success like process/end-use experience, data strategy, governance, and change management.

Position Summary
The Senior Manager at Quantum Rise plays a pivotal role in understanding where our clients are on their AI journey, translates their challenge to our offerings, and successfully executes across the entire engagement lifecycle (pre-sales, engagement delivery & execution, upsell/expansion). Given our start-up nature we look for this Senior Manager to be a key contributor to identify and own internal initiatives and business development activity to fuel our scale and growth. As we respond to the market and our clients, we'll look for the Senior Manager to additionally influence and contribute to new offerings and corresponding sales engineering. This role is designed for an exceptional, self-starting consulting leader with a background in business and technology advisory and implementation consulting with a solid understanding of strategy, data, and AI/ML.
The ideal candidate will possess an entrepreneurial spirit, ready to tackle diverse challenges, block and tackle, and drive initiatives that propel the Quantum Rise forward.
Key Responsibilities

• Leverage advanced AI/ML knowledge and expertise to lead strategic assessments, define data strategies, and create actionable roadmaps that drive measurable business value for clients.
• Employ agile methodologies to plan, execute, and iterate on client engagements, ensuring efficiency, flexibility, and ongoing quality enhancements.
• Develop and implement change management initiatives, including comprehensive training programs, to facilitate successful adoption of new processes and technologies.
• Design and deploy COEs and governance frameworks to maintain consistent best practices, foster innovation, and ensure alignment with client and organizational goals.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, manage executive relationships & communications, develop influential strategies, recommendations, and long-term value propositions.
• Guide cross-functional teams and promote a culture of collaboration, ensuring strategic thinking and high-impact outcomes that meet or exceed client expectations.
• Develop data-driven business cases, integrating both quantitative and qualitative metrics, to articulate clear ROI and demonstrate the strategic and financial value of proposed AI solutions.
• Collaborate with internal consulting & engineering teams to scope, design, and propose tailored solutions that address client needs and showcase Quantum Rise's capabilities.
• Lead the creation and continuous enhancement of hybrid service + AI product offerings, ensuring alignment with market trends and Quantum Rise's strategic vision.
• Cultivate a high-performing team through effective mentorship, professional development, and talent management initiatives.
• Drive efficiency and quality by establishing repeatable frameworks, processes, and tools that optimize internal operations and service delivery.
• Represent Quantum Rise at industry events, conferences, and other forums, sharing insights and positioning the organization as a leader in AI/ML and strategic consulting.
• Propose and implement initiatives that enhance productivity, quality, and client satisfaction, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data & Analytics, Informatics, Engineering, Business Management or a related field.
• A Master's degree is preferred specifically MBA.
• 8+ years of experience in consulting, with a proven track record of leading strategic advisory engagements, influencing the transition into delivery, successful project management, delivery, and continual transformation and renewal.
• Experience identifying gaps and making impactful contribution to capability / offering development.
• Experience in data science projects, demonstrating an ability to understand and leverage data insights in business contexts.
• Natural gravitation to augment one's way of working with LLMs and exceptional prompt engineering.
• Exceptional project management skills, with experience in applying agile methodologies and tools.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation within projects and processes.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, capable of motivating teams and working effectively across all levels of the organization.
• This role is for a dynamic individual who thrives in a startup atmosphere, ready to apply their consulting and leadership expertise and entrepreneurial zeal to help Quantum Rise grow and succeed.

Employee Benefits
As an employee you will be eligible for the following benefit suite, subject to and in accordance with the applicable plan or policy requirements:

• Selection of health, vision, and dental PPO insurance, provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois; eligible the first day of employment.
• Variable Compensation: Eligible for annual performance bonuses and equity options. Bonuses reflect individual and company achievements, while equity aligns with long-term shareholder value, subject to vesting.
• Retirement Plan: We offer a retirement 401(k) plan with a yearly discretionary match.
• Flex benefits inclusive of FSA, DCA, Commuter, Learning and Development Stipends.
• Time Off: Unlimited PTO; paid holidays; paid sick time.
• Flexible working schedule.

Quantum Rise is a rapidly scaling AI start-up offering consulting and product development capabilities to high growth organizations. The offerings will range from providing strategic advice through full AI product development. We are building our client delivery team and are looking for a talented and experienced consultant to join as a Senior Manager and lead client engagements.